Painting is now underway.
If you see someone out painting a mural on a storm drain, say thanks and congratulations!
Bentonville
Tiger Blvd. and Ave “A”: Napoleon Dezaldivar (of Bentonville)
Fayetteville
West Ave. and Dickson St.: Tina Oppenheimer (of Fayetteville)
West Ave. and Spring St.: Jeffi O’Kane (of West Fork)
School Ave. and Spring St.: Kat Eustice (of Fayetteville)
Locust Ave. and Spring St.: Lucy Kagen (of Fayetteville)
Springdale Northwest Medical Center: Rachel Johnson (of Fayetteville)
Central Jr. High: Martin Newman (of Van Buren)
Springdale Library: Paige Ray (of Rogers)
Har-Bar High School: Leah Saffian (of Fayetteville) Rogers
Pogers Sports Park: Lee Porter (of Fayetteville)
Rogers Aquatic Center: Lee Porter

Below: Tina Oppenheimer has been painting away amongst the traffic and pedestrians
on West and Dickson Street in Fayetteville. She will be finishing when the rain goes away!

























Below: Paige Ray made HUGE progress after just one day
at Springdale Library. She hopes to finish by next week!


What is UpStream Art?
This unique and engaging educational event, patterned off the successful Storm Drain Reveal in Springfield, MO utilizes art to communicate the function and importance of our local storm drains. We are pleased to announce that the cities of Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Springdale have joined together to help bring this program to Northwest Arkansas. This exciting project gives artists the opportunity to express themselves with semi-permanent public art in the form of a small-scale outdoor storm drain mural. This project, along with the involvement of our vibrant art community, is unique and has a positive impact on water quality protection.

Check out the YouTube video from last year's project to learn more about UpStream Art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbFezIpiUic


Why Storm Drains?

Like many cities in the United States, Northwest Arkansas municipal storm drains are a direct link to our streams, rivers and lakes. When it rains, stormwater flows over parking lots, lawns and other surfaces. Water is like a magnet, picking up everything in its path such as grease, oil, sediments, brake dust, anti-freeze, fertilizer, and pet waste. These waters collect pollutants and travel through storm drains, untreated, and flows into our local streams. Many residents have a misconception that the storm drains are part of our sanitary sewer system that lead to the wastewater treatment plant. With this misconception, the storm drains are misused as a ‘safe’ way to dispose of waste such as soapy water, oil, paint, trash, and other pollutants. When pollutants are disposed of via storm drains, they end up in our waterways.

For more info contact:
Jane Maginot
Program Associate - Water Quality
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
2536 N. McConnell Ave.
Fayetteville, AR 72704
479-444-1755
jmaginot@uaex.edu