The drains on our streets collect water runoff. Once water enters the grated drains, the water and everything it collects along the way, moves through pipes directly into our surface waters including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and wetlands. If too much debris enters along the way, drains clog and flooding can happen.
By volunteering just 15 minutes once or twice a month to pick up whatever is in the drain you adopt, you help the effort to keep our drains flowing and our surface waters clean.
In Bloomington last year, more than 471 Adopt-A-Drain volunteers adopted 800 drains and stopped more than 3,500 pounds of debris from entering water bodies in Bloomington.
To volunteer, visit Minnesota’s Adopt-A-Drain program at mn.adopt-a-drain.org. Find your street and select the drains you want to adopt and report the estimated pounds of drain debris you collect.
