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Environmental update: Pollution prevention in the wet season

by Special Contributor October 30, 2020

With the arrival of fall, the wet season commences in California, bringing rains that recharge your garden. Substantial rainfalls saturate the ground, which creates runoff on to streets and sidewalks, and ultimately into city storm drains. Runoff flows into this stormwater system from the places…

City of Davis, Consumption, Neighborhoods

Environmental update: Help protect stormwater quality by keeping water onsite

by Special Contributor September 30, 2020

The fall is a good time to consider landscaping projects that will prepare your yard for the winter rainy season by reducing the amount of rainwater that runs off your yard and into the storm drains. Keeping rainwater onsite and allowing it to soak into…

City of Davis, Consumption, Inspiration