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Dominguez Channel (Spanish: Canal de Domínguez) [1] is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km) [2] stream in southern Los Angeles County, California, in the center of the Dominguez Watershed of 133 square miles (340 km 2). [3] The watershed area is 96 percent developed and largely residential.
The drainage into the Pacific Ocean from the San Gabriel River Basin boundary to the Moro Canyon drainage boundary near Laguna Beach, California. Los Angeles County, Orange County: 2,680 sq mi (6,900 km 2) HUC180202: 180703 Laguna–San Diego Coastal water resource basin: The drainage within the United States that discharges into the Pacific ...
California groundwater basins, subbasins, and hydrologic regions. The California Department of Water Resources recognizes 10 hydrologic regions and three additional drainage areas within the U.S. state of California. The hydrologic regions are further subdivided into 515 groundwater basins. [1]
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California reservoirs store fresh water for use in Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. These reservoirs were built specifically to preserve water during times of drought, and are in place for emergencies uses such as earthquake, floods or other events.
The Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) is a research institute focusing on the coastal ecosystems of Southern California from watersheds to the ocean. SCCWRP was created as a joint powers authority (JPA), which is an agency formed when multiple government agencies have a common mission that can be better achieved by ...
He later became an engineer and settled in California, where he managed sewer systems and street services for Los Angeles. He has held the top job at MWD since 2021, overseeing more than 1,900 ...
In a tentative settlement, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to repay customers who were charged too much for sewer service from May 2016 to June 2022.
Clayton Colbert puts barriers to protect his house from a potential mudslide during a rain storm in the Pacific Palisades burn zone, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2025.