Gainesville Clean Water Partnership

05/29/2026

🚗 Planning a summer road trip? Regular oil changes are a must – they keep your engine running smoothly and prevent harmful leaks. Remember, NEVER pour gasoline, oil, or other hazardous materials onto the ground or down storm drains. Dispose of used oil properly, by bringing it to one of the SIX Alachua County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Centers:
📍Main HWCC: 5125 NE 63rd Ave.
📍North Central: 10714 N. State Rd. 121
📍High Springs: 16929 NW Hwy. 441
📍Southwest Landfill: 19401 SW Archer Rd.
📍Phifer Solid Waste: 11700 SW Hawthorne Rd.
📍Fairbanks Solid Waste: 9920 NE Waldo Rd.

Let’s keep our streets and waterways clean this summer. Change your oil, maintain your vehicle, and do your part to protect our planet. 🌍✨

05/27/2026

05/15/2026

No matter where you are, no matter where you go, you're walking and living in a watershed. A watershed is an area of land that water flows across as it drains to a larger waterway such as a creek, river, larger river, lake, etc. Pollutants such as fertilizer, pool chemicals, pet waste, wash water around our homes and yards can flow into the closest creek or waterway where wildlife live. Help protect their homes by being careful what you do around yours. It’s all connected!

05/14/2026

Fertilizer can leach into our groundwater and wash off into our creeks, rivers, lakes and springs feeding nasty algae growth that harms wildlife and water quality. Most Alachua County residents say they don't use fertilizer at all. Join the 68% that don't use fertilizer and skip the fertilizer this year. Our water resources will thank you!

05/14/2026

Curb appeal doesn’t have to be poisonous. Please skip the pesticides and other chemicals this year. Natural lawns with a few wildflowers and “weeds” look great; support birds, bees, butterflies, and fireflies; and use less water.

05/12/2026

05/04/2026

Keeping our waterways clean and clear is as important on Earth as it was on Dagobah. Remember, in this galaxy most storm drains lead directly to the closest body of water with no filter; so if it goes down a storm drain, it ends up in our waterways.

Your mission:
✅ Put trash in its place.
✅ Always take your car to a carwash where the water remains on site and does not flow into streets.
✅ Make sure to keep grass clippings and leaves out of the streets and storm drains.
✅ Keep construction debris contained and out of storm drains.
✅ Skip the fertilizer use this year.

✨Thank you for helping protect our waterways and May the 4th be with you. ✨

04/23/2026

Tired of spending time and money to resod and trying to keep grass alive? Sometimes turfgrass is simply no longer the “right plant in the right place.” Thankfully, the Florida-Friendly Landscaping (FFL) code supports homeowners wishing to implement FFL on their property. Contact our office for guidance on working with your HOA to upgrade to FFL (352)-264-6800.

Florida-Friendly Landscaping can help!

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day from the Gainesville Clean Water Partnership! Remember, whatever flows into our streets, ends up in our creeks and lakes. You can help protect the watershed we all live, work, and play in by making changes around your home and yard.

🌎Keep pollutants off the streets.

🌎Keep grass clippings, leaves and branches away from ditches and storm drains.

🌎Have a Florida Friendly Yard: use pesticides and fertilizers minimally (if at all).

🌎Pick up after your pets.

🌎Report Creek Crimes: If you observe any activities that you consider to be a “creek crime,” such as the disposal of anything other than water in a storm drain or creek, please call the Clean Creeks Hotline at 352-264-6800.

02/06/2026

🌳More trees = cleaner water.💦
Florida’s mild winter months make right now a great time for planting trees! Trees catch rain, slow stormwater, filter pollution, and help keep our creeks and aquifer cleaner. An urban canopy is nature’s water-quality MVP! Not bad for standing still.

🌲Community Tree Planting Day:
Saturday, February 7th at Cora P. Roberson Park (600 SW 6th St.) from 9a.m. - 12 p.m. hosted by the City of Gainesville's Urban Forestry Division.