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Urban Runoff Reduction:
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Eco-friendly driveway and parking lot!
The Watershed Council has just completed a new project to help REDUCE POLLUTION AND EROSION in San Francisquito Creek. Two properties within the creek's watershed have been turned into demonstration sites to showcase ways to reduce runoff and keep our creeks healthy and clean.
Urban runoff causes pollution and erosion in local creeks
As water runs across rooftops, driveways, parking lots, and roads, it picks up oils, metals, and other pollutants. This POLLUTED RUNOFF flows down streets, through storm drains, into San Francisquito Creek, and ultimately to San Francisco Bay. Paved surfaces also prevent percolation and send stormwater to creeks more quickly and in greater quantity, causing INCREASED EROSION AND FLOODING.
What you can do to reduce runoff
You can help turn these problems around by reducing paved surfaces and directing runoff to landscaped areas where it filters through soil as it soaks into the ground.
 "Helping Nature Heal Our Cities," by Andy Lipkis
Learn how TreePeople, founded by Andy Lipkis, is turning Los Angeles back into a functioning watershed! (3/21/07, Menlo Park, CA)
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Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part through an Agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) pursuant to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) and any amendments thereto for the implementation of California's Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the SWRCB, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. |
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