Program Goal:

To protect the environment and your family by reducing mercury pollution in the Sacramento River watershed.

Outreach and Education Efforts

Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) in partnership with the County of Sacramento Stormwater Quality Program is striving to educate Sacramento residents and businesses about the sources and effects of mercury and how to reduce the amount of mercury entering the Sacramento River watershed.

"Be Mercury Free" is a regional partnership making a comprehensive effort through outreach and education, to eliminate common sources of mercury pollution, such as mercury thermometers found in households, old laboratory equipment in schools and universities, blood-pressure cuffs used in hospitals and amalgam ("silver") fillings used in dental offices - all of which can end up in the watershed if disposed of improperly. By providing information and resources specific to each source of mercury pollution, "Be Mercury Free", A Regional Partnership for Mercury Pollution Reduction, is working to significantly reduce the amount of mercury entering the local watershed.