Managing Southern California's Watershed

The Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy cites the lack of cohesive regional planning for the deterioration of the region's watershed.

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April 3, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Spending millions of dollars on infrastructure to bring water into the Southern California region, only to then spend millions more pouring concrete to rush it back out to the ocean--now full of pollutants and waste--is not the most sensible "watershed management." At least that's what most professionals in the field are saying. At a recent meeting of the Speaker's Commission on Regionalism, SMMC leader Joe Edmiston stressed the need to "turn back the clock" to a time when watersheds were an appropriate governmental reference for regional planning."

Thanks to Metro Investment Report

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Thursday, March 1, 2001 in The Metro Investment Report

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