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Storm water environmental compliance

Take the Storm Water Survey to help the Department of Environmental Health and Safety ensure a university-wide understanding of stormwater and how we can all protect it from pollution.

Tags: Environmental Health and Safety , Storm Water Permit , Stormwater

Biological Sciences Researchers Study Tire and Road Wear Pollutants in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus Stormwater Wetlands

When driving in the rain, it is unlikely that you have thought much about how the environment is affected, let alone how nearby aquatic sources are impacted.

Tags: David Costello , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Ecology , Stormwater , Water pollution , Tire , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

Is our drinking water quality threatened here in the Great Lakes region?

Have you ever seen the “nasty green slime” – properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB in Lake Erie? Remember the July 31, 2014 “Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” public health warning messages in Toledo? Tests revealed that the algae was producing microcystin, a sometimes deadly liver toxin and suspe…

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , Joseph Ortiz , Research and Science , Lake Erie , climate change , Water pollution , Nutrient pollution , Stormwater , Clean Water Act , Great Lakes , Toxic algae , Drinking water , Green roofs , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute