Clean Creeks Business Certification Programs

The Creeks Division began development of the Clean Creeks Business Certification Program in 2004.  The program is focused on businesses with the potential to contribute to storm water pollution including restaurants, construction contractors, automotive service businesses, mobile cleaners, and miscellaneous industrial/commercial businesses.

The objectives of the program are to increase awareness of water quality issues and achieve voluntary compliance with clean water discharge regulations.  The intent of the program is to identify barriers to compliance and develop solutions on an industry-wide basis.

View the updated list of Certified Businesses here.

Automotive Services

The City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division is currently working with automotive service businesses to reduce potential sources of surface run-off pollution in our creeks and ocean.  Our goal is to help automotive service businesses comply with changing water quality regulations and to publicly recognize businesses that voluntarily adopt environmentally friendly practices.

The focus of the automotive element of the Clean Creeks Business Certification Program is to communicate that many common auto repair practices pollute creeks and the ocean and to offer technical assistance and training in implementing proper pollution management practices. The program recognizes businesses that effectively eliminate sources of water pollution.

In collaboration with local automotive service business leaders, the City has developed a simple checklist of best management practices for automotive service businesses.  The Creeks Division also provides automotive service businesses with fliers on what every car owner can do to prevent creek pollution.

For more information or to get your automotive service Clean Creeks Business Certified, contact Tim Burgess at (805) 897-1912.

Restaurants

The City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division is currently working with restaurant businesses to reduce potential sources of surface run-off pollution in our creeks and ocean.  Our goal is to help restaurant businesses comply with changing water quality regulations and to publicly recognize businesses that voluntarily adopt environmentally friendly practices.

The focus of the restaurant element of the Clean Creeks Business Certification Program is to inform restaurant owners, managers, and staff that many common restaurant practices can cause water pollution.  Pollutants include food, oil and grease, soaps, detergents, solvents, cleansers, trash and litter.  The program focuses best management practices (BMPs) to reduce and eliminate polluted discharge into streets and storm drains. 

The City has developed a simple checklist of best management practices for restaurants.

For more information or to get your restaurant Clean Creeks Business Certified, contact Autumn Malanca at (805) 897-1910.

Mobile Cleaners

The City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division is currently working with mobile cleaning businesses to reduce potential sources of surface run-off pollution in our creeks and ocean.  Our goal is to help automotive service businesses comply with changing water quality regulations and to publicly recognize businesses that voluntarily adopt environmentally friendly practices.

For more information or to get your mobile business Clean Creeks Business Certified, contact Autumn Malanca at (805) 897-1910.

Construction Contractors

Coming Soon

Gardeners