by Alex Thomsen | Jul 15, 2021 | Archived, Projects
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...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 15, 2021 | Archived, Projects
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,...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 15, 2021 | Archived, Projects
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...
by Alex Thomsen | Jul 15, 2021 | Habitats, Projects, Water
Supplemental Environmental Projects Supplemental Environmental Projects, or SEPs, allow a discharger to undertake an environmentally beneficial project as restitution for polluting water under the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board)’s...
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...
