Keeping our stormwater on our properties is important to sustainability in our region, for two distinct reasons: (1) in our areas prone to surface flooding, we reduce flood peaks, and (2) in our coastal communities, clean stormwater overwhelms our sewer systems, sending a mixture of clean water and sewage into our bay and lake through combined sewer overflows (CSOs).

We also have a limestone sinkhole area, that has very special characteristics that we need to consider differently.

For information on our area's emerging watershed management programs, visit the Firelands Coastal Tributaries website.

For information on a pilot project being carried out by the Friends of Pipe Creek Watershed (FPCW), the City of Sandusky, Erie Soil and Water Conservation District, Firelands Coastal Tributaries, and Haag Insight, Read more (download PDF)>