2019 -- S 0791 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MAY, 2019, TO BE "STORM DRAIN AWARENESS | |
MONTH" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senator Joshua Miller | |
Date Introduced: April 04, 2019 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Storm drains carry water away without any treatment. Consequently, any |
2 | stormwater, leaves, and trash entering a storm drain flows directly to nearby wetlands, streams, |
3 | ponds, and eventually coastal waters without treatment; and |
4 | WHEREAS, Water entering storm drains is not treated. This untreated stormwater all |
5 | goes directly to nearby wetlands, streams, ponds, and eventually the Bay without treatment; and |
6 | WHEREAS, Stormwater pollution is responsible for beach/shellfish closures and |
7 | threatens drinking water supplies; and |
8 | WHEREAS, Careless disposal of trash and recyclables, pet waste, lawn chemicals, |
9 | household chemicals, and paint impact water quality and the health of the watershed; and |
10 | WHEREAS, Simple education and awareness generated about the role storm drains play |
11 | help mitigate these facts; now, therefore be it |
12 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
13 | hereby proclaims the month of May, 2019, to be "Storm Drain Awareness Month" in the State of |
14 | Rhode Island and encourages all citizens to join in becoming ambassadors and stewards to storm |
15 | drains in order to improve water quality and the health of our watersheds; and be it further |
16 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
17 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Devon Kurtz, Executive Director of the |
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1 | Blackstone Heritage Corridor, and Bonnie Combs, Marketing Director of the Blackstone Heritage |
2 | Corridor. |
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