Pick up your Catch Basin Care Kit.Ĭatch Basin Care Kit are available on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last. Watch this short Adopt a Catch Basin PSA video STEP 3. To learn more about how the City of Newark is working together with community partners to promote green stormwater infrastructure practices, such as partnering with citizen volunteers to keep catch basins clean, check out this mini documentary film: This litter can clog drains, flooding local streets and filling the roadways with trash. Unfortunately, during heavy precipitation events litter and debris can overwhelm the catch basins, sending pollutants into the stormwater sewer system and eventually into our waterways. When it rains (or snows), stormwater runoff carries litter, debris and other pollutants to catch basins on the street. By adopting a catch basin, you will help to beautify the neighborhood, reduce localized flooding, and help stop litter and debris from entering our stormwater infrastructure and waterways.Ī catch basin is a drain with the sole function of collecting stormwater from streets and transporting it to local underground waterways. ![]() ![]() Click on image above to learn more about catch basins from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection.Ī project of the Newark Office of Sustainability, the Adopt A Catch Basin Project brings together the passion and pride of citizen volunteers with the technical savvy of city staff to make our city safer, cleaner, greener and more beautiful.
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