August 21 to 25 to explore the latest prevention of water pollution and mitigation technologies, to share experiences and discuss the latest most effective strategies to reduce pollution of surface waters.
With NPDES compliance in mind, StormCon 2011 brings together city officials and government, builders and contractors, site inspectors, civil engineers, designers, regulators, enforcement officials, planners, consultants, researchers, educators , EPA officials, property managers and other professionals in the water quality under one roof to focus on this extremely important subject.
Rain gardens are also known as recharge gardens.A rain garden is a planted depression that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas the opportunity to be absorbed. This reduces rain runoff by allowing stormwater to soak into the ground (as opposed to flowing into storm drains and surface 
Having seen pictures of the Pacific Trash Vortex , we know people aren't very good at keeping their garbarge from floating out to sea. But by the time trash is in the ocean, it's hard to know where it originally came from. That's why Clean 
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causes can be bad air around the area, radioactive rays, or simple things like sewage leaks,
solution is just to steam the water through a purification plant, seeve the water, drain it out, let it pass through different layers of material (forgot the name for it), natures best way to purify is the streams where the water pass over rocks and things
im not sure about the bigger picture, but what i do know is i live by Fareham creek near portsmouth, and if you walk along the promenade you will see a sewage outlet pipe in full view, spewing out its contents into the sea daily, the locals have even started a small campaign against it.
Maybe im naive but i just find it amazing we are still using