Common Pollutants in Stormwater Runoff and Actions that Homeowners can Take to Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Anthony Halcyon, Mary G. Lusk, and Ann C. Wilkie

Release Date: 9/24/2023

Reviewed At: 8/23/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss720-2023

Water Resources

Abstract

This publication explains what happens when stormwater runoff enters constructed environments, its impacts on water bodies, and how individuals can take steps to lower their own stormwater runoff footprint. This guide can increase awareness of ways to reduce each person's role in water quality impairment by stormwater pollution. This publication is intended primarily for urban residential readers and does not focus on agricultural runoff.

About this Publication

This document is SL507, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Anthony Halcyon, former graduate assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences; Mary G. Lusk, assistant professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; Ann C. Wilkie, research professor, Ph.D, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Halcyon, A., Lusk, M. G., & Wilkie, A. C. (2023). Common Pollutants in Stormwater and Actions that Homeowners Can Take to Reduce Stormwater Pollution. EDIS, 2023(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss720-2023

Authors

Anthony Halcyon

graduate student, UF/IFAS Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, FL

Mary Lusk

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor, urban water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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Ann Wilkie

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, UF/IFAS Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, Gainesville, FL

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