
RESEARCH
Reviewing Melbourne’s Polystyrene Pollution: Yarra Riverkeeper Association Report
Polystyrene Pollution: Yarra River Report Foamed polystyrene (or styrofoam) is a major component of marine litter and has traditionally been used in food packaging, construction, …
Microplastics and other harmful substances released from disposable paper cups into hot water
AUTHOR Ved Prakash Ranjan, Environmental Engineering and Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India Anuja Joseph, …
Remaking stormwater as a resource: Technology, law, and citizenship
AUTHOR Joshua J. Cousins, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire & Department of Environmental Studies, SUNYCollege of Environmental Science …
Critical review of heavy metal pollution of traffic area runoff: Occurrence, influencing factors, and partitioning
AUTHORS Maximilian Huber, Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Am Coulombwall 8, 85748 Garching, Germany Antje Welker, Fachgebiet Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Hydromechanik, …
Stormwater Management: Calculation of Traffic Area Runoff Loads and Traffic Related Emissions
AUTHORS Maximilian Huber, Brigitte Helmreich ABSTRACT Metals such as antimony, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc can be highly relevant pollutants in stormwater runoff …
Primary Microplastics in the Oceans: a Global Evaluation of Sources
AUTHORS Julien Boucher, Damien Friot ABSTRACT Plastic has penetrated everyday life: from clothing to coatings and from transport vehicles to cleaning products. Plastic is cheap, …
With the valuable research Stormwater Shepherds and our affiliate partners undertake, we discover, learn and move one step closer to a clean water future.
The most effective way to reduce the harmful effects of stormwater pollution is to prevent it from entering our waterways. This is a combination approach targeting education, knowledge sharing and improved stormwater infrastructure.
Our focus is to stop the plastic and urban pollution highways at the source through
- Positive Action – helping restore inland waterway environments
- Education – providing a deeper awareness of the importance of stormwater networks and the impacts of plastic and urban pollution on all lifeforms
- Advocacy – for long-term sustainable approaches to successfully managing plastic pollution

We believe in the value of connection, communication and collaboration to influence and guide how we can help protect life in our world’s watercourses, whether human or animal.
Togetherness is strength.
The most effective way to reduce the harmful effects of stormwater pollution is to prevent it from entering our waterways. This is a combination approach targeting education, knowledge sharing and improved stormwater infrastructure.
Our focus is to stop the plastic and urban pollution highways at the source through
- Positive Action – helping restore inland waterway environments
- Education – providing a deeper awareness of the importance of stormwater networks and the impacts of plastic and urban pollution on all lifeforms
- Advocacy – for long-term sustainable approaches to successfully managing plastic pollution

We believe in the value of connection, communication and collaboration to influence and guide how we can help protect life in our world’s watercourses, whether human or animal.
Togetherness is strength.