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Sponsors: Water District and City of San José

Agencies: City of Cupertino, City of East Palo Alto, City of Gilroy, City of Milpitas, City of Morgan Hill, City of Mountain View, City of Palo Alto/Water Pollution Control Plant, City of Santa Clara, City of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County Parks and West Valley Clean Water Program

Groups: Acterra, Blackford Elementary School, Blackford Neighborhood Action Coalition, Burkeley Wallwork, Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley, Forest Hill School, Green Town Los Altos, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, Muslim Association of America, Muslim Community Center Teens, Rotary Club of San Jose, Rotary Club of San Jose North, San Tomas West NAC, Save The Bay, West Valley Green Leaf

Companies: De Mattei Construction, Fairmont San Jose

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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