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Los Angeles might require rainwater capture
Susan Carpenter
LA
Times
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
A proposed law would require new homes, larger developments
and some redevelopments in Los Angeles to capture and reuse
runoff generated in rainstorms.
The ordinance approved in January by the Department of Public
Works would require such projects to capture, reuse or infiltrate
100% of runoff generated in a 3/4 -inch rainstorm or to pay
a storm water pollution mitigation fee that would help fund
off-site, low-impact public developments.
The fairly new approach to managing storm water and urban runoff
is designed to mitigate the negative effects of urbanization
by controlling runoff at its source with small, cost-effective
natural systems instead of treatment facilities. Reducing runoff
improves water quality and recharges groundwater.
Board of Public Works Commissioner Paula Daniels, who drafted
the ordinance last July, said the new requirements would prevent
104 million gallons of polluted urban runoff from ending up
in the ocean.
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