Environmentally
Speaking
The City of Niles' Department of Public Works, over the next
several years, will be releasing information using this website; the City of
Niles Newsletter; informational flyers provided to area schools;
press releases through area news media; and other means necessary to
educate our citizens on pollution prevention practices related to
storm water runoff. Working with the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality and United States Environmental Protection
Agency, the DPW will help facilitate the education of our citizens on how to prevent
the illicit discharge of pollutants into the City’s storm sewer
system, which ultimately ends up in the St. Joseph or Dowagiac
Rivers.
The following are specific environmental subjects that all
residents should be made aware of in regards to preserving the
natural resources of our community. We ask that you review
each of the subjects below to familiarize yourself and others of
what can be done to preserve our resources and some things that
should not be done because of the hazards that such actions would
pose. Please check this page often for additional information
that will be added to this series of important environmental
messages.
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