Businesses play a vital role in reducing non-point source pollution
in the Anacostia Watershed. This is true both because businesses make
up a significant percentage of landowners in the watershed and because
we often look to businesses to take a leadership role in reducing pollution.
Luckily the Anacostia Watershed has no shortage of businesses doing
their part to help protect and restore the Anacostia Watershed. These
businesses deserve our recognition for their efforts - both through
accolades like awards and publicity in newspapers and through word of
mouth, and more importantly through our patronage of their businesses.
Please keep these businesses in mind when you are shopping and show
them your appreciation by using their products and services!
Small businesses
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Results, The Gym -Their outstanding efforts to reduce
non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River by installing
rain barrels and rain gardens on their property.
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A rain barrel keeping rainwater on-site at Results, the Gym.
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Super Salvage - for its outstanding efforts to reduce
non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from its property
by capturing storm water runoff on-site, instituting an oil recycling
and spill prevention program, and participating in a sediment-reducing,
street sweeping program.
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Street sweeping to keep sediment from reaching the Anacostia.
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Maryland Rock - for its outstanding efforts to reduce
non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from its property
by capturing storm water runoff on-site, instituting an oil recycling
and spill prevention program, and participating in a sediment-reducing,
street sweeping program.
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South Capitol Street Heliport - for its outstanding efforts
to reduce non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from
its property by modifying landscaping practices and installing
a rain garden to capture and reduce storm water runoff.
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Volunteers planting a rain garden at the heliport.
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Non-profits
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Shaw EcoVillage - for its outstanding efforts to reduce
non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River by Teaching
Youth how to create more livable, sustainable communities through
work such as building and installing rain barrels and designing
and installing rain gardens.
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Planting a green roof at Shaw EcoVillage.
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DC Greenworks - for their outstanding efforts to reduce
non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River and educate
the public by planting trees and installing rain gardens and green
roofs at sites throughout the District of Columbia.
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Volunteers planting a green roof.
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Earth Conservation Corps - for their outstanding efforts
to reduce non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from
their property by installing rain barrels, rain gardens and green
roofs and reducing impervious surfaces and for educating youth
and the public on how to create more livable and sustainable communities.
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The Anacostia Riverwalk under construction in front
of ECC's Matthew Henson Center office.
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Large businesses
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PEPCO - for their outstanding efforts to reduce non-point
source
pollution to the Anacostia River from their property by Implementing
an oil recycling program, installing rain gardens, creating curb
cuts, and constructing inter-tidal wetlands.
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A vegetated bio-swale treating runoff from a road at
PEPCO's Benning Road facility.
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WMATA - for implementing oil recycling and spill prevention
programs, using spill-proof fueling systems and installing oil-water
separators.
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A storm water drain leading to an oil/water seperator
to trap non-point source pollution from a WMATA parking lot.
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Government Agencies
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The Washington Navy Yard - for its outstanding efforts
to reduce non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from
Its property by installing several Rain gardens and Bio-Filters
to reduce and store storm water runoff.
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Permeable pavement to filter rain water from
a parking lot on the Washington Navy Yard property.
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The General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service,
National Capital Region - for their outstanding efforts to
reduce non-point source pollution to the Anacostia River from
their property by installing a bio-filter to treat sheet flow
and store and reduce storm water runoff.
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