Students and community members learn about stormwater
Where does all that water go after it flows into the storm drain or grate near you? Water entering storm drains often flows into nearby wetlands or streams with no treatment of the runoff. If that water has sediment—salt from roads and parking lots, or other pollutants in it—it contaminates Lake Champlain, which can contribute to unhealthy conditions, including toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) blooms and fish die-offs.