Water Resources Commissioner
Water Quality Programs
The Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office offers several water quality programs in which local businesses, institutions, and residents can participate at no cost. Getting involved with these programs is a simple way to protect Washtenaw County waterways, improve the environment, and save some money. For more information, please visit the pages below.
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News You Can Use!
Want to do your part to protect our local waterways? Are you an h2o Hero?
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Help protect our rivers, lakes and streams from water pollution. As stormwater flows over lawns, driveways, parking lots and construction sites it is picking up pollutants such as: fertilizers, oil, yard waste, litter, animal waste, and anything else along the way. Together we can minimize those pollutants in our waterways. Learn more at the Huron River Watershed Council about the simple steps you can take to become an h2o Hero ... then share your stories with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/WCWRC). |
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Business Programs
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Community Partners for Clean Streams
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A cooperative effort between the Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioners Office and local businesses and institutions to promote and encourage business practices that protect Washtenaw County waterways.
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Homeowner Programs |
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This program educates Washtenaw County residents about how their actions at home and affect water quality, while encouraging them to adopt additional pollution prevention practices they may not have considered before.
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These sunken gardens capture rainwater from rooftops, parking lots, and other hard surfaces where it is used by plants or infiltrated to recharge groundwater, instead of draining off to nearby waterways.
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Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner's Guide to water quality protection for homeowners and homeowner associations. | |
Community Programs |
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Provides educational experiences that enables people to monitor the water quality of the Huron River through scientifically based, hands-on study. | |
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The Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner and the City of Ann Arbor are collaborating on a program to identify and implement cost-effective, practical solutions for flooding erratic flow and water quality problems in Allen's Creek. | |
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A restoration planning effort between the Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner's Office, City of Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township to reduce pollution, flooding and erosion in Mallett's Creek. | |
