Education

Stormwater Utility

Education & Outreach Program

The City of Columbia, Missouri – Stormwater Education & Outreach program helps educate local residents about stormwater topics, such as what stormwater is, how it becomes polluted, and how individuals can help protect our local streams, creeks and recreational waterways.

Stormwater Resources: Education

• Do You Know Your Watershed?
• Stormwater: Understanding the Issue
• Stormwater Education for KIDS!

Stormwater Resources: Outreach

• Pollution Prevention
  • Pet Waste
  • Recycling
  • Litter Awareness
  • Adopt-A-Spot Litter Control
  • Household Hazardous Waste Collection
• Sustainable Lawn Care
  • Yard Waste
  • Rain Gardens
  • Native Plantsopens PDF file
  • Composting Workshops
  • Outside Water Conservation
  • CoMo Wild Yards Program
• Special Projects & Events
  • Storm Drain Mural Project
  • 319 Grant Grissum & Sunrise Estates

Stormwater Resources:  Social Media

• YouTube Channel
• Facebook

Stormwater Resources: Volunteer Activities

• The Crawdads – City Stream Team.
• Volunteer to mark storm drains in your neighborhood
• Adopt-A-Rain Garden
• Hinkson Clean Sweep –  City-wide stream cleanup every year in October.

Stormwater Resources: City of Columbia Utilities

• Stormwater Engineering – Find contact information, construction standards, inspection forms, Stormwater Utility projects, stormwater manuals, stormwater MS4 permit and resource information about the City’s stormwater management program.

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Boone County, City of Columbia and the University of Missouri coordinate stormwater activities. The three institutions are joint holders of a Phase II Stormwater Permit issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).