To the editor: The reply to the query of whether or not the Los Angeles River will be our water resolution is, “Sure, and …”
Distributed energy technology (rooftop photo voltaic, in different phrases) made it so we did not must construct dearer fossil fuel-fired energy crops. A family putting in a photo voltaic system does not make a distinction, however the marketing campaign to get photo voltaic on as many roofs as doable does.
Ever since William Mulholland stated, “There it’s, take it,” when the primary Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, authorities has been enamored with massive engineering tasks as the reply to water provide issues. Insurance policies aimed toward lowering water use have resulted within the proliferation of impermeable plastic grass and property house owners coating their total yard. Each improve runoff and the city warmth island impact.
Distributed recharge through trenches and tubewells may help fill our aquifers one property at a time, assist congested storm drains and cut back native road flooding. Such an effort would create group engagement round water administration and even perhaps save a ton of cash.
Douglas Hileman, Valley Glen
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To the editor: Not talked about as doable stormwater reclamation areas are the most important flood management basins behind lots of our very massive flood dams, together with Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace, Sepulveda Dam in Van Nuys, and San Gabriel Dam within the Angeles Nationwide Forest.
Some particles removing could also be needed, however the soil is there.
Rising up within the San Fernando Valley, I keep in mind when Hansen Dam had a year-round lake. In the summertime there was a seaside off Osborne Avenue within the northern valley. All that water may solely come from rain within the winter.
Cary Adams, North Hollywood
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To the editor: The “atmospheric river” final week allowed me to jumpstart my environmental research by explaining El Niño climate patterns. World warming performed a task within the storm, and fossil gas corporations have performed an enormous function in creating world warming.
We also needs to contemplate the function of timber as nature’s vacuum cleaners. Newly planted timber will not take in the rain if one other freak storm happens, however climate-smart forestry may help mitigate local weather change.
As Congress turns its consideration to the Farm Invoice, it ought to contemplate forest well being and different associated points. The $20 billion put aside for wholesome forests ought to stay within the Farm Invoice to assist create a more healthy atmosphere — and in LA, a safer one, too.
Sarah Eyassu, Los Angeles