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Educate your children or students on how to dispose of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) properly!

The Responsible Flushing Alliance has developed a FOG Activity Book that contains activities designed for students in kindergarten through 6th grade. Inside the activity book you’ll find activities such as:

✅ Make-Your-Own FOG Can
✅ A FOG rap song
✅ Coloring sheets for the “Do Not Pour” and “Do Not Flush” signs, and a matching sheet for signs and symbols

The District’s award-winning virtual tour was featured in the Treatment Plant Operator Magazine - Dedicated to Municipal Wastewater!

Because of COVID, the District had to suspend plant tours. We wanted to stay connected to residents and communicate the services we provide, so we produced a virtual tour. The video describes our entire treatment process, and features our very own Field Services Technicians as the stars and narrators.

Are you rain ready? 🌧️

Below is a checklist of ways to prepare for upcoming rainfall:

✅Start capturing rainwater now for later use! This reduces runoff to the ocean, ​​keeping harmful pollutants from reaching beaches and waterways.

✅ Proactively turn off irrigation to save water and minimize runoff.

✅Do not open or lift manhole covers in the event of street flooding.

Happy Thanksgiving from Leucadia Wastewater District🍂

Are you frying your turkey this holiday season? Or cooking and baking with oil?

The correct way to dispose of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) is by letting them cool, pouring them in a can, sealing the can with a lid, and then throwing it in the trash. With larger quantities of oil, pour the oil into a sealed container and place it in the trash bin. Pouring FOG down your drain might cause a sewer backup in your home and may lead to a sewer spill.

Our latest Downstream newsletter was mailed to our customers last week. You may also read it online by visiting our website. In it, we highlight how to prevent sewer spills, educational videos and more. Feel free to share this issue and subscribe to receive it digitally here: https://conta.cc/2T4pnUw

Online newsletter: https://buff.ly/3XcyNMy

The District wants to extend a warm welcome to our new Director Rolando Saldana. Mr. Saldana was recently appointed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to represent Division 4 of the Leucadia Wastewater District. He will be sworn in at the December 14, 2022 Board meeting.

TOMORROW is the last day to submit for your Teacher Grant application for the 2022/2023 school year!

For the last 10+ years, the District has annually granted money to local teachers to help support environmental education projects with a focus on water resource management.

Applications are due TOMORROW, November 18th! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3BAzPXl

2 MORE DAYS LEFT to submit your Teacher Grant application for the 2022/2023 school year.

Learn how fourth grade teacher Jennifer Smith from El Camino Creek Principal was awarded $1,998 to fund her classes’ “Water Conservation Strategy” project.