The Tacoma Environmental Services Department surveyed its residents and found half did not know that stormwater runoff went right into Washington’s Puget Sound.
Knowing they needed to educate residents to help remedy the problem, utility leaders in 2017 created an outreach campaign on the theme “If it hits the ground, it hits the Sound.” It launched in 2018. The theme was the creation of ESD staff member John Inch, enviro-challenger educator, who teaches children in classrooms about water conservation and stormwater runoff.The department treats about 10 billion gallons of wastewater per year for its more than 900,000 customers. It also maintains
