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Program Description
The City of Los Angeles’ award-winning Watershed Protection Program focuses on flood control and pollution abatement. It employs a multi-pronged approach, utilizing education, engineering, enforcement and evaluation methods to reduce the amount of pollutants flowing into local waterways.
About Watersheds
Los Angeles has four primary watersheds, including the Los Angeles River, Santa Monica Bay, Ballona Creek and Dominguez Channel.
A Master Plan
The Water Quality Compliance Master Plan is a 20-year strategy for reducing pollution in LA’s local rivers, creeks, lakes and beaches.
History
In the early 20th century, a booming population, the channeling of local rivers and creeks and the development of once rural areas created the water quality challenges LA faces today.
Ordinance
In 1998 the City of Los Angeles passed a stormwater ordinance (L.A.M.C. 64.70), which prohibits the entry of illicit discharges into the municipal storm drain system.