Enhanced Watershed Management Plan (EWMP) is a document that will provide a road map for municipalities throughout Los Angeles to simultaneously comply with federal water quality mandates, improve the quality of our rivers, creeks, and beaches, and address current and future regional water supply challenges.

These watershed plans will identify current and future multi-benefit projects that will capture, treat and use or infiltrate as much rainwater as possible. "Our goal in developing Enhanced Watershed Management Plans for Los Angeles' watersheds is to develop plans that provide both water quality and water supply solutions," stated Traci Minamide, Chief Operating Officer for LA Sanitation." It incorporates a lot of the work that has already been done in the area of water quality improvement, and in a focused effort, moves us to the next level of looking at all water as one water."

The objectives of the Enhanced Watershed Management Plans are to:

• Comply with water quality mandates
• Improve the quality of our rivers, creeks, and beaches
• Address current and future regional water supply issues

The EWMPs will identify current and future multi-benefit projects that will improve water quality, promote water conservation, enhance recreational opportunities, manage flood risk, improve local aesthetics, and support public education opportunities.

The City of Carson's Enhanced Watershed Management Program (EWMP) is in the Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Area Group (DC EWMP). The Dominguez Channel Watershed Management Area Group (DC WMG) includes the cities of Carson, Los Angeles, El Segundo, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Inglewood, and Lomita; the County of Los Angeles; and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District (LACFCD). Carson receives the compliance benefits provided by the MS4 Permit for jurisdictions that develop Enhanced Watershed Management Programs.

The receiving waters for Carson are the freshwater portion of Dominguez Channel above Vermont Avenue, the Dominguez Channel Estuary, Machado Lake, and the Wilmington Drain, which feeds into Machado Lake. These receiving waters were fully evaluated in the DC EWMP. To view the City of Carson's EWMP, please click HERE.