Gwinnett County
Department of Water Resources
Stormwater Management Division
Workshops for 2012
Septic Tank Maintenance – Thursday February 9, 2012
..Norcross Human
Services Center
Rain Gardens – Thursday, March 8, 2012....
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.............GJAC Auditorium
Detention Pond Maintenance – March 15, 2012
Norcross Human
Services Center
Spring Cleaning / Household Hazardous Waste Management
– Thursday, April 12, 2012......
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.GJAC Auditorium
Septic Tank Maintenance – Thursday, August 9, 2012
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GJAC Auditorium
Detention Pond Maintenance – Thursday, November 8, 2012
GJAC Auditorium
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Workshops being held at the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center Auditorium, located at 75
Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30045 will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will generally last an hour, with a
question/answer session held at the end of each workshop presentation.
Workshops being held at the Norcross Human Services Center, located at 5030 Georgia Belle Court,
Norcross, GA 30093 will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will generally last an hour, with a question/answer
session at the end of each workshop presentation.
Please note that the maximum Stormwater Utility Fee Credit that a property can receive per year for
attendance at a County-Approved Training Program is 5%. Although citizens are encouraged to
attend all programs that are of interest to them, attending more than one program during a single
calendar year will not result in an increase in this percentage.
For more information, or to register, please send an e-mail to the Stormwater Management Division at
dwrswreg@gwinnettcounty.com with your NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, or call
678.376.7193 and press 5.
Managing Household Hazardous Waste
Wondering what to do with those half-empty cans left over from your last house painting project? Concerned about the unfinished containers of toxic cleaners and solvents sitting in your shed, but not sure what to do with them? HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES are products containing hazardous substances that are used and disposed of by individual homeowners (rather than industrial businesses). Examples include paints, solvents, batteries, automobile fluids, herbicides, and pesticides. How you choose to handle your household hazardous wastes has a big impact on the health and safety of your home, your community, and the environment. In particular, proper disposal of HHW helps safeguard the health of our local rivers, lakes, streams, and groundwater.
Here are a few tips for handling your HHW: Do not pour it down the household drain, throw it out with your regular garbage, pour it into ditches, storm drains, or gutters, dump, bury, or burn it. Do use it up or give the product to someone else who can use it, and avoid buying hazardous products in the future (or find safer alternatives – for example, less toxic cleaning products).
To learn more about reducing, recycling, and disposing of
HHW, visit the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) website: http://www.dca.state.ga.us/development/EnvironmentalManagement. You can also find more information about HHW at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sustainability Division: www.gasustainability.org. For tips on reducing, recycling, and disposing of HHW in Gwinnett County, contact Gwinnett County Solid Waste Call Center at 770.822.7141 or gcsolidwaste@gwinnettcounty.com; visit Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful at www.gwinnettcb.org or call 770.822.5187. Another resource for finding disposal locations is the Earth 911 website: http://earth911.com OR call 1.877.EARTH911.
You can learn more about how to prevent nonpoint source pollution by calling Gwinnett County Stormwater Management at 678.376.6826 or by visiting our website at www.gwinnettstormwater.com To report instances of pollution, call 678.376.7000 (24 hours). By disposing of HHW properly, you can help protect our local streams and waterways!
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