Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping
Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations.
It is far less expensive to prevent pollutants from entering a waterway than it is to clean up and restore the waterway once it has become polluted. Pollution prevention is a function or result of good Housekeeping. Examples of good housekeeping include:
Regular inspection and maintenance of installed BMPs.
Constructing BMPs at pollutant generating locations such as city garages, waste transfer stations and road salt storage areas.
Incorporating water quality controls, green infrastructure, into flood control projects.
Training municipal staff involved with activities that could be associated with the discharge of pollutants into our waterways.