Project Owner: City of Culver City

Architect/Engineer: Tetra Tech

Contractor: Ortiz Enterprises

Location: Culver City, CA

Project Scope: Stormer Detention System, Jensen Deflective Separators, Jensen Packaged Pump Station, and Jensen Rain Water Harvesting Pump, Package and Housing

No one wants a dirty ocean.

It’s harmful for the environment, wildlife, and humans. That’s why California is downright serious about stormwater. Every time it rains, all the motor oils, lawn fertilizers, and bug pesticides sitting stagnant on our roads and rooftops wash away into the storm drains and ultimately our waterways.

Add in California’s beautiful coastal cities and towns and all waterways typically lead to one place: The Pacific Ocean.

To combat stormwater pollutions, California’s regional water quality control boards monitor and enforce regulations requiring municipalities to comply with Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for pollutants and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit obligations. So when Culver City needed to widen it’s main thoroughfare, it had to modernize its stormwater infrastructure to capture urban runoff from 334 watershed acres for reuse.