We've taken a unique approach to educating the community about pollution problems in the watershed. First, we created a "speaker's bureau" that made speakers available for community group meetings --- our hope is to encourage you to come to our public forum by introducing the issues to you ahead of time.

In addition, a team member designed a brochure on the watershed, which we distributed. Also, the Appoquinimink team is so far the only one to involve students in the process --- a group of five middle school students designed and administered a survey to hundreds of parents to see what they perceived as the major pollution problems in watershed and which actions they believed would reduce pollution the most.

Our student team members from the Middletown Middle school prepared a great summary of their survey for a public forum. You can click here to see their presentation in your web browser now, or you can click here to download the full (78 kb) presentation to your hard drive.

If you have a computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system, but don't have Microsoft PowerPoint, you can click here to download a free viewer from the Microsoft web site.

We'd like to invite you to click here to download our brochure (431 kb file size) on the Appoquinimink Watershed's water quality issues. The brochure covers the watershed's characteristics and pollution challenges, along with defining what a watershed is, an outline of the Tributary Action Team and its responsibilities. Our points of contact are included for easy reference.

You can also click here to download our Appoquinimink Issues Booklet (112 kb file size) to save on your computer's watershed activities folder. The booklet is a guide on finding local solutions to local problems in the Appoquinimink Watershed.

We're moving ahead, drafting a Pollution Control Strategy that we will discuss with citizens during another forum. After that, and after making any revisions, we will present strategies to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Our team may address such topics as development practices, on-site wastewater systems, nutrient management and home lawn care in our Pollution Control Strategy

We've written several articles full of great information for you to use. How about linking to them to learn more?

Watershed Notes

Better Water Quality Begins In Your Own Back Yard

The Impact of Lawn Care on Water Quality

In addition, team members continue working to keep you informed by writing a monthly column in The Middletown Transcript, a local newspaper.