Stormwater Pollution

Stormwater pollution is one of the leading causes of water quality problems in the State of Maine.  Stormwater is rain or snowmelt that does not soak into the ground. When it runs off our lawns, driveways, parking lots, and roads, it picks up pollutants such as gas and oil, excess fertilizer, pesticides, pet waste, litter, and even food products that have been spilled on the ground.  Stormwater carries these untreated pollutants into drainage systems, watercourses, brooks and streams.  These eventually discharge into waterbodies such as Highland Lake, the Piscataqua River, the Presumpscot River, and Casco Bay.  The Town of Falmouth is working to prevent stormwater pollution.