COLERAIN TOWNSHIP — About 1,000 randomly selected township residents are being surveyed by the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Miami University to determine public awareness of the township's two waterways: Mill Creek and the Great Miami River.

        “It's very important that they fill these out, because we need to establish a base level of knowledge. If we don't get enough responses, it's going to be impossible for us to tell if this program did any good,” said Nancy Ellwood, executive director of the Mill Creek Watershed Council, which is working with the university and township administration to implement the study on public awareness.

        “The township has some of the most densely populated housing along these streams, and it's very much prone to polluting. Their storm drains dump into the Great Miami River and Mill Creek — and be it carwash soap, oil, pesticides ... that's where the pollutants go,” said Frank Birkenhauer, assistant township administrator.

        In addition to direct-mail surveys, about 20 watershed signs will be placed at stream crossings on neighborhood streets and county roads.

        Cost of the study, about $4,400, is being paid by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Fund.

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