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NEMO stands for Nonpoint
Source Education for Municipal Officials, a
three-year project of the BCDCOG, SC Sea Grant Extension Program, and the
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. Nonpoint source pollution
is the technical term for polluted runoff. It occurs when water flows over
the land, picking up an array of contaminants, including oil, litter, and
fertilizers, and delivers them to our waterways.
The NEMO program focuses
on the education of local elected and appointed public officials about
nonpoint source pollution and offers technical assistance for developing
community-based strategies to prevent or minimize water quality impairments
associated with nonpoint source pollution. The goal of NEMO is to educate
local elected and appointed officials and their staffs about the impacts of
land use on water quality and about the options available for managing those
impacts. In the program, we teach a three-tiered approach to mitigating
nonpoint source pollution problems that municipalities can undertake. The
three tiers include:
- Planning development based on natural
resources;
- Minimizing impacts through site design;
and
- Mitigating unavoidable impacts by using
best management practices.
For more information on
the BCD NEMO Program, please visit the website at
http://www.scseagrant.org/scnemo/sheds/sccoastal.htm. Included on
this website are fact sheets describing nonpoint source pollution and
methods that can be used to mitigate its effects, as well as strategies to
conserve open space. Staff is available at any time to present on any
of the topics listed above or on any other water quality-related topic.
Staff is also available to provide technical assistance to communities
requesting it. To set up a presentation or an appointment to discuss
technical assistance, please contact Dan Hatley at
danh@bcdcog.com. |
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