Clean Water. Healthy Life.
Everyone can play a key role in cleaning up our polluted waterways through changes in behavior. The majority of pollution in our urban waterways can be linked to common lawn care practices such as applying excess fertilizers and pesticides, or not properly disposing of pet waste.
Before learning how you can make a difference it’s important to understand some key elements regarding water pollution.
Runoff - Runoff is stormwater that flows over impervious surfaces such as rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, streets and to some extent over residential lawns. As it flows, it picks up oils, lawn chemicals, pet waste and other pollutants along the way.
Storm Sewers - take stormwater runoff to nearby lakes and streams, untreated.
Watersheds - Everyone lives in a watershed. A watershed is an area of land that drains to a common body of water, such as a nearby creek, stream, river or lake.
Stormwater runoff is the biggest problem facing our streams, creeks and rivers today; fortunately there are many things YOU can do to improve water quality AND save money.
OTHER INFORMATIONAL LINKS
We had to postpone the Spring Stream Team Clean Up to July 13th at Mildred Keeney Park (55 NE Poe St). The time will be at 10 AM. Make sure you wear your old shoes and clothes and be ready for some fun in the water, while you are helping with the overall water quality. Remember, this is not just for the Village of Claycomo, but for the entire environment. .
Outdoor Water Quality (Away from Home)
Litter is not just unsightly. It gets washed into storm drains and into rivers and streams where it can harm fish and wildlife.
- Cigarette butts are the number-one source of litter in storm drains, which feed directly into streams and rivers.
- The presence of litter in a community decreases property values by a little over 7 percent.
- litter cleanup costs the U.S. more than $11.5 billion each year.
- If you drove from KC to Denver, you would pass approximately 11,603,693 pieces of litter. Download Facebook Art
- 36 percent of business development officials say that litter impacts a decision to locate in a community.
Monday June 24, 2019
Regular Board Meeting
7:00 PM
Community Building
28 S Drake Street
Monday June 17, 2019
Economic Development
6:30 PM
Community Building
28 S Drake Street
BOARD MEMBERS
Norma Sulzberger, Chairman
Email: Norma.Sulzberger@claycomo.org
Dale Goeller, Chairman Pro-Tem
Email: Dale.Goeller@claycomo.org
Cindy Graves, Trustee
Email: Cindy.Graves@claycomo.org
Daryl Hook, Trustee
Email: Daryl.Hook@claycomo.org
Debbie Crossley, Trustee
Email: Debbie.Crossley@claycomo.org
Want to reach all of them without typing all their addresses? You can email trustees@claycomo.org and reach all of them!
CITY HALL (816) 452-5539
MUNICIPAL COURT (816) 452-4539
VILLAGE NEWS:
UPCOMING village EVENTS:
STREAM TEAM EVENT #3062
Annual Santa on the Fire Truck 2018
December 22, 2018
9AM-10AM
Agenda not yet available
Village of Claycomo Mission:
VILLAGE OF
CLAYCOMO
CLAYCOMO, MISSOURI
The mission of the Village of Claycomo, Missouri, is to provide quality services that enhance the safety, economic diversity, environment and health of the community. Claycomo is a place where residents and businesses can thrive together in an atmosphere of courtesy , integrity and respect.
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