Some watersheds have plenty of clean water with many types of fish and mussels in the rivers. Other watersheds are polluted and lack aquatic life. Watersheds are where our industries set up business, developers establish neighborhoods and our farmers produce food for the dinner table. Watersheds are also where our children play and families go boating and fishing. Healthy watersheds are attractive in siting new businesses and in keeping a local economy healthy.
Nobody benefits from a polluted watershed.
When rivers are polluted, everyone is affected. Pollution from a pipe or sediment from an eroding streambank causes obvious problems for people living downstream. Send comments to Department of Environment and Conservation.