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Storm water can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system then directly to wetlands, ponds and lakes. Anything that enters a storm sewer system is discharged untreated into the waterbodies we rely on for swimming, fishing and providing drinking water.
