Attention teachers!🍎
Teacher Grant applications are due next Friday, November 18, 2022.
Our Teacher Grant Program will award grants to teachers in local elementary, middle, and high schools in the District's service area.
For a list of eligible schools, the application and the instructions, check out our Teacher Grant website page at https://bit.ly/3pUXyye.
Happy Halloween from all of us at Leucadia Wastewater District🎃
If you're cooking or baking any yummy treats involving fats, oils or grease (FOGs)- you know what to do! If you need a refresher, read below ⬇️
Let FOG cool, pour them in a can, and seal the can with a lid. Pouring FOG down your drain can potentially cause a sewer backup in your home and may lead to a sewer spill.
Write us at info@lwwd.org to get your own can topper and celebrate in style while doing your part to protect the local community.
We have an informative newsletter called "Downstream" that goes out semi-annually and it's almost time for our fall issue to be released!
Be sure to add yourself to our contact list using the link below so that you can receive our newsletter full of important updates sent straight to your inbox.
http://bit.ly/LWWDSubscribe
The photo below is from our Spring 2022 issue.
Less than a month to submit your Teacher Grant application!🍎
For the last 10+ years, the District has annually granted money to local teachers to help support hands-on environmental education projects with a focus on water resource management.
Applications are due Friday, November 18th! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3BAzPXl
On this upcoming Saturday, October 29th from 10am-2pm, turn in prescription drugs safely and anonymously for The DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
Even though it starts with a "P", Prescriptions are not one of the 3 P's that belong in your toilet. Prescription drugs aren't always broken down in the treatment system, and the compounds can end up in the ocean if flushed. Exposure to even low levels of drugs can be detrimental on fish and other aquatic species, and may also negatively affect human health.
For many Americans, living without water is a harsh reality – not something to be imagined.
Join the District and the US Water Alliance as we come together today to commemorate Imagine a Day Without Water – a National Day of Action that brings together community leaders and policymakers to advance more equitable water investment.
Together, we’ll show how essential and invaluable water is and share ways to ensure everyone has access to this critical public good!
Teachers! Are you interested in receiving a grant to help you educate your students about water resource management and ocean water pollution prevention? Apply to our Teacher Grant Program by Friday, November 18: http://bit.ly/lwdteachergrant.
Check out examples of the projects of previous Teacher Grant winners in our compilation video below!
🚨PSA: Do not flush wet wipes and rags down the toilet.
Paper towels, wet wipes, cleaning wipes, cosmetic wipes, disinfecting wipes, and feminine hygiene products should never go in the toilet. Only human waste and toilet paper are OK to flush.
We had issues with rags and wet wipes getting flushed and clogging one of the pumps at our Batiquitos pump station, so please DO NOT flush these items. You can see the damage of flushing wet wipes in the photo of a clogged pump below.