FRAMINGHAM, MA – Warnings are being stenciled above storm drains which empty into the Sudbury River in Framingham in hopes that people will realize that the drains lead directly into the river and that anything including motor-oil and other chemical products will end up in the river, along with the rain water run-off which the drains are intended to carry.

Many people confuse storm drains with sewers, and think that liquids they (illegally) dump in them goes to waste treatment facilities.

Liquid chemical waste should never be poured down household drains, and do even more damage when poured in storm-drains which run directly into ground water, rivers, and reservoirs.

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