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The Coliseum in Los Angeles is currently undergoing a huge renovation to not only upgrade the amenities and technology throughout the facility, but to include some low impact development (LID) measures as well. In conjunction with plans to upgrade the sound system, widen the pedestrian aisles, and add WiFi, the civil engineers at KPFF Consulting […]
Read moreA common misconception about water storage projects in California is that there haven’t been any major installations since the 1970s. A large part of that misconception is that large dams, and other massive installs, are the first thing that come to mind when someone says, “water storage”. An article written by Barry Nelson, and independent […]
Read moreIn an opinion piece for the Pasadena Star-News, Thomas Wong, President of the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, serves up the hard facts about California’s desperate need for stormwater management. In this article, Wong chronicles the environmental devastation over the course of 2017 that was lead by the most devastating wildfires California has ever […]
Read moreAlmost a year after publishing our digital case study about the development known as “USC Village” we see the intricate stormwater capture system hard at work after the first rainfall since its opening in August. An article written by Ron Mackovich and published on the USC News website offers understanding of how the many BMPs, […]
Read moreA blog published by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) on December 3, 2017 explicates the allocation of the $7.5 billion 2014 state bond, Proposition 1. “The money is broken into seven funding categories. The bond language preauthorized $2.7 billion for water storage projects. For the other six areas, spending must be appropriated in the […]
Read moreWinning awards from Stormwater Solutions (SWS) and CASQA, the Broadway Neighborhood Greenway Project has set a high bar for how to do a Green Street Retrofit. The neighborhood wide project, which was a partnership between the City of Los Angeles, CA State Water Resources Control Board, Water Replenishment District of Southern California, Santa Monica Bay […]
Read moreYesterday, November 21, the State Water Board announced that it is considering an amendment to the Statewide Industrial General Storm Water Permit1 (Permit) to allow permit compliance through on-site and off-site capture of industrial storm water. The proposed amendment would incentivize storm water capture to enhance and augment local water supply and quality. Storm water […]
Read moreIt’s easy to forget that there are places in the U.S. that lack basic needs such as access to fresh produce and safe drinking water. Radhika Fox, in an article published on Water Deeply News, details efforts by water agencies to develop equitable and inclusive approaches to water management to help stabilize access to safe […]
Read moreCalifornia has been considering creative solutions to their water crisis for over a decade. The ambitious plan to build two large water tunnels under the West’s largest estuary has been labeled too expensive by the water utilities that would take the brunt of the cost. An article written by Matt Weiser details the support and […]
Read moreThe California Water Commission will determine which water storage projects will receive $2.7 billion in funding. Kirsten James, author of this article published on Water Deeply, has her fingers crossed that California carefully considers projects that expand underground storage. “California voters overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 billion water bond, known as Proposition 1, to help the state […]
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