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PACE Yourself: Be Part of the Pollution Solution!
Each of us can add to waterway pollution without even knowing it.
So, what can you do to clean up our creeks and rivers? Be a PACE 10 partner.
PACE 10 stands for Partners Acting for a Cleaner Environment.
The "10" is for KUB's accelerated 10-year capital improvement program to stop
sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Partners already include KUB; environmental groups;
city, county, state, and federal officials; and businesses - but to really clean up
our waterways, everyone in the community must be a partner.
Regulators call SSOs, which happen when wastewater leaks from sewer pipes before treatment,
point source pollution. That means they know where the contamination comes from and who
must address it.
But cleaning up point source pollution, like SSOs, fixes only a small part of the problem.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says non-point source pollution (NPS) carried
by stormwater runoff is the biggest problem facing our nation's waterways.
NPS comes from many sources. Runoff from rain and snow picks up various natural and
manmade pollutants and carries them to wetlands and waterways:
- Fertilizers
- Insecticides
- Household chemicals
- Automotive products (oil, antifreeze, gas, etc.)
- Sediment
- Bacteria from animal waste [livestock, wildlife, and pets] and leaking septic systems.
Most cities don't treat stormwater. That means everything picked up from roads, parking
lots, driveways, construction sites, industries, and yards, flows directly into waterways.
[See the City of Knoxville Web site for stormwater ordinances, best management practices,
erosion control measures, etc.]
KUB works hard to keep SSOs from adding to waterway pollution. What can we all do to keep
stormwater from carrying pollutants into waterways? Stop it from getting polluted in the
first place.
Check out these links to see what you can do to be a PACE 10 partner and help clean up
our waterways:
Take Action at Home
Take Action at Work
Take Action in Your Community
For More Information
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PACE10@kub.org |
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KUB
Attn: PACE 10 - Mailstop GS03
P.O. Box 59017
Knoxville, TN 37950-9017 |
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