Here in Southern California, we need to continue to explore all
options when it comes to our water supply. Across the Southland,
steps have been taken to increase one important local supply
option - stormwater. We at Southern California Water Committee
recognize the importance and potential of stormwater as a
supplemental water supply source to what we currently import.
That is why we just launched “Pump Up The Volume”, a stormwater
education and outreach program aimed at highlighting the need
for investment in this local source of water. Water resource
managers, conservation groups, local governments and leading
engineers throughout parched Southern California know how to
make the most of what we’ve got. During the past twenty years,
Southern California’s water use has remained essentially the
same, despite adding approximately three million people to its
population. Part of this achievement has included the important
progress made investing in stormwater, but there is much more
that can be done. While we wo