- Have your car inspected for oil, antifreeze, or brake fluid leaks and recycle used motor oil and antifreeze

- Quickly use an absorbent material, such as kitty litter, to clean any toxic product spills; sweep it up and put it into a trash bin

- Instead of washing your car at home, take it to a commercial facility that is connected to a sewer system

- When washing your pet or other items outside your home, use low phosphate soap and use it sparingly

- Store paints, solvents and cleansers carefully and dispose of them properly

- Compost manure and leaves into usable fertilizer rather than letting them get to a street or storm drain, and use mulch rather than herbicides

- Keep steep slopes vegetated and put rocks under the outfall pipe of downspouts and drains to prevent erosion

- Plant drought-tolerant trees and shrubs to help the ground absorb water and reduce surface runoff