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Sponsors: Santa Clara Valley Water District, City of San José and Santa Clara County Parks
Agencies: City of Cupertino, City of Gilroy, City of Morgan Hill, City of Mountain View, City of Palo Alto/Water Pollution Control Plant, City of Sunnyvale and West Valley Clean Water Program
Groups: Blackford Neighborhood Action Coalition, Bordeaux HOA, Brownie Troop 60650, Cub Scout Pack 32, Cub Scout Pack 433, Forest Hill School, Friends of Adobe Creek, Girl Scouts of Northern California Service Unit 625, Green Town Los Altos, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, Hands On Bay Area, Rotary Club of San Jose, San Tomas West NAC, Santa Clara County Cub Scout Pack 325, Santa Clara County Water Ski Club, Santa Clara County Department of Child Support Services, Santa Clara University Civil Engineering Department, Save The Bay, Sierra Club Singlearies, West Valley Green Leaf
Companies: De Mattei Construction, Fairmont San Jose, Lockheed Martin Leadership Association, People and Planet, RMC Water and Environment
Donors: Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program and Watershed Watch Campaign
Healthy creek ecosystems Help water flow The hundreds of miles of creeks and rivers in our valley need Keeping debris out of creeks helps water protection and care. A healthy stream is an irreplaceable flow. Creeks are a valuable natural natural resource and a wonderful amenity that can bolster a resource that support sensitive wildlife property’s value. Make the most of your local creeks by helping and ecosystems and also serve as natural to keep them healthy. Creek health reflects the conditions drainage systems that carry storm water throughout the watershed, not just those along its banks. away from homes, roads and businesses Through proper care of stream banks and riparian vegetation, safely to the bay. For our waterways to you can enhance your property, prevent erosion problems, carry runoff during heavy rainfall, it is avoid flood losses, preserve water quality and contribute to the important to keep creeks free of trash and survival of fish and wildlife. debris, which can impede the flow of water and cause flooding. While most people The Guidelines and Standards for Land Use Near Streams realize trash and chemicals should not go manual can help creekside property owners large and into a creek, many don’t know that yard small make the right decisions in caring for their property. waste, leaves and soil also pollute a creek Find a copy at www.valleywater.org/Programs/ and can obstruct water flow, resulting in WaterResourcesProtectionCollaborative.aspx. flooding and erosion.
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