The primary mission of the SWAC has been to protect and improve water quality in southern Indiana.
Imagine yourself standing in a huge shopping center parking lot in a torrential downpour. If you could collect all the water streaming off the parking lot, would you swim in that water? Would you drink it? Not likely. Yet that stormwater is almost certainly polluting our streams, rivers, and lakes. Because if it’s on the ground, it’s in our water –the same water bodies we rely on for recreation and even drinking water supplies.
The Southern Indiana Stormwater Advisory Committee is a regional partnership whose core function is to guide stormwater quality programs in a cost-effective, consistent and efficient manner; striving through collaborative efforts to educate all constituents, encourage involvement, and implement new planning approaches to improve the quality of life for the region, and thus society now and into the future.
Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm related hazard. A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. It takes just 12 inches of rushing water to carry away a small car, while 2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles. It is NEVER safe to drive or walk into flood waters (from the National Weather Service).
