Education and Public Outreach

POLLUTED RUNOFF (NPS) INFORMATION

Polluted runoff or nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground picking up pollutants along its journey to lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and even our underground sources of drinking water. Some of these pollutants are natural and others are man-made. With your help, we will work toward reducing these pollutants in our waterways.

Note: If you would like to search for information by Program or Topic, please view the Alphabetical Index.

• Funding: Grants & Loans
  
  
• Help with Polluted Runoff
• How You Can Help Reduce Water Pollution
• Guidance in Your Area of Interest
• Protecting Water Quality from Agricultural Runoff - Provided by USEPA
• Protecting Water Quality from Urban Runoff - Provided by USEPA
• What You Can Do To Prevent NPS Pollution - Provided by USEPA
  
  
• Nonpoint Source Implementation and Related Programs
  
  
• Polution Prevention
  
  
• Resource Guides/Information
• California Nonpoint Source Program Five-Year Implementation Plan - July 2003 through June 2008
• Protecting California's Water Resources By Managing Polluted Runoff
• Opportunity, Responsibility, and Accountability
• U.S. EPA Polluted Runoff Nonpoint Source Pointers Fact Sheets
  
  
• Additional Information
• California Coastal Commission Statewide Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program Information
• Cleaner Water Through Conservation - Provided by USEPA
• Save Our Seas - What You Can Do To Protect The Ocean
• U.S. EPA Polluted Runoff Articles and Activities for Middle School Students
• U.S. EPA Polluted Runoff Tribal Information Page

 

(updated 8/17/05)