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Sacramento area public agencies, including the County of Sacramento and the Cities of Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, and Rancho Cordova, have joined together to form the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership (SSQP). The Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership is a multi-jurisdicational program encouraging the community understand and protect local waterways from the impacts of urban run-off, which flows untreated from storm drains to creeks, streams and rivers.
05/26/2026
Spring cleaning turning up old paint, pesticides, or motor oil?
You do not have to haul it anywhere. Every Sacramento-area jurisdiction offers free curbside pickup for household hazardous waste. The process varies by city, so check with your local public works department to find out what is accepted and how to schedule. They come to you.
Learn more at BeRiverFriendly.net/Proper-Disposal-Methods/
Photo by Lukas Kosc
Join us at Sacramento Earth Day! 🌎🐝🌼 Please stop by our Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership 💧We have great information on pollution prevention and lots of awesome giveaways 😊 Hope to see you here!
04/16/2026
Sacramento's largest Earth Day celebration is April 26, 11am-4pm at Southside Park - visit our stormwater booth and win a prize or two!
Free admission for all and 150+ exhibitors.
Celebrate Earth Day by learning how to protect Sacramento's watershed.
04/06/2026
Think you can't drop off hazardous waste because you rent?
Sacramento County HHW facilities are FREE for all residents.
Drop off paint, batteries, chemicals, e-waste at locations throughout Sacramento County including North Highlands, Fruitridge, Elk Grove, Galt, and Folsom areas.
Safe disposal keeps hazardous materials out of local creeks and rivers.
03/17/2026
Warming weather means snakes emerging along the banks of our creeks and rivers. Most are harmless garter snakes, kingsnakes, and gopher snakes. Their presence signals a healthy ecosystem that depends on clean water.
What goes down storm drains—motor oil, paint, yard chemicals—goes straight to the river. Protect these slithery Sacramentans!
Learn more at BeRiverFriendly.net
03/10/2026
MOSAC (Museum of Science and Curiosity) has 100+ hands-on science exhibits, including a Water Challenge gallery that teaches kids how Sacramento's rivers and watersheds work—and why keeping them clean matters.
Bonus: When the weather's nice, walk the Sacramento River Trail right outside.
📍 Sacramento Riverfront, 400 Jibboom St
💰 $15-17 (FREE for CalFresh families)
Plan your trip at VisitMOSAC.org
03/03/2026
This isn't a park—it's infrastructure. During large storms, this 10-acre basin, Bear Hollow Stormwater Basin in Rancho Cordova, stores over 75 million gallons of water to prevent downstream flooding while pollutants and sediment settle instead of flowing to creeks.
It also creates habitat. Wetland plants and trees grow. Wildlife builds homes.
Check it out! A paved bike trail surrounds the basin, part of the Stone Creek Community network.
Learn more: CityofRanchoCordova.org/Stormwater
It's peak rain season, Sacramento.
Unlike the water from your sink or toilet, water flowing into street gutters is never treated—it flows through storm drains directly into local creeks and the American and Sacramento Rivers.
Visit BeRiverFriendly.net to learn more about how to protect our watershed.
02/10/2026
Mulch your garden beds now before spring w**ds emerge. Covering bare soil blocks the sunlight w**d seeds need to sprout, reducing toxic herbicides that run off into our creeks and rivers.
Pro Tip: Use the "Donut Method" by keeping mulch 3–6 inches away from tree trunks to prevent rot.
Need help? FREE advice from Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners: (916) 876-5338 or visit SacMG.UCANR.edu
Learn safer gardening methods at OurWaterOurWorld.org
Photo by Alfo Medeiros, modified from original
01/06/2026
Meet , the all-volunteer crew that's removed over over 3 million (!!!) pounds of trash from Sacramento waterways since January 2023.
Want to volunteer? Go to their page for weekly events and see the impact firsthand.