IDDE Toolkit for Clean Water Protection Outreach

ACWA is committed to working closely with our Member Agencies to improve Oregon’s water quality. We are excited to provide our members access to an educational and action-focused illicit discharge detection and elimination (IDDE) water quality protection outreach toolkit. This toolkit was developed through a collaboration of ACWA’s Stormwater, Groundwater, Water Quality, Pretreatment and Education Committees. Use this toolkit to promote: spill prevention; best practices in landscaping by residents and professional landscapers; effective RV waste management; proper food service practices; and, best practices by at home including car and pressure washing and hazardous materials disposal.

The toolkit, which includes posters, flyers, radio and television scripts, and press releases, is available for members to download, print, and distribute within their respective communities. A space is available on each piece for member agencies to add contact information.

While these materials were developed for agencies with Underground Injection Control (UIC) permits, Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permits and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) implementation plans, they are applicable to your agency, regardless of region or regulatory status. We hope that they will resonate with all audiences across Oregon. In addition to supporting individual agencies’ regulatory requirements, the material supports our collective mission to protect Oregon’s water quality.

We hope you will put these products to good use…keeping water safe and clean in your community. Questions regarding the materials can be directed to ACWA Education Committee Chair, Holly Tichenor at htichenor@wsc-inc.com.

General Resources:

The files below are available only to ACWA members.

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LANDSCAPING

Hiring a Landscaper (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11 or Door Hanger)
Audience: Homeowners
Details: Home landscape infographic, targeting homeowners looking to obtain professional landscape services.

Landscape Maintenance (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11)
Audience: Landscapers
Details: Commercial landscape services brochures, which could be distributed at a local Oregon Landscape Contractors Association meeting, used in a direct mailing with a letter of introduction using yellow pages listings if a business database is not available; or distributed at local outreach events.

SPILL RESPONSE

Spill and Leak Cleanup (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11)
Audience: Homeowners
Details: Small Spill and Leak Prevention/Clean-up Fact Sheet

PRESSURE WASHING

Surface Cleaning Best Practices (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11, Equipment Tag – 4.5 x 6)
Audience: Homeowners, Equipment Owners/Renters
Details: Hanger or tag that can be attached to rental or for ale pressure washing equipment.

FOOD SERVICE

Food Service Best Practices (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11)
Audience: Food Service Staff
Details: Food Service fact sheet to target employees at food service establishments.

Dos and Don’ts for Food Service Employees (pdf)
(Poster – 8.5 x 24)
Audience: Food Service Staff
Details: Food Service poster, to be posted at food service establishments.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Proper Maintenance and Disposal (pdf)
(Handout – 8.5 x 11)
Audience: RV Owners/Renters
Details: Fact sheet that can be printed on a tear-off pad to accompany rental and sales materials or placement at dumping sites.