BALLONA WATERSHED FLY-OVER IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF A NEW VISION FOR LOS ANGELES(link is external)
www.youtube.com/watch?v5EOiBNlfbfQclfE5HDxOew
During one of this winter’s frequent storms, sheets of rainwater spilled from roofs, washed across sidewalks and down gutters into a sprawling network of underground storm drains that empty into the Los Angeles River channel. (Same goes for Ballona Flood Control Channel. Billions of gallons of rainwaterflow into the Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica Bay.)
You can reduce your water bill by capturing "free" rainwater.
Private homes cover 60% of our developed LA land mass.
TREES TAKE CARE OF EACH, THEY SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, THEY STORE WATER IN THEIR ROOT SYSTEMS
SUMMER 2019 | KEEPERS OF THE WATERS
BIOSWALES: WHAT ARE THEY?
Thanks to these natural runoff filtration structures, we don't have to choose between great landscape aesthetics and eco-friendly design.
Diagram by Julia Cauller
BIO-WHAT?
Bioswales are a unique green solution to the problem of contaminants in stormwater runoff. Bioswales slow down and collect polluted stormwater runoff and then filter it prior to returning it into the water cycle. They accomplish this filtration with the help of two natural processes: filtering water by passing it slowly through porous material, along with phytoremediation, where plants remove contaminants. Bioswales can contain sand, compost, and rock trenches along with native species of plants, which are adapted to local conditions. The inclusion of local plants is also important on an aesthetic and educational level: these plants blend in with the local environment and can serve as a tool to educate the public on issues of native biodiversity. Bioswales are a small but necessary remedy to the unmitigated proliferation of paved surfaces in our car- centric world. Parking lots especially create massive concrete plains incapable of absorbing or filtering stormwater.
To learn more about bioswales, check out the Soil Science Society of America: tiny.cc/soil-science-society
SWALE
/swāl/ • noun
a low or hollow place, especially a marshy depression between ridges.
WHAT DO BIOSWALES FILTER?
Silt
Organics
Pathogens
Harmful fertilizers
Metallic compounds such as mercury and lead
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There are many reasons to plant a home garden. Nothing tastes more delicious than a hand picked tomato, orange, blackberry, basil, and the list can go on forever. Eaten at the peak of perfection, you truly appreciate the bounty of earth and the importance of water in the growth cycle.
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PLAYA VISTA ALERT |
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Oilfield "fracking" is a new form of pollution that is the longest lasting damage to the land, worse than salting the ground to prevent plants and animals living on it, or a man growing food for his family, neighbors and you and me. Fracking permanently poisons, yes poisons, the underground water, permanently poisons the air, yes the air, as natural gas and associated poisonous gases seep out of the water table to harm all life at ground level, your pets, crawling children, and you and me. Fracking leads to water and air plumes of poisons stretching miles into all homes and bodies of wate
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Courtesy of: Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community
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PROFESSIONAL GAS MIGRATION EXPERTS SOUND THE ALARM:
HOUSING NEAR GAS STORAGE SITE COULD BE FORMULA FOR DISASTER
Public and Safety Issues
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PLAYA VISTA ALERT
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Grassroots Coalition |
Contact: Jeanette Vosburg
(310) 721-3512 |
January 6, 2003
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The world's largest Underground Gas Storage may menace your life and home near Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Marina del Rey, Ballona Wetlands, [names of industrial and apartment complexes to the east]. These are owned or operated Sempra Energy or SoCal Gas. Read more about the dangers and how to mediate them. Speak out to these owners and demand they stop releasing poison and toxic gases into your air you and your loved ones breath.
