Presented by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

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WHY IT MATTERS:
Water quality and common courtesy

Did you know dog droppings can impact our groundwater, streams, and lake? When it rains, bacteria from doggie doo can soak into groundwater, or be carried by rainwater to storm sewers which carry the flow to nearby streams. In both cases, the water is not treated at a wastewater treatment plant, and that's not good for the environment.

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TAKE THE PLEDGE:
Picking Up Poop. Doo it.

We encourage you to take our PUP pledge to bag your pet waste and properly dispose of it in a trash receptacle. Not to mention, it's the polite thing to do for your neighbors' sake, especially when walking your pets in a park.

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MOST COMMON Q&A:

PUP raises questions, most of all why is a Sewer District concerned with puppy poo. But there are others.

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How is bagging my dog's waste any better? Isn't that bag just going to a landfill anyway? The answer.

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Isn't dog waste just like fertilizer anyway? If not, how is it any different than the other animals' out in the wild? The answer.

Winner of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) 2011 Public Information & Education Award

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Let's talk dirty for a moment.

There are more than 90,000 dogs in Cuyahoga County. If each dog poops twice a day, that could be more than 45 tons of doggie droppings every day! That's a lot of bacteria, and when it rains, that groundwater and surface runoff carries that bacteria to local waterways. Yuck.

Cleaning up after your dog is a simple step you can take help keep my watershed clean and waterways free of harmful bacteria.