Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Keeping leaves out of storm drains CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After a beautiful show of fall colors, all of the leaves are on the ground. This pile up could cause problems once we get a heavy rain.
Water Quality Educator Jennifer Krupowicz says, “This isn’t the worst I’ve ever seen in leaf pile up, but... because people are blowing them on the streets or in the creeks, we’re getting a tremendous amount of build up.”
Charlotte Mecklenburg Storm Water Services encourages all of us to clear the leaves from the curbs and storm drains by our homes to prevent them from going into the storm drain.
“Bag up your leaves and put them at the curb for collection. Don’t dump them on creek banks or in the creeks.” Krupowicz says.
Leaves in the creeks could super fertilize the water and cause problems to aquatic life. After a hard rain they block the storm drains, which could lead to flooding. It’s important to keep in mind only rain should go down the storm drain.
