EPA presents Environmental Achievement Award to the Keep it
Clean Partnership
 April
11, 2007, Boulder - On Tuesday, April 10, the Keep it Clean
Partnership, formerly known as the Watershed Approach to
Stream Health (WASH) Project, was awarded the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8's
"Environmental Achievement Award." The award recognizes
communities for their significant achievements in protection
of public health or the environment.
The Keep it Clean Partnership (KICP) is a regional
stormwater quality management program serving the
communities of Boulder, Boulder County, Erie, Longmont,
Louisville and Superior.
The partnership represents a unique regional approach to
water quality management and contributes to statewide
stormwater education and outreach activities. The KICP's
mascot "H2O Jo" and the slogan "Keep it Clean, 'cause we're
all downstream" have been used to create a family-friendly
message that serves to educate children as well as adults,
and a number of these KICP programs have been adopted
statewide.
"The Keep it Clean Partnership is a leading example of how
local governments can partner to promote environmental
awareness and achieve environmental goals," said Janice
Lopitz, Keep it Clean Partnership coordinator.
EPA Region 8 presents awards in four categories to
individuals and groups. The Environmental Achievement Award
recognizes significant achievements in the protection of
public health or the environment and in advancing the
agency's strategic goals. Among the criteria is an
outstanding contribution to environmental protection through
a single action, or by an ongoing action over an appreciable
period of time. For more information about the award, go to
www.epa.gov/region8.
KICP Community Outreach for 2006:
- 69,449 brochures and inserts were distributed to the
public.
- 26,350 take-home materials for the Get to Know Your H2O
program were handed out through school education programs.
- 3,808 BVSD and SVVSD students participated in stormwater
education programs, and 216 classroom programs were
conducted.
- 652 storm drains were labeled with the message, "Dispose
no Waste, Drains to Creek."
- 2,108 door hangers were distributed as part of the storm
drain marking program.
- 6,166 residents visited the stormwater booths at several
community events.
- 36,000 visits to
www.KeepitCleanPartnership.org.
- 58 residents participated in the Neighborhood
Stewardship Program.
- 234 copies of Adventures of H2O Jo videos were
distributed.
- 368,000 cars travel past the 'Keep it Clean' tributary
signs each day.
- 109 restaurant and 105 vehicle service facility
stormwater pollution prevention evaluations were completed.
- 150 municipal employees received training in stormwater
pollution prevention.
- 49 municipal facilities were visited.
- 4 newsletters were mailed to 94 municipal employees.
- 129 participants were provided with construction erosion
control training.
- 9 municipal employees attended a Web cast on streamed
restoration and stabilization.
- 31 municipal employees heard a presentation from the
Colorado departments of Transportation and Public Health and
Environment on construction compliance and discussed
contract language for government construction projects.
- 15 county employees attended a discussion on rural road
construction and maintenance.
- 150 municipal employees were trained about illegal
discharge identification.
- 186 spills received response.
For more information about the Keep it Clean Partnership's
stormwater pollution prevention efforts, visit
KeepitCleanPartnership.org or contact Janice Lopitz,
Keep it Clean Partnership coordinator, (303) 441-1439 or
Curry Rosato, city of Boulder watershed outreach
coordinator, (303) 413-7365. |
