California Water Quality Monitoring Council

Wed, May 9th 2018, 1:00pm

The Storm Water Planning Unit at the State Water Resources Control Board is pleased to announce an upcoming presentation of the STORMS Seminar Series: “Talking Trash with Clean River Alliance” – Presentation by Chris Brokate, Founder of the Clean Water Alliance on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 1:00 PM.

In 2014, Chris Brokate founded Clean River Alliance, which is a project of and fiscally sponsored by Russian Riverkeeper. After seeing the devastating effects of trash coming down the Russian River after heavy rains, Chris (a Sonoma County resident) formed a small group of volunteers to do river cleanups. Since the formation of the Clean River Alliance, their mission remains to remove trash from the Russian River Watershed and educate citizens about the problem of trash in our waters through public clean-up events. In 2017, the Clean River Alliance organized over 200 cleanup events, mobilizing over 1,000 volunteers to remove over 160,000 pounds of trash from the Russian River Watershed and Sonoma County coastal beaches. Clean River Alliance has also expanded its scope to include disaster response work (flood and fire), Caltrans Adopt-a-Highway programs, and homeless outreach to mitigate the effects of unsanctioned camping along the river and creeks. Clean River Alliance has been recognized by Sonoma County and state agencies for its dedication and commitment to protecting the environment.

The Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water (STORMS) Seminar Series is part of an ongoing effort by the State Water Board to share current information with the regulated community and public on storm water management strategies, tools to capture and use storm water runoff, and methods to improve storm water quality and watershed processes. This is the twelfth seminar in the STORMS Seminar Series.

Please see the attached event flier and be sure to RSVP for this event.

The seminar will also be webcast! The webcast link will be activated approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. https://video.calepa.ca.gov/