Operation Upstream

Lexington Teachers for "Trout in the Classroom"

There is always some other community upstream from yours that is releasing untreated storm drain water into your watershed and your community releases untreated storm drain water back into your watershed, streams, lakes and rivers that is used by another community down steam. Only rainwater runoff should go into storm drains. Otherwise, when other objects, chemicals and waste is put into storm drains, it is a violation and becomes non-point source pollution.

Your school, especially those involved with "Trout in the Classroom" can become a source of education to your neighborhood and community by stenciling storm drains. Stenciling storm drains educates citizens so that everyone knows that pollutants don't belong in storm drains. You can make a lesson and a project from the link below:

http://www.lexingtonky.gov/index.aspx?page=2031

Thanks,

Don