Los Angeles River Environmental Flows Project

SCCWRP is working with the State Water Resources Control Board and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, in cooperation with local municipalities (including City of LA Bureau of Sanitation, City of LA Department of Water and Power, LA County Department of Public Works, and LA County Sanitation Districts), to conduct the Los Angeles River Environmental Flows Project (Project). The goals of the project are to develop a process for establishing flow criteria, to apply the process to provide recommendations for flow criteria in the LA River, and to produce tools and approaches to evaluate management scenarios necessary to achieve recommended flow criteria. The project also serves as an important pilot application of the California Environmental Flows Framework (CEFF) by demonstrating how CEFF can be applied in a highly urbanized watershed where flow alteration is primarily caused by wastewater and stormwater discharges.  The outcomes of this project may also serve as a model for assessing similar situations in other river systems.

For more information about this project, go to the Background and History of the Los Angeles River Flows Project on the State Water Board’s website.

To find LA River Environmental Flows data and analysis tool, visit our data portal here.

Technical Study Progress Reports

Outreach Materials

Reports

Journal Publications

Stakeholder Meetings

DateEventSupporting Documents
March 25, 2021Stakeholder Working Group meeting 4 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
March 26, 2020Stakeholder Working Group meeting 3 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
October 18, 2019Stakeholder Working Group meeting 2 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
March 22, 2019Stakeholder Working Group meeting 1 Agenda
Draft Charter
Presentation
Meeting Notes

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meetings

Presentations to the TAC represent interim work products for input and comment. All material is subject to change over the course of the project.

DateEventSupporting Documents
March 11, 2022Technical Advisory Committee meeting 7 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
December 18, 2020Technical Advisory Committee meeting 6 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
May 12, 2020Technical Advisory Committee meeting 5 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
March 11, 2020Technical Advisory Committee meeting 4 Agenda
Presentation
Summary of TAC Recommendations
Meeting Notes
September 16, 2019Technical Advisory Committee meeting 3 Agenda
Presentation
Meeting Notes
May 15, 2019Technical Advisory Committee meeting 2 Agenda
Presentation: Overview and Ecology
Presentation: Physical Modeling
Meeting Notes
January 28, 2019Technical Advisory Committee meeting 1 Agenda
Presentation: Overview
Presentation: Physical Modeling
Literature Review Summary
Meeting Notes

Contact

For additional information on the LA River Flows Project, please contact Eric Stein (erics@sccwrp.org) or Lori Webber (Lori.Webber@waterboards.ca.gov).

Partner Organizations