More than 96.3 billion gallons of stormwater were captured and stored within Los Angeles County’s reservoirs and delivered to spreading grounds for recharge of groundwater aquifers since October 2023 when the storm season began. During that period, L.A. County harvested enough water to meet the needs of more than 2.4 million people for a year, about 24 percent of the ...

The following is a news release provided by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. The Enhanced Watershed Management Plans (EWMPs) are the result of a multi-year collaboration between the state, county, and the majority of local cities to improve local and regional water supplies and waterways. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered ...

County supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to give residents more time to protest a stormwater tax that would raise the tax bill for single-family homeowners. Nonprofit organizations such as churches and schools would have faced bills that might reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. At a public hearing of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, county residents ...