Valley Water in Santa Clara County began two new initiatives to keep trash and debris out of waterways.
The first will pay unhoused people to clean up trash in encampments, and the other will provide bathrooms near those encampments.
She lives in a tent on the banks of the Guadalupe River behind Safeway. She said no one wants to live surrounded by trash. "We want to try to reduce the amount of encampment-generated trash from entering the water ways. Once it goes into the water ways it can go out to the bay and can harm fish and wildlife," said Jen Codianne, with Santa Clara Valley Water.
"These are really inaccessible areas in some parts. They're steep; it's very hard for our staff to be hauling trash out," said Codianne.
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