Presented by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District and wheredoesitgo.org
Because dogs can't flush.
Did you know dog droppings can impact our groundwater, streams, and lake? When it rains, bacteria from doggie doo can soak into groundwater, or be carried by rainwater to storm sewers which carry the flow to nearby streams. In both cases, the water is not treated at a wastewater treatment plant, and that's not good for the environment.
One simple action can make an environmental difference: Pick Up Poop. We encourage you to take our PUP pledge to bag your pet waste and properly dispose of it in a trash receptacle. Not to mention, it's the polite thing to do for your neighbors' sake, especially when walking your pets in a park. "But how is bagging my pet's waste any better? Isn't that just going into a landfill? Aren't there better ways?" you ask. Others have asked, too, and we've offered a few answers. | Winner of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) 2011 Public Information & Education Award
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Let's talk dirty for a moment.
There are more than 90,000 dogs in Cuyahoga County. If each dog poops twice a day, that could be more than 45 tons of doggie droppings every day! That's a lot of bacteria, and when it rains, that groundwater and surface runoff carries that bacteria to local waterways. Yuck.
Cleaning up after your dog is a simple step you can take help keep my watershed clean and waterways free of harmful bacteria.
Cleaning up after your dog is a simple step you can take help keep my watershed clean and waterways free of harmful bacteria.