Why is stormwater quality important?

Stormwater can carry litter, sand, bacteria, oil, and other chemicals as it flows to our streams, rivers, ponds, and wetlands. Runoff from paved surfaces may contribute to large amounts of polluted stormwater. Cleaning up stormwater not only benefits our neighborhoods and town, it also benefits the entire network of water bodies and land that make up our watershed.

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1. What is stormwater?
2. How do I report stormwater pollution?
3. How can grass and leaves be a pollutant since they are found in nature?
4. Why is stormwater quality important?
5. What agency regulates stormwater quality?
6. What is the Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System?
7. What does the Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit require of the City of Coppell?
8. What Minimum Control Measures (MCMs) will the City of Coppell's program include?