Mercury in the Guadalupe Watershed The Guadalupe River watershed is located just south of the San Francisco South Bay and extends to Loma Prieta, draining 171.3 square miles with a maximum elevation of 3,790 feet. The headwaters of the Guadalupe River watershed begin...
Small and Micro Grants Program The SFEP Small and Micro Grants Program is now inactive. See the Press Release for all awarded projects. SFEP Small and Micro Grants Program The San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) is pleased to announce the launch of the Small and...
Bay Area-Wide Trash Capture Demonstration Project Final Project Report Now Available SFEP’s trash capture demonstration project concluded, according to grant guidelines, in November 2013. The project installed 4,003 trash capture devices, including 42 high-capacity...
Newcomb Avenue Low Impact Development Community members and City staff implemented the design for a green streetscape by planting trees and other drought tolerant plants, installing specially designed stormwater-filtering planters to infiltrate stormwater runoff,...
El Cerrito Rain Gardens The El Cerrito Green Streets Pilot Project officially concluded on November 30, 2012. Click on these links to view or download the Final Project Report, the Final Water Quality Monitoring Report, and the As-Built Construction Documents. This...
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...
