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When LA County captures stormwater, here's where it goes

By Sharon McNary
Published January 18, 2019 07:15 PM
One of ten spreading basins that receive stormwater runoff from the Rio Hondo Channel for percolation into an underground aquifer.
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One of ten spreading basins that receive stormwater runoff from the Rio Hondo Channel for percolation into an underground aquifer.

When it rains, the Los Angeles County Flood Control system mainly works to channel stormwater runoff to the ocean. But about 28 percent of that rain is captured before it's lost to the Pacific. One of those rain capture places is alongside the Rio Hondo Channel in Pico Rivera.

Sharon McNary
I cover infrastructure, which I define as all the different things we build together to make life better. So we’re talking the power grid, our systems for managing rainfall, sewage and drinking water, air quality, roads, ports and more. Part of that is reporting on how well and equitably they serve my fellow Angelenos.
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