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Drain your pool the right way

 


Drain your pool the right way
 

Drain Your Pool
The Right Way

Storm sewers

Water should be the only thing going into drains on our streets, which flow untreated into our nearest stream or river.

Why water should be the only thing entering our storm sewers

Only Rain
Down the Drain

Toilets are not garbage cans

Don't flush other stuff

 

toilets are not garbage cans

Toilets Are Not
Garbage Cans

Sinks are not garbage cans

Fats, oils and grease should never be poured into household drains

Sinks are not garbage cans

Sinks Are Not
Garbage Cans



Food Waste Grinders

 

Why you should not use a food waste grinder

Why you should not use a food grinder

Car Wash

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Why only rain should go down the drain

     

Phosphate-Free detergents and soaps

This will decrease the amount of chemicals needed in the sewage treatment process to remove phosphorous. (Phosphorous levels in the Thames River exceed surface water quality objectives coming into and leaving London.)

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Do not fertilize your lawn before a rain storm

Some of the fertilizer could end up in the Thames River from your storm runoff.

   

 

 The Waste Discharge By-law lists what can be discharged into the sewage system. Additional information is available in the pamphlets:

Note: there are specific "Best management practices" for businesses to follow to protect the sewer system and the Thames River.