Earth Day LA 2018: Conserve and Sustain Los Angeles Sanitation is hosting its third annual Earth Day LA event on April 21, 2018. Earth Day LA 2018 will take place at Highland Park Recreation Center, 6150 Piedmont Ave., Los Angeles 90042, from 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. The event will feature LASAN trucks and vehicles, live entertainment, a DJ, a kid’s zone, LASAN mascots, booths with activities and information, as well as free food,…
Ladera Park Stormwater Enhancement Project Location: 6027 Ladera Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90056 The potential project proposes to collect stormwater runoff from the upstream 110-acre drainage area and transport it into an underground retention basin at Ladera Park. The runoff from the drainage area can be used for irrigation purposes or be infiltrated into the ground while alleviating flood risk.…
Santa Monica Library Cistern Location: 2201 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 At the Pico branch of the Santa Monica public library system, a huge underground cistern was constructed as part of the building site’s stormwater management plan. Able to hold up to 200,000 gallons of water, the cistern collects rain water that falls on the roof and stores to be…
Rory M. Shaw Wetlands Park Project Location: 5413 S Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011 The Rory M. Shaw Wetlands Park Project is as collaborative effort by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the City of Los Angeles and the Sun Valley Watershed Stakeholders Group. The project’s objective is to retain stormwater runoff while increasing water conservation, recreational opportunities, and…
Franklin D. Roosevelt Park Regional Stormwater Capture Project Location: 7600 Graham Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90001 The Franklin D. Roosevelt Park Regional Stormwater Capture Project will collect dry weather runoff and stormwater from approximately 200 acres of the unincorporated community of Florence-Firestone. The project proposes to construct new drains to take water from the existing Glen Avenue Drain, remove trash and…
The Los Angeles Times quoted Deborah Weinstein Bloome, senior policy director at TreePeople in a story about the county’s efforts to capture stormwater in the future.
KPCC reports on how the Los Angeles County Department of Water and Power plans to handle the record melting snowpack which is producing more runoff water than the Owens River watershed can handle.
