Contests

You know who you are. You’re the obsessively organic vegetable gardener who is crazy for compost and tenaciously turns your pile to create soil that looks more like chocolate cake than dirt. You’re the homeowner who’s rockin’ the rain barrels you recently added to your residence and telling anyone who will listen how low impact development… READ MORE

Ever notice the number of references to water in basketball? There’s a lot of dribbling and dunking that takes place in a game. On top of that, here in LA, one of our home teams is named after a lake, or more specifically 10,000 lakes. Originally from Minnesota, which is known as the “land of… READ MORE

It’s time for some holiday fun – LA Stormwater style!  Last December, LA Stormwater staffer Mo English created a gingerbread house with her grandchildren and included a rainwater twist. Using black licorice for rain gutters and marshmallows for rain barrels, they crafted what we believe to be the world’s first gingerbread house that “harvests rainwater.”… READ MORE

No tricks…just dog treats! For a second year, we’re hosting our Hounds of Halloween Pet Photo Contest, which is going on until November 9, 2012. Submit a photo of your fabulous furry friend in their favorite Halloween costume and you could win a free dog bath and 1 dog daycare session (a $30 value), courtesy… READ MORE

You lean back in your chair, enjoying the sun’s rays and the gentle breeze. You reach into your bag, pull out some sunscreen and apply a generous amount on your arms and face, knowing that you’ll be getting a lot of sun today. You notice that it’s crowded here today, even for a weekend and… READ MORE

By Joyce Amaro, LA Stormwater Public Education Manager “I’m keeping the city clean!” my 4-year old son announced as he reached to pick up a piece of trash in the parking lot of our local supermarket this past weekend. I smiled (and cringed!) as he picked up a dirt-encrusted coffee cup and proudly placed it… READ MORE

We smiled as they splashed in the waves! We grinned as they chased balls through the water! We chuckled as they scampered through rain puddles! Of course, we’re talking about the photos we received last summer during LA Stormwater’s inaugural wet pet contest, so we’re doing it again! Now that Spring has sprung, we know… READ MORE

Congratulations to all of our Clean Water Virtual Scavenger Hunt participants for entering in our scavenger hunt and winning a Storm Drain and Marine Life poster! We’d like to thank all of you for participating and checking out our new and improved website! We hope you enjoyed our contest, had fun solving the riddles and… READ MORE

          With yesterday’s question, we learned how to use the site to learn about how to make use of LA Stormwater’s community programs. If you haven’t answered question one or two  yet, it’s not too late to go back and participate! Now, for the last clue of our Clean Water Virtual Scavenger Hunt,… READ MORE

          You all did great with question-one of the Clean Water Virtual Scavenger Hunt!  We hope you liked hearing from the ocean creatures in our navigation bar! If you haven’t answered question one yet, it’s not too late to go back and participate! For our second question, you’ll have to search a little… READ MORE