Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

Come and join us to safely drop off your HHW for reuse, recycling, or disposal at Gwinnett County’s HHW Collection Day event. 

Trick or Treatment Fall Festival

Join Gwinnett Water Resources at the Yellow River Trick or Treatment Fall Festival each October. Take a tour of the award winning facility and interact with vendors to learn about services provided to the community. There will be games, crafts, free food, and fun for the whole family!

Water Wonders Spring Festival

Join Gwinnett Water Resources at Shoal Creek Water Wonders Spring Festival each year. Take a tour to learn how your drinking water is produced and enjoy games, crafts, and free food at this family-friendly event.

Yellow River Trash Bash

Join Gwinnett Water Resources and our partners for the annual Yellow River Trash Bash each Fall. The event will consist of a land, shore, and river cleanup throughout the Yellow River watershed.

These free Water Workshops cover a wide range of topics and offer content developed and delivered by leading industry professionals and subject matter experts. We partner with UGA Extension, Gwinnett Technical College, fellow County departments, and other organizations to ensure you receive the best and most useful information.

To register for a workshop, email DWRworkshops@GwinnettCounty.com or call 678.376.7193.

You can also view our 2025 Workshop Calendar.

Water Quality

Detention Pond Maintenance:
Learn essential skills for effective care and maintenance of your detention pond. This workshop will help you protect your pond from failure and from future maintenance needs, and will ultimately save money!  

Septic System Tank Maintenance:
Understanding your septic system doesn’t have to be complicated. This workshop will teach you when regular maintenance is needed, how to avoid common problems, and gain will provide helpful resources. 

Household Hazardous Waste:
Learn strategies to manage potential hazards at home from industry professionals. From cleaning chemicals to automotive fluids, get tips on recycling and disposal options to help protect your family and the environment!

Rain Garden:
Learn how to install a landscape feature that gives you beautiful flowers and solves a drainage problem all at once! This hands-on workshop will teach you what you need to know to create these helpful flower beds!

WaterWise Landscaping:
This workshop teaches landscaping practices that introduce an alternative to water-intensive turf grass. Learn how to layout a water wise landscape with native plants and less lawn to save water, money, and time!

Composting for Water Quality:
Learn how to take advantage of the resources in your own yard to make rich, nutritious compost for your garden, flower bed, or potted plants. You may even save water and money along the way!

Better Cooking for a Better Environment:
Find out what your kitchen has to do with water quality in local streams and creeks at this free workshop! A cooking and cleaning demonstration will show you how to keep fats, oils, and grease out of your sink to help protect our water resources.

Water Conservation

DIY Fix-a-Leak:
Learn to save water and money at this hands-on workshop. You’ll learn simple leak repairs like replacing a toilet flapper or fixing a faucet from certified plumbers onsite.

Homeowner H2O: Toilet Tech
Toilet Tech has come a long way to improve the function and efficiency of new toilets. Learn how toilets work, how to detect leaks and repair them, and how you can save water and money.

Homeowner H2O: Saving Water, Saving Money:
In this workshop, learn how small changes in your habits and routines can help you save water indoors and outdoors, which can save you money on your water bill. 

Homeowner H2O: Stopping Leaks and Saving Water:
Leaks are the #1 sources of wasted water in our homes. Learn how to use your water meter to perform a leak test, how to find the leak, and how to fix it to save water and money in this workshop. 

Rain Barrels:
Why pay to water your flower beds when rain is free? Learn how to collect and store rainwater in a rain barrel for use in your landscape. Classes fill fast and a $40 pre-payment is required to take home your new rain barrel. 
*While the rain barrel workshop is free, the actual barrels have an associated cost.

Smart Irrigation:
Irrigation can be the most expensive use of water at our homes. Learn how to keep your landscape healthy, green, and blooming, without wasting water, all while saving money on your water bill.

WaterWise Landscaping: 
This workshop teaches landscaping practices that introduce an alternative to water-intensive turf grass. Learn how to layout a water wise landscape with native plants and less lawn to save water, money, and time!