24-Hour Pollution Hotline

Call the 24-Hour Pollution Hotline at 248-858-0931 to report any suspicious discharges or illegal dumping of pollution into storm drains, lakes, creeks or streams.

Oakland County's 24-Hour Pollution Hotline Brochure

Activities to Report:

Examples of activities that you should report are:

Contamination to lakes, rivers and streams
Pollution in a storm drain or surface water
Suspicious dumping to drains or waters
Suspicious discharges from pipes
Sewage discharges on the ground or into waters
Large numbers of dead fish
Failing septic systems
Soil erosion entering surface waters
Polluted storm water runoff
Illegal connections of sanitary sewers to storm drains or surface waters

Information Needed:

Please provide the following information when you call:

Your name and phone number (you can remain anonymous if you choose)
The source of pollution and what was spilled
Quantity of spill
Body of water impacted
When spill occurred
Major cross roads of spill or known address

Learn more about:

School-Age Water Education Programs

What can you do?

Seven Simple Steps to Clean Water

More resources:

Printable Materials and Video Library