Posts tagged pollution
A Good Start - from LA River Pix
A Good Start - from LA River Pix

A few weeks ago I was up in the Central Valley shooting some drought stories and from all the parched earth and empty fields I saw it seemed like we might never have rain again. This current storm here in LA is a very welcome relief, but long term we need a helluva lot more and most importantly we need it in the mountains of the north and the Sierra to seriously replenish the reservoirs and water system that provides for California agriculture and cities. But I’m not complaining! Yet!

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Los Angeles River, Los Angeles Rivers, WaterPeter Bennettecosystem, environment, environmental, Los Angeles, los angeles river, Plastic, pollution, rain, rainwater, rainwater capture, Urban Runoff, Water, Water Pollution, Watershed, WaterwaysComment
Two Faces of the LA River - from LA River Pix

If you have spent any time exploring even a bit of the LA River, you have no doubt seen its many different landscapes and incarnations, I have found and stumbled upon many of these in my journeys to photograph it. Last week I was shooting for a client who needed some printed photos of the Sepulveda Basin to display in a nearby housing development. Most of the river throughout the Basin is pretty calm and flat-watered as it runs a fairly straight course to the Dam at the southeastern end of the Recreation area.

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Los Angeles River, Los Angeles Rivers, Plastic, WaterPeter Bennettenvironment, environmental, Los Angeles, los angeles river, Peter Bennett, Plastic, pollution, Urban Runoff, Water, Water Pollution, Watershed, WaterwaysComment