Many people simply don’t know that, unlike sewer drainage systems which flow to treatment plants; water entering the community’s storm drain system flows unfiltered and untreated into the bayous. Once one understands this crucial difference, one recognizes that even without the force of Federal law, these six required steps are all day-to-day essentials for any community which depends on its wetlands, coastal reaches, rivers, canals, ditches, and bayous for its quality of life and the health of its local economy.

See the attachment for no cost or inexpensive ways to keep our bayous clean and reduce municipal and storm damage costs.