Craig Cadwallader
Surfrider Foundation South Bay Chapter
Chair
Community
South Santa Monica Bay Watershed
Alexia Skrbic
Heal the Bay
SSMB_WC@pw.lacounty.gov
This watershed borders the Pacific Ocean and includes the Dominguez Channel, as well as the cities of Redondo Beach, Marina Del Rey, Inglewood, Carson, Hawthorne, and unincorporated LA County.
Although the South Santa Monica Bay is only 87 square miles, it contains over one million residents, making it a lively, bustling watershed. Combining dense urban and residential areas with miles of waterfronts, hills, and wetlands, this watershed has multiple natural aquifers and some of the most famous beaches in California. Culturally, the South Santa Monica Bay has a wide variety of neighborhoods, food, music, and art.
I am passionate about protecting our waterways, and working in the South Bay hits close to home as a resident myself. I have spent my career thus far educating folks about our environment and advocating to safeguard our natural ecosystems. My goal as a Watershed Coordinator is to educate the community about the Safe, Clean Water Program and how it can be an avenue to continue supporting communities’ health through multi-benefit stormwater capture projects. In my free time, I enjoy staying active, getting outdoors, and finding myself in and around water.
– Your Watershed Coordinator Alexia
Get in touch with Alexia to learn about how we can create exciting water capture projects in your community.
From the Community
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Machado Lake (Tracie Hall) -
Canada Geese congregating in Alondra Park (Kerry C.) -
Seasonal wildflowers on a hike (LA County Public Works) -
Entradero Park Basin (City of Torrance)
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Featured ProjectStormwater Basin Expansion Project
Enhancing water quality by capturing wet weather runoff in a highly urbanized area, this project increases the capacity of three key basins (Aime, Henrietta, and Entradero) to meet water quality standards for trash and bacteria, along with social and environmental benefits. New walking trails were established at Entradero Park that include a pedestrian bridge and ADA compliant platforms, along with an expansion of the trails both at the Park and Henrietta Basin. Entradero Park and its baseball fields were retrofitted after installing new recycled water irrigation. And an outdoor classroom was installed at Henrietta Basin to serve as an interpretive and public education facility.
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Increases local water supply
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Captures stormwater runoff
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Featured ProjectWilmington Neighborhood Greening Project, Wilmington
This project will capture water runoff from a 58-acre area north of the Wilmington Recreation Center and will clean the captured water for onsite reuse to irrigate the park.
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Restoring baseball field and adding new park lights
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Onsite water capture and reuse for the community
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Adding batting cages and other new park features
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Watershed Area Steering Committee Members
Watershed committee members work with the watershed coordinators to develop investment plans for their watershed.
To apply for any vacant committee seat, click here.
Douglas Krauss
EWMP: Beach Cities
Vice Chair
Municipal
Seta Marjanian
LA County Flood Control District
Agency
Matthew Veeh
West Basin
Agency
Arthella Vallarta
Water Replenishment District
Agency
Dave Pierce
LA County Sanitation Districts
Agency
Cathie Santo Domingo
Los Angeles Recreation & Parks
Agency
Margie Hoyt
Resident
Community
Caroline Orija
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Community
Elizabeth Sala
Resident
Community
Marjorie Tsuma
Resident
Community
Gilbert Marquez
City of Carson
Municipal
Susie Santilena
City of Los Angeles
Municipal
Geremew Amenu
Los Angeles County
Municipal
Shin Furukawa
City of Torrance
Municipal
Miller Zou
EWMP: Dominguez
Municipal
Vanessa Hevener
EWMP: Peninsula
Municipal
Nancy Shrodes
Heal the Bay
Watershed Coordinator
Non-voting Member
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