Department of Environment
Pollution Prevention Services Overview
The Water Quality Management Division (WQMD) , working with local communities, and others, performs a variety of activities and offers a number of public education & pollution prevention services to prevent and eliminate storm water pollution caused primarily by people not being aware of how their daily activities may contribute to water pollution. Listed below are the pollution prevention services and public education activities offered by WQMD.
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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance to businesses, municipal and institutional facilities via the River Friendly Partners Program.
Contact Patrick Cullen at (734) 326-5562, If your business wants to learn how to become River Friendly.
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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Technical Assistance to citizens via the River Friendly Neighborhood Program (includes support for volunteer monitoring, storm drain stenciling, presentations and workshops)
Contact Noel Mullett to learn how your neighborhood has become River Friendly at (734) 326-4486.
- Children/School Based Outreach via Rouge River Children's Activity Book, Rouge River Water Festival and support to Friends of the Rouge Rouge Education Project.
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