Water and Environment

Block diagram, signage for non-point-source water pollution, The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University

Your feet pound the pavement as you dash through the rain. You glance down and notice pieces of trash flowing beside the road. Where does all that trash come from?

Experts call this nonpoint source pollution (NPS) because it comes from many diffuse sources. Types of NPS include dirt, nutrients, bacteria, chemicals, oil, and trash. These pollutants flow unfiltered into our waterways. NPS threatens water quality across Texas.

NPS makes people sick and harms ecosystems like Spring Lake. Take a moment to look at Spring Lake. Is it worth protecting?

— text by Briane Willis, Interpretive Education Specialist,
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment