Tip: Direct downspouts away from impervious surfaces (roads, sidewalks, etc.). Direct the water from your gutters towards the lawn where nutrients will be appreciated. (Learn more about this clean water tip).
The MCWD regularly hosts, or helps host, educational workshops and events to raise awareness of water quality issues in the District. See upcoming and past events below:
The Clean Water Summit focused on green infrastructure and the various ways to protect clean water.
The event brought together a wide array of individuals who want to engage people to take action and make clean water happen, including those involved in water resource management, community development and redevelopment, landscape and stormwater design, municipal operations, community organizing, and local decision-making.
We had two great cleanups in 2017: one that focused on Minnehaha Creek
in St. Louis Park and Hopkins and one that focused on Lake Hiawatha in
Minneapolis. Volunteers cleaned up 1,134 pounds of trash along Minnehaha
Creek and 1,233 pounds of trash around Lake Hiawatha. That's over a ton
of trash collected and kept out of our waters!
New this year was a storm drain stenciling component. At both cleanups,
groups went out to clean and stencil storm drains in surrounding
neighborhoods.
Our sponsors provided prizes for the most trash
collected per person, prizes for most interesting story/item, and prizes
for collecting small items like little bits of plastic and cigarette
butts.
Thanks to our sponsors: Target,
1-800-Got-Junk?, Berne Scale, Wilderness Inquiry, REI, Freshwater
Society, Three Rivers Park District, and Tonka Bay Marina.
Interested in keeping our waters clean throughout the year? Visit our Volunteer Your Time page for more information about getting involved.
The Clean Water Summit focused on green infrastructure and the various ways to protect clean water. 
We had two great cleanups in 2017: one that focused on Minnehaha Creek
in St. Louis Park and Hopkins and one that focused on Lake Hiawatha in
Minneapolis. Volunteers cleaned up 1,134 pounds of trash along Minnehaha
Creek and 1,233 pounds of trash around Lake Hiawatha. That's over a ton
of trash collected and kept out of our waters!