Adopt A Creek - Valley Water
Background
Valley Water established the Adopt-A-Creek program in 1992 to encourage residents of Santa Clara County to take an active role in helping to preserve the health and beauty of our local creeks. Who's involved? More than 70 groups around the county are involved in the program, but with more than 300 miles of creek owned by Valley Water in S
Valley Water established the Adopt-A-Creek program in 1992 to encourage residents of Santa Clara County to take an active role in helping to preserve the health and beauty of our local creeks. Who's involved? More than 70 groups around the county are involved in the program, but with more than 300 miles of creek owned by Valley Water in Santa Clara County. I have adopted above part of the creek in Cupertino to participate in this effort.
Valley Water Mission
Santa Clara Valley waterways flow into the San Francisco and Monterey bays, taking all the pollutants, debris, and trash accumulated upstream with them. This poses a great threat to vegetation, wildlife and humans. In addition, more than five decades of growing urbanization mean more runoff — bringing with it even more trash and debris —
Santa Clara Valley waterways flow into the San Francisco and Monterey bays, taking all the pollutants, debris, and trash accumulated upstream with them. This poses a great threat to vegetation, wildlife and humans. In addition, more than five decades of growing urbanization mean more runoff — bringing with it even more trash and debris — into local storm drains, many of which empty into our creeks and ev entually into the bay.
Think about this: In 2019, 3,236 volunteers picked up more than 99,942 pounds of trash, including 6,960 pounds of recyclables, in just three hours on National River Cleanup Day and California Coastal Cleanup Day at 93 creek sites around Santa Clara County. That's the equivalent weight of 36 Honda Civics!
With the help of individuals and groups, we can minimize the impact urbanization is making on waterways and keep them from becoming overwhelmed by pollution. The Adopt-A-Creek program is helping the future health of our waterways by ensuring that it remains clean and healthy for California residents.
