The San Francisco Estuary Project will sponsor a free medicine take-back event with Teleosis Institute to celebrate National Estuaries Day.
Published: September, 2008
The public is invited to bring unwanted household medications for safe disposal to 420 Water Street in Jack London Square on Sunday, September 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
For more than 20 years, the San Francisco Estuary Project and its partners have worked together to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. A federal-state-local partnership, the San Francisco Estuary Project is one of 28 National Estuary Programs throughout the United States that were established under the Clean Water Act.
The San Francisco Estuary Project mission statement is to restore water quality and manage the natural resources of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary while maintaining the region’s economic vitality. This free medicine take-back will help keep unwanted household medications from being flushed into our water system.
Other priorities of the Project are sea level rise, freshwater inflow, land/water use, pollutant minimization and streams/wetlands preservation. The San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary is the largest estuary on the West Coast encompassing roughly 1,600 square miles and drains over 40% of the state (60,000 square miles). It is a vital resource for the state’s human and wildlife populations providing drinking water to 22 million Californians and irrigating 4.5 million acres of farmland. The Estuary also supports important economic activities including commercial and sport fishing, shipping, industry, agriculture, recreation and tourism.
Please do not bring needles, sharps, inhalers, or controlled prescriptions. Information on water quality, water pollution prevention, and water conservation will be available. For more details about the event visit SFestuary.org.
