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1,' <br /> ~ <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> N E W S R E L E ~1 S E Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> _ (503) 687-5262 <br /> Povember 14 1991 <br /> CONTACT: S san Cunningham, Maintenance, 687-5220 <br /> From Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 6897-5523 <br /> F'OR IMMEDIA E RELEASE <br /> ~ NORTH EUGENE STUDENTS VOLUNTEER TO PAINT STORM DRAIN STENCILS <br /> Studen s from a North Eugene High School environmental club called "Home <br /> Help Our Mo her Earth" have volunteered to stencil storm drains in the north <br /> <br /> i <br /> Eugene area with a message that tells people why they shouldn't dump <br /> F?ollutants ucl-i as motor oils, paint or paint thinners, household cleaners, <br /> garbage, o antifreeze into storm drains. The stencils show a fish and the <br /> viords, "Du p no waste. Drains to stream." <br /> Summe Boslaugh, North Eugene Nigh School student coordinator for the <br /> ~:tenciling project, says that most high schools have similar clubs. She <br /> plans to h ve her group paint the stencils on Saturday, November 16, <br /> t?eginning t 2:30 p.m. in the north Eugene area just west of Coburg Road. <br /> Storm drains are designed to catch the runoff from rain. These drains <br /> tyre not co nected to or treated by the treatment plant, but dump directly <br /> into chann ls, streams, or the Willamette River. As little as one pint of <br /> uil can ca se an oil slick on calm water the size of two football fields. <br /> F:ven small amounts of oil can smother or poison the eggs and larva of <br /> organisms hat live in streams and can threaten and pollute fish habitat. <br /> The s orm drain stenciling program is sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of <br /> t:he Americ n Public Works Association. Local governments, such as Eugene's <br /> <br />