Michael Stenstrom highlights extreme sanitation hazards regarding LA waterways | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Karen Dutko
April 13, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: Daily Breeze

UCLA Expert: Michael Stenstrom: Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Affiliate, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: Daily Breeze spotlighted a new report co-authored by Stenstrom, which revealed that 42 million gallons of sewage entered L.A. waterways in the past 15 years.

UCLA News: Stenstrom addressed his concerns regarding poor sewage plant management. “The flooding led to the emergency release of 17 million gallons of raw sewage directly into the ocean to avoid the complete failure of the plant. … ‘It should have never happened. In a better managed facility, it probably wouldn’t have happened.’”