Stormwater that collects on roadways and sidewalks carries a host of environmentally damaging pollutants. You can help to minimize stormwater runoff by replacing impervious surfaces with permeable pavement and adding rain gardens and rain barrels.
Permeable Paving
Combined Sewer Overflow: How a Using Rain Barrel can help Keep Sewage Out of the Chicago River
Did you know that when it rains in Chicago we dump raw sewage into the Chicago river? No one is happy about it … but its no accident.