Resident Programs & Community Involvement

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  1. Paul Marrinan P.E.

    Senior Civil Engineer
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Education and Outreach is a big part of stormwater management. Knowledge is power! Here you will find information on the City's  residential-based stormwater programs. There are opportunities to volunteer in the community, resources to build a new rain garden at your home, tree planting events you can join, and much more. 

We invite you to get involved in the community, prevent stormwater pollution, and be a steward of the environment.
 

Stormwater Incentive Outreach Program


Want to test your stormwater knowledge? Puyallup residents can receive a give-away item for completing the current stormwater quiz online. This activity helps the City meet NPDES Stormwater Permit education and outreach requirements. New quizzes are posted periodically. Click here for the current Stormwater Quiz.
 
The online stormwater quiz was started in January to help pass the time before our next Stormwater Calendar is published. In September 2017 we expect to have a 15-month calendar available (October 2017-December 2018 calendar), and will return to a 12-month calendar for 2019. The calendars include monthly give-away incentives, just like this quiz, and offer tips on how to be stormwater-friendly at home.

Puyallup's Rain Garden Program


This grant-funded program supports permit requirements for the City's NPDES Stormwater permit, providing education and outreach to citizens, while supporting reduction in stormwater pollution runoff by promoting the installation of rain gardens, permeable pavements and rain barrels. Read more about cost-share and reimbursement opportunities for residents, as view photos of our past 5 years of rain garden installations around the City!

Visit the Puyallup's Rain Garden Program webpages.
Rain Barrel

Streamside Planting


Riparian zones are the areas surrounding our waterways and include native trees and shrubs, providing habitat and reducing polluted stormwater runoff from reaching our local waterways. The roots of native trees and shrubs planted in riparian zones help soak up and filter pollutants, keeping them out of streams. Contact us to find out how streamside property owners can receive free native trees and shrubs for their own riparian planting.
Riparian Planting on Silver and Meeker Creek

Make Your Mark


Have you seen them? Catch basin markers around Puyallup with our Only Rain Down the Drain logo. These markers remind us that only rainwater is allowed in our stormwater system. Catch basins lead to pipes, ditches, and culverts that all carry our stormwater directly to local waterways.

Only Rain Down the Drain Logo

Get Disconnected


What does it mean to "Get Disconnected" from the stormwater system? Disconnecting from the stormwater system means keeping stormwater on-site where it originates, instead of letting it flow into our stormwater system. In 2009 Puyallup started cataloging Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) installed in the city to show how all efforts, no matter how small, add up to a lot.

Visit the Get Disconnect webpage to see how many million gallons of stormwater Puyallup citizens and businesses have kept out of the stormwater system each year by building GSI and using on-site stormwater management techniques.

Citizen's Guide to Protecting Our Waters


Protecting our water resources starts with each person, home, building, and work site. Our stormwater systems do not treat the water, they are simply a series of pipes and ditches that channel that water directly to our streams, creeks, and river.

Visit the Citizen's Guide to Protecting Our Waters webpage to learn more about how you can help.
Clean Water