Lead Agency-Organization(s): Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council (LASGRWC), TreePeople, City of Los Angeles, US Bureau of Reclamation.

Project Description: The Water Augmentation Study is a long-term research program led by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council (Watershed Council). The purpose of the program is to assess whether the capture and infiltration of stormwater at localized sites throughout the region is a viable means of augmenting water supply, without adversely affecting groundwater quality.

The project will implement one or more demonstration projects on a neighborhood scale, incorporating both infiltration and water conservation strategies. The neighborhood project(s) will demonstrate an integrated, comprehensive approach to water management by retrofitting a residential street with state of the art Best Management Practices (BMPs) to address runoff, water conservation, pollution reduction and treatment, flooding, and habitat restoration.

Urban Semillas works in collaboration with LASGRWC and its partners on Phase III of the LA Basin Water Augmentation Study (WAS).  This specific assignment entails working with TreePeople and LASGRWC to implement the outreach program for the neighborhood demonstration project.

1. ✦Assist with door-to-door outreach to targeted Sun Valley residents to solicit in terest in the project
   

2. ✦Review and comment on outreach materials for distribution
   

3. ✦Assist with preparations for community meetings in the targeted neighborhood
   

4. ✦Serve as liaison to Spanish speaking residents
   

5. ✦Collaborate in the preparation of community presentations
   

6. ✦Facilitate presentations of community update meetings