What do pet owners need to know about  preventing pet care activities from contaminating our oceans?
Stormwater, Clean Oceans, & Pollution Prevention
Water Quality Guidelines for Pet Care Activities

Whether walking your dog on the beach or keeping your pet in your backyard, pet owners always need to be conscious of things they can do to prevent pet care activities from creating discharges that may enter the storm drains.

Water Quality Guidelines for Pet Care Activities

This page is intended to explain the regulatory issues regarding pet care activities and suggest what you can do to prevent these activities from causing water quality problems.

Whether walking your dog on the beach or keeping your pet in your backyard, pet owners always need to be conscious of things they can do to prevent pet care activities from creating discharges that may enter the storm drains.

Once discharges or storm runoff containing pet waste flows to the storm drain, it flows untreated to rivers, streams, and lakes and ultimately to the ocean.

Washing Your Pets

If possible, bathe your pets indoors using less toxic shampoos or have your pet professionally groomed. Pet shampoos and soaps, even when biodegradable, can be toxic to humans and marine life.

Flea Control

Consider using alternatives such as oral or topical flea control products. If you use flea control products such as shampoos, sprays or collars, make sure to dispose of unused quantities properly.

Why is it important to pick up after your pet?

During rainfall, pet waste left on lawns, beaches, trails, and sidewalks can wash into storm drains. These wastes flow directly into streams, lakes, and the ocean. These wastes can eventually harm human health and the environment.

As they decompose, pet wastes demand a high level of oxygen from water. This can kill fish and plant life by reducing the amount of dissolved oxygen available to them.

Have fun with your pets! But please be a responsible pet owner and take care of them and the environment. 

STEPS YOU CAN TAKE 

Pick up after your pet! It's easy as 1-2-3!

Bring a bag

Clean it up

Dispose of it properly (toilet or trash)

For more information about the City's Stormwater Program please contact the City's Water Quality Manager at (714) 229-6740.
Created on Aug.  4, 2002 at  7:21 PM (PDT). Last updated by kgraham@cypressca.org on July 26, 2019 at  4:31 PM (PDT). Owned by cmcmahon@ci.cypress.ca.us.
Catherine McMahon
Kirsten Graham
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