Use a commercial car wash or wash your car on the lawn or other unpaved surface to minimize the amount of dirty, soapy water flowing into the storm drain. Commercial car washes are equipped to recycle the wastewater.
Check your car, boat, motorcycle and other machinery for leaks and spills. Make repairs as soon as possible. Before it rains, clean up the spilled fluids with an absorbent material such as sand or kitty litter and dispose of this material in your household waste container (not by rinsing into the storm drain).
Recycle used automotive fluids and batteries at participating service stations or call the Jefferson County Environmental Services Administration.
