by Alex Thomsen | Jul 15, 2021 | Stewardship, Water
Bay Area Watershed Network Bay Area Watershed Network Watershed Groups Mapper BAWN Resources BAWN Archive BAWN members interact and collaborate in a number of ways. SFEP regularly sends relevant job postings, event announcements, and other materials to the members via...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 14, 2021 | Archived, Projects
Taking Action for Clean Water PCBs in Caulk Project PCBs–polychlorinated biphenyls–are a probable human carcinogen and may be causing reproductive failure in birds and affecting immune response in harbor seals in the Estuary. SFEP’s PCBs in Caulk Project was created...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 14, 2021 | Archived, Projects
Fremont Tree Well Filters In 2012, the City of Fremont installed two Tree Well Filters (TWFs) on Osgood Road to improve city aesthetics and treat urban runoff. Two distinct TWFs configurations were designed and built side-by-side so that they could be tested against...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 9, 2021 | Projects, Water
Approved Trash Capture Devices Trash Capture Devices approved by San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board staff Last Updated May 2014 Devices on this list – catch basin inserts (connector pipe screens and media filters) and high-flow capacity devices...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 8, 2021 | Projects, Resilience, Water
San Pablo Avenue Green Stormwater Spine This is a multi-year project with numerous components and partners. Each partnering city selected the project site location (see map above) within its jurisdiction. The Design Team, led by Wilsey-Ham, prepared construction...
by Alex Thomsen | Jun 17, 2021 | Projects, Resilience, Water
Urban Greening Bay Area Urban Greening Bay Area is a collaborative effort to re-envision Bay Area urban landscapes with widespread green infrastructure in order to: Improve water quality by treating urban and stormwater runoff Reduce local flooding by impounding...
