What is a watershed?

Watershed map (366 Kb)*
Watershed sign (21 Kb)*

Local events & volunteering opportunities

creek photo (347 Kb)*

Information for developers

Pollution prevention during construction (837 Kb)*
Permanent Stormwater Quality Controls (539 Mb)*

inspection – best practices – report businesses that are dumping to the stormdrain – an inspector can visit the business to provide information to managers and employees to make sure they understand their role in water pollution prevention.

Contact us:

Alameda County Public Works Agency
Development Services Department
Clean Water Division
951 Turner Court, Room 300
Hayward, CA 94545

phone: 510-670-5543
fax: 510-670-5262

Call to report a spill or other pollution that could harm creeks

510-670-5500

Futher links on Water Quality:

• ACCWP - Alameda County-wide Clean Water Program (www.cleanwaterprogram.com)
• BASMAA – Bay Area Association of Stormwater Management Agencies Association (http://www.basmaa.org)
• California Water Quality Control Board (http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/)
• EPA – Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)
• RCD – Resource Conservation District (http://www.baysavers.org)
• NRCS – Natural Resource Conservation Service (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/partners/districts.html)
• Center for Watershed Protection (http://www.cwp.org)
• Alameda County Waste Management Authority (www.stopwaste.org)