Thank you to all who celebrated Earth Month with us in April! 

Check out all the ways you can get involved in May. 

This month, we’d like to highlight Rashawna H. and the Collegiate Monitoring Program at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) as our Volunteers of the Month! Rashawna is a UNCC graduate student who coordinates JCSU students monitoring Irwin Creek. She has helped collect valuable data to better understand the Irwin Creek watershed and compare different types of sample analyses. Thank you, Rashawna, and the students at JCSU, for all the hard work this past school year! 

The Earth Week Storm Drain Marking Competition was a hit with??¯over 600 storm drains marked over one week! Big Congrats to our adult division winners: Tori and Corinne and our Youth Division Winners (Tie): The Leaping Lizards and Drain The Rock Johnson!   

This year, volunteers celebrated Earth Day in a major way! Thank you to everyone who pitched in to clean parks, streets, and streams, and mark storm drains. Check out some of the highlights from last month. 

Storm drains move rainwater directly to local streams and lakes. The water does not get treated or filtered before entering the nearest waterway. If see pollution entering a storm drain or notice a waterbody (stream, pond, lake) is muddy, foamy, milky in appearance or has an unusual odor – you can call 311 or use the CLT+ app to report your concern. 

Many of us will be out enjoying Mecklenburg County lakes this Summer and it’s important to Know Before You Go! Orange water could indicate excess sediment, gray water could indicate sewage contamination, and green water could indicate a harmful algal bloom. If you come across any discolored water, please report it to 311. Always remember to wait 72 hours after a rain event to engage in water recreation in our coves. If you would like to be notified of any swim advisories in our area, text MECKNOSWIM to 888-777 to get them sent straight to your phone. We will also be posting updates all summer long on our social media pages (@StormWaterCM).  

Visit StormWater.CharMeck.org for more information about stormwater pollution prevention, projects, volunteer programs, and much more!

Notice of Accommodations

Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte are committed to ensuring that our programs, services, and activities are accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternative formats, language access and other reasonable modifications will be provided. To make a request, please contact Taylor Mebane at stormwater@mecknc.gov or 980-402-4206.

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