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Tina Oppenheimer, a longtime Fayetteville artist, paints a design atop a storm drain Monday at Dickson Street and West Avenue in Fayetteville. Oppenheimer is one of several artists participating in a project organized by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to paint 11 storm drains in Rogers, Bentonville, Springdale and Fayetteville in an effort to educate the public about water quality. Water collected from roadways and parking lots can be contaminated with fertilizer, petroleum products and pet waste that can later pollute area streams and, eventually, the area’s water sources.