When it Rains, it Hails...
Last weeks storm that hit Southern California, dropped over 2 feet of snow on Big Bear Lake. However, most of the torrential downpour was not put to use and simply washed into the ocean. As the state is entering the 5th year of severe drought plans are being finally put into action to try to collect and store this precious resource."The State Water Resources plans to allocate $200 million for such projects. And Los Angeles plans to capture 20 billion more gallons than the 10 billon it collects during normal years." In fact, the city of Los Angeles has gutted a 16foot wide street median and replaced it with 111acres of vegetation that collects enough water to fill 27 olympic sized pools.
