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Pools,
Spas and Hot Tubs
Drain your pool the right way |

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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
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Only Rain
Down the Drain |
Toilets are not garbage
cans
Don't flush other stuff
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Toilets
Are
Not
Garbage Cans |
Sinks are not garbage
cans
Fats, oils and grease should never be poured into household drains |
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Sinks
Are
Not
Garbage Cans |
Food
Waste Grinders
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Why you should not use a food grinder
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Car Wash |
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Why only rain should go down the drain
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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. |
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