
Pictured from left to right: Carol Taylor, Harry Swanson, Luke Kachiros, Anthony Kachiros, Debbie Shaw, Jordan
Edwards, Martha Quigley, Preston Wilms, Christina Smith, little Mac Wilms, Adam Ozier.
Not pictured: Stefani Micheau
The Claremont Addition Neighborhood Association (CANA) and its members participated in a Storm Drain marking event in conjunction with the City of Dallas. Adam Ozier, a CANA member, organized this environmental event for our neighborhood which took place on Saturday October 12, at 9:00 am.
Congratulations! 11 neighborhood volunteers participated, and together we marked 71 storm drains!

Judy Schmidt with the City of Dallas’ Office of Environmental Quality was on-hand to educate us on the importance of keeping our storm drains clean.
Stormwater, which is rainwater or runoff from private and public properties, washes down storm drains located along the curbs of our streets. The purpose of these storm drains is to transport water out of the streets during heavy rain events, thus mitigating neighborhood flooding. Trash, debris, grass clippings, yard waste, and other solid materials can quickly clog these storm drains diminishing their ability to remove the rising waters from our streets.
The environmental impacts, however, are even more concerning. These storm drains empty directly into our local creeks completely untreated, carrying with it toxic chemicals, oils, pesticides, fertilizers, trash, and other pollutants which harm the plants and animals that live in and around our creeks. They depend on these waterways for their survival and can only do so if the water is kept clean. The bigger picture: our local creeks feed into adjacent streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs which the citizens of Dallas rely upon for outdoor recreation and clean drinking water.
The Claremont Addition neighborhood is blessed with a significant number of creeks, and the good news is stormwater pollution can be controlled if everyone plays their part – exercising responsible use of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers in lawn and landscape maintenance; properly disposing of used oils and toxic materials; and keeping trash, debris, and pet waste out of the storm drains.
Our effort of marking storm drains throughout the Claremont area will remind people of the vital importance of those ubiquitous openings along our streets that so often get passed by without a thought. Thank you to all the volunteers who made this possible!

Storm Drain Marker

CANA’s youngest help 2 yr old Mac