It’s true that some pollution is the result of willful negligence.
But a lot of our watershed pollution comes from an innocent lack of awareness. We simply don’t understand the consequences of our car’s leaky oil pan ...or the outdated septic tank ...or the pesticides we spray on our lawn.

Improving Water Quality in Your Own Backyard is an excellent guide for controlling our personal sources of water pollution.
Click to download the PDF.

The Little Tennessee Non-Point Source Team has also produced three short Powerpoint presentations, which you can download here —

Little Tennessee Introduction
and Watersheds download
Water Quality download
Water Uses download
Free Powerpoint Viewer download

For more information, we recommend these web sites —

North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Non-Point Source Management Program

North Carolina Division of Soil & Water Conservation

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Polluted Runoff

Little Tennessee Watershed Association

Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River

Upper Cullasaja Watershed Association