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Sandbags Available to Help Vallejo Residents Avert Flood Damage
During the winter, Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District supplies free sand and bags to residents in the greater Vallejo area, and provides instruction in filling and stacking bags. burlap bag
This week, it appears that winter has finally arrived in Northern California as high winds whistle through neighborhoods, shake houses and cause brief power failures.
But the much-needed rain may cause some inconvenience as it makes the gold hills green.
That inconvenience is flooding.
During the winter, Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District supplies free sand and bags to residents in the greater Vallejo area, and provides instruction in filling and stacking bags. burlap bag
Free sandbags are available at the District’s sandbag station, located at the west end of Ryder Street. The station is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (closes at 3:30 on Fridays), from mid-October through mid-April.
Sand and bags are free. You may wish to purchase plastic sheeting to put under the sandbags at your home. At the sandbag station, you’ll find instructions on how to fill a sandbag and how to properly build a sandbag wall.
For more information, call (707) 644-8949 ext. 1702 during regular business hours.
After hours or on weekends, the sandbag station is opened if there is a high demand during a major storm. To find out if the sandbag station is open, you can call (707) 644-8949. The after-hours answering service will take your request and give it to an on-call staffer, who will call you back and let you know if the station is open.
This story is provided by the City of Vallejo Press Office.
