Track impact
Sustained grassroots participation
Residents who sign up for the program agree to estimate the debris they collect and enter it into their online account. MS4s can then quantify the cumulative amount of priority pollutants kept out of local waterways by the program. Participants receive automated email reminders that their work is part of a larger community effort supported by collecting and reporting on a regular basis.
In Minnesota, more than 40% of program participants report the amount and type of debris they collect from their storm drains.
Statistics & reporting
Quantify the impact of pollution reduction and resident engagement. Data collection is what distinguishes Adopt-a-Drain from other drain adoption programs around the country. We built an effective and easy-to-use Web-based tool for MS4s (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems) that allows administrators to:
View participation and impacts over time
Sort data by city, county, watershed, sub-watershed
Sort according to pollution type
Convert from gallons to pounds
Report on behalf of participants
Export .csv reports to analyze data
Edit reports to correct mistakes
Track debris for specific drains
Drain clearing reporting form
Administrator report samples
Download a sample end-of-year report from a large city.
2021 Report
Seattle, Washington
Population
737,015 in 2020
Download a sample end-of-year report from a smaller city.
2021 Report
Fridley, Minnesota
Population
29,590 in 2020