Mission

The Lake Thunderbird Watershed Partnership (LTWP) was created in 2017 by the Cities of Oklahoma City, Moore, and Norman. Our mission is to educate the public about the Lake Thunderbird watershed and ways that they can help improve the lake’s water quality through collaborative efforts, activities, and events. Member cities of LTWP offer exciting volunteer programs for residents to become engaged in stormwater pollution prevention. These programs provide families, civic groups, churches, and academic institutions the opportunity to be involved in an environmental program that helps protect our local waterways.  The objective of these programs is to improve water quality, provide watershed-based environmental education, and increase community awareness.

What is Stormwater?

Stormwater is water that runs off impervious surfaces such as rooftops, roadways, driveways, parking lots, and other hard surfaces.  All properties that have these features generate stormwater runoff. 

In urban areas, stormwater runoff from impervious surfaces flows along the side of the road until it reaches a storm drain, which is an opening or grate in the curb.  From there, the water flows through a series of underground pipes, open channels, or ditches until it reaches the nearest creek or stream.  This water is not treated along the way so any pollutants (oil, trash, fertilizer, pesticides) it may be carrying are deposited directly into our local creeks and streams and eventually reach Lake Thunderbird.