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Resident at Stewart Creek cleanup says litter threatens water quality
Summary
A resident taking part in a street cleanup at Stewart Creek said volunteers are removing litter because it "affects water quality," harms wildlife habitat and flows downstream to the community's drinking water source.
A resident taking part in a street cleanup at Stewart Creek said volunteers were collecting litter to protect water and wildlife. "Litter affects water quality," the resident said, adding it also "affects habitat for wildlife, and it flows downstream to our drinking water source."
The cleanup was described as a hands-on effort to remove as much litter as possible from the street and nearby drainage areas. Organizers framed the activity as locally driven prevention: removing trash on the ground before it can be washed into storm drains and streams.
The participant emphasized water-quality harms and ecological effects as the chief reasons for the effort, linking visible litter on streets to downstream impacts on habitat and municipal drinking-water sources. No government action or formal agency involvement was stated in the recording.
Volunteers continued collection efforts on site; the recording focused on explaining why the cleanup matters rather than reporting specific counts of participants or quantities of litter collected.
