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Stormwater Quality Leadership Program
Campus Improvement Projects
Through this program, students in grades 5-12 develop real-world skills while using math, science and teamwork to make meaningful environmental improvements to their own school site.
Educators facilitating the secondary-level program are also eligible to earn professional development credit through the University of Massachusetts Global by completing our Stormwater Quality Leadership for Educators course alongside the program (learn more here).
Best Management Practices
The outcome of each program is a set of improvements, known in the industry as Best Management Practices or BMPs, implemented by the students to either physically reduce stormwater pollution originating from their school site or to encourage behavioral change in the community.
Source Control BMPs
This type of BMP refers to solutions that have the ability to stop or reduce pollution at their source before they enter the catch basin and drainage system, typically educational.
Treatment Control BMPs
This type of BMP involves physical solutions that can reduce or stop pollution from entering the drainage system.
Examples of BMPs students have implemented in our Stormwater Quality Leadership Program include:
- Stickers
- Yard Signs
- Drain Murals
- City Resolution
- Drain Stencils
- Bioretention Basins
- Drain Improvements
- Student-Led Outreach
- Campus Flyers and Events
Explore some of their BMP projects here.
Water Quality Improvement Plan
Each school prepares and presents publicly their final recommendations in a Water Quality Improvement Plan for the school site. Below is an example plan from Los Alamitos High School students:
Example Lesson
Participating Schools
San Diego County, California
Capri Elementary School
El Camino Creek Elementary School
Flora Vista Elementary School
La Costa Heights Elementary School
Mission Estancia Elementary School
Olivenhain Pioneer Elementary School
Park Dale Lane Elementary School
Paul Ecke Central Elementary School
Lincoln Middle School
Jefferson Elementary School
San Dieguito Academy
Earl Warren Middle School
Diegueno Middle School
Kimball Elementary School
High Tech High School – North County
Epiphany Prep Charter School
North Broadway Elementary School
Sage Creek High School
Kelly Elementary School
Cloud Campus
Seaside Academy
Orange County, California
Linda Vista Elementary School
Carver Elementary School
Unity Middle College High School
San Clemente High School
Bernice Ayer Middle School
Thurston Middle School
McFadden Middle School
Los Alamitos High School
Vista Meridian High School
Mission Viejo High School
Valencia High School
Cypress High School
Sunny Hills High School
Tesoro High School
Huntington Beach High School
Samueli Academy
Mesa View Middle School
Kinoshita Elementary School
Los Angeles County, California
Walnut Valley High School
Santa Clara County, California
Westmont High School
Louise Van Meter Elementary School
Rolling Hills Middle School
Ventura County, California
Cesar Chavez Middle School
Honolulu County, Hawaii
Waipahu High School
Washoe County, Nevada
Lake Tahoe School
Mountain View Montessori
Sage Ridge School
Sierra Lutheran High School
Reed High School
Pioneer High School
Carson High School
North Valleys High School
Incline High School
Clark County, Nevada
Roger Gehring Academy
Del Sol Academy
Lyon County, Nevada
Fernley High School
Fernley Intermediate School
Elko County, Nevada
Adobe Middle School
Douglas County, Nevada
Douglas High School