Saginaw Area Storm Water Authority Survey

Do you think the quality of water in lakes, rivers, and streams in the community where you live is:

How much do you think the way you maintain your home (e.g., lawn care, trash disposal, pet care) affects the quality of water in lakes and streams in the community where you live?

During the past 5 years, have you or someone in your household taken action at your home or in your community to protect water resources?

Yes

Don't know

If you answered yes to the previous question, what action(s) have you or the others in your household taken?

During the past year, which ONE of the following do you think contributed the MOST pollution to lakes, rivers and streams in the community where you live?

Wastewater treatment plant discharges

Factories / industrial discharges

Stormwater (rainwater) runoff into storm drains and roadside ditches

Sewage overflow

Animal waste

Construction sites and new development

Agricultural operations

Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement: “The quality of local streams and rivers where I live affects the Great Lakes.”

Where do you think stormwater (rainwater) goes after it enters a storm drain or roadside ditch in your community?

Directly to lakes and streams without treatment

To lakes and streams after receiving some treatment

To a wastewater treatment plant

Don't know

Which ONE of the following BEST describes the location where you live?

I live near a watershed

I live in a watershed

I don't live in a watershed

Don't know/I'm not familiar with the term "watershed"

The best place to wash your car and not impact the area’s rivers is? (check the two best answers)

On the street by the storm sewer

On your lawn

At the commercial car wash

In a parking lot

When washing your car, you should be careful with the types of detergents you use because if they contain phosphates they can

Cause your paint to lose its luster

Cause algae blooms in rivers and lakes if they get into the storm drainage system

Cause harm to your tires

Create a problem for your driveway surface

If you answered yes to the previous question, has your household had your septic system checked or serviced during the past five years?

Yes

Don't know

Where does your household typically dispose of materials, such as old oil/fluids from your vehicle, batteries, pesticides, paints, and other household hazardous wastes? (Check all that apply)

On the ground

With my regular trash

At a scheduled community collection site or facility that accepts these materials

I keep it in a container at my home

Down a storm drain or roadside ditch

Other

Why doesn't your household typically dispose of your household hazardous waste at a community collection site?

Do you or other members of your household typically pick up your dog’s waste when you go for a walk?

Yes

No, but we have a dog

No, because we DO NOT have a dog

If you have a dog, how does your household typically dispose of your dog's waste?

What does your household (or your lawn service) typically do with your grass clippings and/ or fallen leaves?

Leave them on the lawn/mulch into lawn

Compost them in your yard

Sweep them into the street or into a roadside ditch/stream/wetland

Curbside pickup by community

I do not have a yard

Other

What are the benefits of rain gardens or green infrastructure?

Helps clean the storm water as it is filtered through the soil

Promotes ground water replenishment in soil conditions that allow for infiltration

Native plants used in rain gardens promote native habitat and provide a food source for hummingbirds, butterflies, and honeybees

Reduce the number of pollutants from rooftops and hardscapes from draining into local creeks

Slows stormwater runoff: decreasing peak storm water flows and therefore reducing ditch/ stream erosion

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