Students making meaningful change to improve water quality

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1,600 students have improved water quality through the SWPPP Internship™ Program

Welcome new SWPPP Interns

Welcome new SWPPP interns at Lake Tahoe School in Incline Village, NV
Welcome Waipahu High School SWPPP interns in Honolulu, HI starting their program October 2019.
SWPPP interns at Cesar Chavez School in Oxnard, CA will have their first staff meeting in November 2019.

In the news

"Student-led ban on plastic wattles"
NBC 7 San Diego
June 13, 2019

Recent intern accomplishments

SWPPP Interns tackle State Water Board's Trash Amendment
In preparation for schools being included in the new amendments to the Non-traditional Phase II MS4 Permit, SWPPP interns at Ocean Knoll Elementary have begun identifying hotspots of trash on campus to create 'School Site Trash Maps'. The students will identify activities in these areas, along with physical and environmental features that add to the abundance of trash and develop strategies to eliminate trash on campus.
​Observant middle schoolers change local legislation 
A group of observant SWPPP interns at Earl Warren Middle School in Solana Beach, CA noticed little bits of plastic entering the storm drains on their school campus from city-installed plastic-wrapped straw wattles. These interns took it to the City Council and requested the city switch to natural-fiber alternatives instead who readily agreed and allowed the interns to write the Staff Report and present the resolution which passed unanimously.
Watch: NBC 7 San Diego coverage. 

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