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Tapp. Talk About Personal Pollution. TAPP?. T alk A bout P ersonal P ollution. WHY TAPP?. To help you understand your impact on water quality T o encourage you to take action by adopting some slightly different approaches to things you do every day .
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Tapp Talk About Personal Pollution
TAPP? • Talk • About • Personal • Pollution
WHY TAPP? • To help you understand your impact on water quality • To encourage you to take action by adopting some slightly different approaches to things you do every day. • To help make local lakes, sinks and streams cleaner.
What’s the problem? Storm water Runoff Pollution • Rainwater that flows OVER land into streams and rivers, picking up pollution as it goes along
Examples of Pollutants • Sediment-Dirt • Excess nutrients-Fertilizer • Bacteria-Dog poop! • Debris-Leaves, plastic bags, bottles
Polluted storm water runoff harms… • Plants • Fish and animals • People