Sunday, 22 March 2015

Drought-ravaged L.A. looking to 'sponge up' every bit of rainwater

Drought-ravaged L.A. looking to 'sponge up' every bit of rainwater


A tow truck lifts a trashed car off the street. A shopping cart lies abandoned in the alley. This area of Los Angeles is what economists might call "economically disadvantaged." But one block in the heart of this struggling neighbourhood has gone through a $27-million retrofit. Now, on this block, instead of channelling the rainwater run-off to the sea, the city is collecting it.

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