AKELAND | Driving around Lakeland recently, you may have noticed that the city's four street sweepers have a new look.
To help educate the public about water quality, vinyl wraps have been placed on the street sweepers as a part of Lakeland's Street Sweeper Wrap Education Program.
"We're trying to build awareness," said Doug Gleckler, the city's manager of lakes and stormwater.
While street sweepers are designed to keep roads clean and prevent dirt and debris from entering and polluting the lakes, Gleckler said that residents have to do their part to protect the environment.
When sand, dirt, and pet waste are washed from the streets into the water, the excess of nutrients can be bad for the lakes.
Trash, oils, greases, and other fluids also will pollute the water.
"Anything that ends up in the streets will end up in the lakes, (and) you're actually costing the city more and the citizens more to pick up that material," he said.
The city's stormwater utility fee funds the program as well as other water quality capital improvement projects, public education outreach, and regulatory duties.
Even grass clippings and other yard debris reduce the water quality of the lakes.
That's why it's so important to keep the streets clean.
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