Event Title
Designing Environmental Outreach for Stormwater BMPs
Presentation Abstract
Stream health in urban landscapes is affected by non-point sources of pollution from a range of land uses including commercial activities that may release pollutants. Significant improvements in water quality will require efforts to control contaminants at their sources from theses various activities. Automotive repair businesses are seen as a sector that handles large volumes of products that can be washed into storm drains. The purpose of the study was to learn this sector's needs in adopting storm drain best management practices. Semi-structured in-person interviews were conducted with Vancouver area business owners to identify barriers, challenges and opportunities to adopting storm drain best management practices. The results show that auto repair businesses were generally receptive to improving practices but indicate that certain barriers need to be addressed in order to have more widespread acceptance and adoption. The participants made design recommendations to improve the effectiveness of an education and outreach program for their industry.
Session Title
Moving beyond education and outreach to behavior change
Conference Track
Engagement
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2016 12:00 AM
End Date
2016 12:00 AM
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Urban runoff--Management--British Columbia--Vancouver Metropolitan Area; Automobile repair shops--British Columbia--Vancouver Metropolitan Area; Nonpoint source pollution--British Columbia--Vancouver Metropolitan Area
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Vancouver (B.C.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Designing Environmental Outreach for Stormwater BMPs
2016SSEC
Stream health in urban landscapes is affected by non-point sources of pollution from a range of land uses including commercial activities that may release pollutants. Significant improvements in water quality will require efforts to control contaminants at their sources from theses various activities. Automotive repair businesses are seen as a sector that handles large volumes of products that can be washed into storm drains. The purpose of the study was to learn this sector's needs in adopting storm drain best management practices. Semi-structured in-person interviews were conducted with Vancouver area business owners to identify barriers, challenges and opportunities to adopting storm drain best management practices. The results show that auto repair businesses were generally receptive to improving practices but indicate that certain barriers need to be addressed in order to have more widespread acceptance and adoption. The participants made design recommendations to improve the effectiveness of an education and outreach program for their industry.
Comments
This presentation is a summary of a Masters Thesis project. Full details can be found here:http://dspace.royalroads.ca/docs/handle/10170/751