Seeking Volunteers for the
2010 First Flush Program

Come out!
Get Involved in the pollution solution!

Program this year includes:

The City of Capitola, the City of Santa Cruz,
County of Santa Cruz,
Monterey County & Half Moon Bay

Learn about sources of common urban pollutants, everyday impacts and what you can do to help!

Become a First Flush volunteer and learn about what flows through storm drains during the first significant rain of the year!

Our First Flush Volunteers are:

  • provided with practical information about common pollutants flowing through storm drains and into the bay
  • given advice on how to better protect their watershed
  • trained to use professional water quality monitoring equipment
  • trained to collect water samples

Please plan to attend both a classroom and Dry Run Training :)

Santa Cruz City and County & City of Capitola:

Classroom Training Date:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: City of Capitola Community Room
420 Capitola Ave, Capitola, CA 95010


Dry Run Training Date:
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Time: 9:00 -12 pm
Location: Various storm drain outfalls

Monterey County:

Classroom Training Date:
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: MBNMS Offices
299 Foam Street , Monterey

Dry Run Training Date:
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Time: 9:00 - 12 pm
Location: Various storm drain outfalls

Half Moon Bay Area:

Classroom Training Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Location: TBA

Dry Run Training Date:
Date: TBA
Time: Beginning 9:00 am
Location: Various storm drain outfalls

To volunteer in Capitola/Santa Cruz:

Debie Chirco-Macdonald or Nancy Scarborough
Coastal Watershed Council
(831) 464-9200
djchirco@coastalws.org or njscarborough@coastalws.org

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To volunteer in Monterey/Half Moon Bay Areas:

Lisa Emanuelson
Monterey Bay Sanctuary Citizen Watershed Monitoring Network
(831) 647-4227
Lisa.Emanuelson@noaa.gov

 
 
 

First Flush Program

 

Current: First Flush


 

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Snapshot Day

 

Clean Streams

 

Urban Watch

 

Agricultural Monitoring

 

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