Interviewee: Joe Bellomo,
Stormwater Program Manager
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06.29.09
Southern California wraps up 4th straight year of below-average rainfall
Despite a gloomy June, Los Angeles is poised today to record its fourth year in a row with below normal rainfall.
From July 1 of last year to June 30—the period designated the “rain year”—only about 9 inches fell, compared with the average of just over 15 inches. Bill Patzert, a climatologist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge, said the dry year dovetails ominously with a climate change report released last week by the White Hous
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06.25.09
Venice: Grand Boulevard tree well filtration project completed
One of Los Angeles’ first water filtration initiatives that features a tree well design paid for by a citizen-approved clean water bond has been completed.
The Grand Boulevard Tree Wells project in Venice is comprised of seven water filtration systems that will capture stormwater from high density areas and remove water runoff pollutants prior to the toxins entering the local storm drains.
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06.25.09
Camp Pendleton unveils system to reuse treated wastewater
Camp Pendleton officials Wednesday formally dedicated an upgraded water treatment system that includes one of Southern California's most ambitious uses of recycled water.
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06.23.09
EPA plan targets vast DDT deposit off Calif. coast
A plan to cap a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California got its first public airing Tuesday - nearly four decades after the poison was banned from use.
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