SRCSD - What You Can Do

Sacramento Watershed

Our Beautiful Bufferlands

Sacramento Constructed Wetlands Demonstration Project

Sacramento Coordinated Monitoring Program

Renewing Riparian Forests

Restoring Native Grasslands

What You Can Do

What You Can Do

The Basics | Reduce Street Flooding | Plant Wildflowers

Protecting California's creeks and rivers is a job that everyone can help with. The people of the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) are proud to share some common-sense suggestions about grassroots environmental action. Here are some easy steps you can take to help protect the waterways we all depend on:

Don't pour household hazardous waste down your sink, toilet or bathtub.

Automotive fluids such as gasoline, motor oil or antifreeze, as well as insecticides, paint, solvents, wood preservatives, lighter fluid and many other common consumer products are considered household hazardous waste.

Never pour household hazardous waste down the storm drain in your street.

Stormwater runoff often flows directly into our creeks and rivers, carrying with it whatever pollutants human beings or natural processes have added. Just one gallon of motor oil can pollute up to two million gallons of water!

Avoid using excessive amounts of household chemicals.

If you choose to use pesticides or fertilizers, follow the directions carefully. Don't use more than you really need.

If you spill a large quantity of motor oil in your driveway, dont hose it into the storm drains.

Instead, sprinkle clay kitty litter or other absorbent material to soak up the oil. Dispose of the oil-soaked material during a household hazardous waste collection event (read on).

Properly dispose of leftover hazardous waste (HHW) at one of two locations in Sacramento:

Sacramento Transfer & Recycling Facility
8491 Fruitridge Road (across from the old Army Depot)
Sacramento, CA 95826
For more information: (916) 433-4800 or www.pwsacramento.com

NOTE: This facility can be used by City of Sarcamento and Sacramento County Unincorporated Area residents only.
Sacramento County North Area Recovery Station
4450 Roseville Rd. (near Watt Avenue)
For more information: (916) 875-5555 or www.SacGreenTeam.com/hazardous

NOTE: This facility is open to all Sacramento County residents.

Become a Certified Sustainable Business or support one today!

The Sacramento Sustainable Business program certifies and promotes businesses and government operations that agree to go above and beyond compliance with environmental regulations to prevent pollution and conserve resources. To become a sustainable business or support one, visit http://SacramentoSustainableBusiness.org.

Learn all you can about the environment.

Attending environmental fairs and exhibits is a fun way to learn what SRCSD and other organizations are doing to protect the environment for future generations.