Less-Toxic Gardening Workshops
Pesticides
can be harmful to your family, pets, and garden. These chemicals
contribute to toxicity in our water environment ecosystem. You can
help reduce the risks of water pollution by using less pesticide
and less toxic alternatives to pesticide.
The City of Concord has maintained an award-winning record of collecting and cleaning dirty water entering the sewer system from bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, and garages. Increasingly stringent standards for water quality in the San Francisco Bay and Delta, along with advances in water quality testing, have highlighted an issue of toxicity from pesticides in treated wastewater.
Residential
areas of our community are the major contributors of pesticide pollution
in both local creeks and wastewater. According to the California
Department of Pesticide Regulations records, California homeowners
used one million pounds of diazinon in 1990. The schedule of free workshops is now available. Call the Contra Costa Master Gardners at (925) 646-6586 for more information.
