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Pollution IconCleanbay.org – a project of the City of Palo Alto Watershed Protection Group– is here to keep pollutants out of creeks and San Francisco bay.

We maintain the cleanbay.org website and provide educational programs to schools, community groups, businesses and public agencies including: presentations to over 120 classrooms a year, dozens of tours of the wastewater treatment plant annually, and presentations to community groups, businesses, and other public agencies about reducing the pollutants that enter our creeks and Bay.

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School Programs

Your students CAN make an impact in preventing water pollution to help keep San Francisco Bay healthy. Our free programs provide a fun and engaging way for each student to better understand their community and their important role in it. Each program is correlated to State Standards in support of your curricula.

Below is a list of programs offered for elementary to high school students:

  • Grade 2
    Down the Drain
  • Grade 2
    What’s Bugging You
  • Grade 3
    Who Dirtied the Bay?
  • Grade 3 and Up
    Watershed Warriors
  • Grade 4
    Mercury: Past and Present
  • Grade 5
    Germ Busters!
  • Grades 6-8
    Microbes in Sewage
  • Grades 9-12
    Sewer Science Lab
  • Grade 6 to Adult
    Tour the Water Treatment Plant

For more information about our education programs download our schools outreach brochure.

To schedule programs or for more information, please contact us.


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Community Presentations

Community presentations are provided to professional associations, and community and business groups in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View and Stanford. To schedule programs or for more information, please contact us.

Presentations available include:

  • A Walk Through Our Watershed
    An overview of efforts to protect our creeks and Bay and what individuals can do to help.
  • How to Reduce Toxics in and Around Your Home
  • Less-toxic Home Cleaning
    This hands-on presentation will show you how to clean your home using family-friendly and environmentally safe methods
  • New Contaminants of Emerging Concern
  • Pharmaceuticals in Our Waterways
    Understanding the pathway of pharmaceuticals into waterways and how to keep them from getting there
  • Plastics Reduction
    Explores the issues with plastics and how to keep them out of the environment
  • Reducing Mercury in Our Creeks and Bay
  • Best Management Practices for Plumbers and Dentists 
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