Five bags of leaves and other yard waste contain enough phosphorus to grow 500 pounds of algae in local lakes and ponds…
Five bags of leaves and other yard waste contain enough phosphorus to grow 500 pounds of algae in local lakes and ponds. If every home in Apple Valley allowed one bag worth of leaves to wash into the stormdrain when it rains this fall, that’s 1.5 million pounds of algae! Don't forget that leaves left in the curb and gutter can also clog stormdrains and lead to street flooding. Keep the fish and critters in local ponds happy by preventing this source of phosphorus pollution from traveling to them through the storm drain system.