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We don't want summer to end either but the rain is coming! The "first flush" happens after rain fall when a summer’s worth of pollution washes into streams and waterbodies.
After a dry spell, our roads, highways, sidewalks, driveways, and other hard surfaces build up sediment, heavy metals, oils, pesticides, fertilizers and pollutants. All of this unseen or unnoticed material is transported by the rain into ditches, storm drains, and nearby water bodies.
We're still monitoring for E. coli and toxic algae so stay tuned and try to avoid swimming after it rains.
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