Billboards urge protection for water sources

YOUNGSTOWN — Mahoning Valley residents will soon be seeing billboards reminding them of the need to protect lakes and streams from being polluted by waste oil.

The first billboard in the Clean Water Campaign is to be installed by Monday in the 6000 block of Mahoning Avenue in Austintown near Meander Reservoir, the source of drinking water for Youngstown, Niles and other local communities.

The billboard, sponsored by the Mahoning Soil and Water Conservation District, shows a car leaking oil being driven through the shallow waters of a lake. Across its top, it says: “Your car is not just leaking oil on the street,” and mentions the web site: www.mahoningswcd.org.

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