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What is a Watershed? Water runs across or under land on its way to a stream, river or lake. All the area it runs over, from the highest points to
The rain falling in our backyards eventually touches millions of others downstream and ties us all together. As water moves through each watershed, it picks up pollutants and carries them on. Pollutants upstream from your neighborhood affect your streams and pollutants in your neighborhood get carried on to someone elses stream. Each smaller watershed joins others until they reach major rivers, eventually reaching the Mississippi, one of the largest watersheds in the world, then off to the Gulf of Mexico. Our backyards, neighborhoods, towns and counties are part of interconnecting watersheds. And the way we take care of water here affects everyone downstream.  |
