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240217-F-PO640-9979.JPG Photo By: Steve Elliott

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The effects of storm water runoff are one reason the annual Basura Bash creek clean-up at Joint base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is necessary. Storm water runoff occurs when precipitation comes down faster than our soils can soak it up and this rain flows over the ground. Impervious surfaces like driveways, sidewalks and streets prevent stormwater runoff from naturally soaking into the ground. Storm water can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, waste from pets and other pollutants before it flows into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland or coastal waterway. Polluted storm water runoff can have many adverse effects on plants, fish, animals and people. Sediment can cloud the water and make it difficult or impossible for aquatic plants to grow. Sediments also fill up the storage capacity of our reservoirs and can destroy aquatic habitats.


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