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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Conduct Community Interviews 

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The City of Goshen strives to take the best care for residents and to ensure our drinking water meets all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) safety requirements.  As part of this process, the EPA will conduct community interviews in Goshen... more

2024 Spring brush pick-up begins April 22

Monday, April 15, 2024

The City of Goshen Street Department will begin the Spring brush pick-up on Monday, April 22, and will run until Friday, May 3, 2024. Please have any yard brush and leaves out before the start date to ensure pick-up. Leaf and brush piles placed in alleyways will not be picked up. Because of the large... more

Beautify Goshen Week 2024

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

In conjunction with the Goshen Chamber of Commerce’s “Beautify Goshen” Week, the Goshen Street Department will offer additional disposal services from Saturday, April 27, to Saturday, May 4, to assist city residents in their “Beautify Goshen” tasks. This free service is only available during this... more

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RESCHEDULE: Board of Aviation Commissioners

Monday, April 22, 2024, 2:00pm

City Council

Monday, April 22, 2024, 6:00pm

To view a live stream of this meeting, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81652777559 or call +1 305 224 1968, Webinar ID: 816 5277 7559. Comments are no longer taken online. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81652777559

Shade Tree Board

Monday, April 22, 2024, 7:00pm

This meeting is in-person only.

July 2016 Stormwater Toolbox Newsletter

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Click here for the July 2016 Stormwater Toolbox Newsletter. (Return to the Stormwater Management Home Page)

The above YouTube video "Nutrient Pollution" comes from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. For more information on how to reduce nutrient pollution visit the EPA's Nutrient Pollution website.

Clear Choices Clean Water also has an excellent Phosphorus Free Fertilizer Commercial that shows how what we do in our yard can affect our local water sources.

To go beyond the information in this month's Stormwater Toolbox Newsletter check out the following articles:

on Clear Choices Clean Water
- Healthy Soils Pledge
- Native Plants & Gardens Pledge
- Lawn Fertilizer Pledge
- Water Conservation Pledge
- Clean Water Superhero Pledge (Just for Kids)
- Pet & Other Poo Pledge
- Septic Maintenance Pledge
- Volunteer Service Pledge

on Deadzones:
- Dead Zones
- Dead zones haunt Green Bay as manure fuels algae blooms
- Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project - Hypoxia
- Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 
- NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - Great Lakes HABs and Hypoxia

on Eutrophication:
- Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences, and Controls in Aquatic Ecosystems
- Just Like Guacamole
- Lake Erie Expected to Have Algae Bloom (July 7, 2016)
- 10 Things to Know About Florida's Harmful Algae Blooms (July 18, 2016)

on Nuisance Canada Goose Management"
- Indiana DNR - Nuisance Canada Goose Management

on Streamside Buffers:
- Tennessee Urban Riparian Buffer Handbook - September 2015

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