While flushing a Christmas tree down the drain is pretty unlikely, there are plenty of other ways your toilet and sink might receive some unwanted items this holiday season.
News, Events, and Updates from MCWEC
Be a Water Conscious Clothing Consumer
Most of us aren’t thinking about our drinking water when we go out to the store or browse clothing websites looking the perfect gift this holiday season. Clothing production however is a very resource intensive process – from the original materials to the disposal of our old items.
Artificial Intelligence Impacts to Drinking Water
It may seem impossible to avoid artificial intelligence chat bots and search results these days, but there are hidden costs to our water supply as data centers that house computing resources continue to expand.
Snow Removal Tips to Protect Groundwater
With winter quickly approaching and the first snow under our belt, it’s a good time to thing about snow removal and how snow and ice can impact groundwater. When we think of pollution traveling into drains and streams, we often think of rain events. But snow eventually turns into traveling water too! The same waste […]
What is Nonpoint Source Pollution?
Before the implementation of the Clean Water act in the 1970s, water pollution from industries and local municipalities directly into waterways was a major source of the country’s polluted water. Now indirect impacts pose the biggest threat to water quality.
Waste Tire Funding and Disposal Resources
If you’ve drive by an old junkyard seen piles of tires in the corner, you might have wondered why they hadn’t been disposed of yet. Knowing how and where to dispose of waste tires is a challenge. Identifying the cost and finding funding is a necessary step towards working tire management into your business model.
