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March, 2024
Save Water, Energy, Money and the Environment
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West Basin Region Achieves Record Low Water Use in 2023-2024 | |
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Take advantage of LADWP’s most popular water conservation program.
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The 24th Annual General Assembly to Reveal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the South Bay. | |
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West Basin Region Achieves Record Low
Water Use in 2023-2024
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A continued water conservation ethic, favorable hydrological conditions, and increased groundwater pumping have all contributed to record-low demand for imported water in the West Basin service area during the first half of fiscal year 2023-2024 (FY23-24). Demand, for the period July through December of 2023, was approximately 47,000 acre-feet, or more than 15 billion gallons of water.
For background, one acre-foot is the equivalent of approximately 326,000 gallons of water, which would provide enough water for three typical families for a year.
Compared to the same period last year, demand or sales of imported water are about 5% or 2,500 acre-feet less. What is notable is that last year’s demand for roughly the same period was about 10% less from the prior year.
As for imported water demand in the new year, January 2024, marks the seventh-consecutive month demand has decreased and is at the lowest point since tracking began in 1989.
Total annual imported water demand for FY23-24 is currently projected to be 84,000 acre-feet. If actual year-end demand ends up matching current projections, this would be a record for lowest annual imported water sales for the past 33 years. The new benchmark would be nearly 20,000 acre-feet lower than two years ago, when annual demand was 103,600 acre-feet (or nearly 34 billion gallons of water).
Visit www.westbasin.org to learn more about water supplies and programs to continue water use efficiency as a way of life.
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Sign Up: Upcoming West Basin Tours | |
Water Recycling Facility Tour
April 13, 2024
10 a.m. - noon
Register Here!
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Record Storms Stress but Don’t Break
LA County Sewerage System
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The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts manage the sewage for 5.4 million people and serve 78 cities in Los Angeles County. The Districts own and operate a regional sewer system that receives sewage from the cities and unincorporated county areas within our service area. These flows are treated at their treatment plants throughout the county. Rain runoff (stormwater) is managed through a separate storm drain system intended to provide flood control. The Districts’ sewers and treatment plants have capacity to receive additional flow during storms, and the system has performed well during previous heavy rains.
However, during the recent storms that battered Los Angeles County, floodwater entered the Districts’ sewer system and tributary sewer systems through manholes on flooded roadways. This floodwater caused temporary overloads to sewers that resulted in sewage overflowing onto streets at 10 locations. Once the rain slowed, the flood water flows into the sewers decreased and the overflows stopped.
Read full article here.
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Clear Out Hazardous and Electronic Waste at an LACSD Disposal Event | |
Tour LACSD's Very Own Marshland | |
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The Los Angeles Sanitation Districts owns and maintains its own Marshland. The Bixby Marshland is open to the public for tours on the first Saturday of each month.
The next public open house will be on
Saturday, April 6.
For more information and to sign up click here.
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Tour WRD's Interactive Albert Robles Center to Learn About Water Recycling and the Environment | |
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WRD offers a variety of engaging tours that teach about water recycling, groundwater replenishment and basin management. Currently, WRD offers virtual tours (see below) and regular in-person tours of its flagship facility, the Albert Robles Center for Water Recycling and Environmental Learning.
For more information click here.
Upcoming ARC Public Tour Dates:
Saturday, April 6, 2024
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 8, 2024
10 a.m.- 11 a.m.
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Get Free Rides on Metro with GoPass for K-12 and Community College Students | |
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Students at participating K-12 schools and community colleges in LA County can now ride Metro buses and trains for free with GoPass.
Check to see if your school has GoPass.
here.
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Five Ways L.A. County Residents Can Collect Rainwater in Their Own Backyards | |
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It’s every self-sufficient homeowner’s dream—surveying your backyard as rain pours off your roof and into your very own rain barrels for later use (like irrigation and watering plants).
Here in LA County, where we get around 15 inches of rain annually, harvesting stormwater is an easy way to conserve a scarce resource, while simultaneously protecting the environment and saving money. It’s a triple win.
Find out more ways to conserve nature's most precious resource here.
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Take advantage of LADWP’s most popular water conservation program | |
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Transform your lawn and create a sustainable landscape that includes:
- California Friendly® plants, including native species, appropriate for the Los Angeles climate
- Mulch and other groundcover to help retain moisture in the soil
- A rain capturing feature like a rain garden, rain barrel, cistern, infiltration trench or vegetated swale
- Drip irrigation (as needed)
A sustainable landscape will not only help you save on your water bill by reducing your water use. You will also help recharge the groundwater, reduce urban runoff and enhance wildlife habitat—overall benefiting yourself and the Los Angeles watershed.
Application pre-approval is required before starting any turf replacement project.
Apply here today!
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The 24th Annual General Assembly to Reveal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on the South Bay | |
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The General Assembly is an opportunity for the region’s thought leaders to gather, share ideas and discuss important issues. The theme for the SBCCOG’s 2024 General Assembly is “Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe for the South Bay?”
The conference will feature panel discussions and interactive exhibits. This FREE event is designed with elected officials, city staff, city commissioners, residents and local businesses in mind.
For more details on how to register or become a sponsor click here.
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South Bay Cities Council of Governments Partner “Go-See” Trip to AltaSea | |
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SBCCOG elected officials and staff along with partner organizations took a tour of AltaSea this past month with the CEO and President Terry Tamminen.
AltaSea is a public-private blue (oceanic and marine) economy technology incubator located at the Port of Los Angeles. It’s dedicated to accelerating scientific collaboration, advancing an emerging blue economy through business innovation and job creation, and inspiring the next generation, all for a more sustainable, just and equitable world.
On its campus, the SBCCOG team explored a variety of business and research stations including UCLA’s Equatic, a carbon dioxide removal and hydrogen byproduct production technology; ECOByRy, a recycled surfboard workshop; Seatopia, a sustainable fish seller; USC’s Nuzhdin Lab, a kelp aquaculture facility; and AltaSeads Conservancy, a macroalgal seed bank.
Attendees learned how AltaSea is repurposing a 100-year-old warehouse and wharf complex into a place where researchers, entrepreneurs and nonprofits can collaborate under one roof to harness the blue economy for the benefit of future generations. The campus will be open to the public for tours and events starting in March 2024.
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SBCCOG VOLUNTEERS
PARTICIPATE IN THESE UPCOMING OUTREACH EVENTS
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Upcoming Events:
Sunday,
March 17, 2024
Spring Equinox event
Hawthorne Memorial Center
3901 W El Segundo Blvd, Hawthorne CA 90250
3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday,
March 28, 2024
SBCCOG 24th General Assembly,
Carson, Ca 90745
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Thursday,
April 4, 2024
Expungement Clinic and Resource Fair
801 Carson St, Carson, CA 90745
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Thursday,
April 11, 2024
El Segundo Farmers Market
314-348 Main St, El Segundo, CA 90245
3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday,
April 13, 2024
39th Whale Of A Day
31501 Palos Verdes Dr W Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturday,
April 13, 2024
Earth Day Kids Fest
Dolphin Park 21205 Water St, Carson, CA 90745
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
To become a volunteer, click here.
To learn more about the South Bay Environmental Service Center, click here.
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SANITATION DISTRICTS OFFER WORK OPPORTUNITIES THAT
POSITIVELY IMPACT PUBLIC HEALTH
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Los Angeles Sanitation Districts is offering work opportunities that keep people safe, protect the environment and provide opportunities for professional growth.
For a full lists of job openings visit here.
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Links to Partner Resources En Español:
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