Really?!

That was a common response at our events last week any time we told someone that water entering storm drains flows untreated into the water supply. Last week's public outreach events highlighted a gap in the average citizen's knowledge about water treatment. The general feeling was that there needs to be some sort of treatment for this water, be it settling ponds or other methods. This could be a call for municipalities to take more steps to treat storm water, but until then, people will have to stick to keeping chemicals out of the storm drains.