Stream Care Guide:

Management Tips for Streamside Property Owners

Waste Disposal

Dispose of wastes properly — not in or near the stream.

Your stream and its surroundings are not a garbage dump. Disposing of any material there — even clippings or garden wastes — can harm streamside vegetation and cause problems both for the stream itself and your downstream neighbors if flood waters carry it away.

Remove old tires, domestic garbage, and litter that others may have dumped on your land. Don't dispose of toxic materials, such as antifreeze, waste oil, paint, solvents, detergents, or other chemicals anywhere near your stream or any waterway, no matter how small or intermittent it is illegal!!

Placer County provides free disposal of these toxic materials through the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), just west of Highway 65 between Lincoln and Roseville, every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., call (916) 645-5230, ext. 2013 for information.

Remember that nearly all storm sewers, and the matenals carried by them, feed into a local stream — maybe yours. A few ounces of paint thinner or used oil dumped down one of these drains may not seem like much, but the consequences can be far-reaching, especially when multiplied by the many households within your watershed.

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