Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Los Angeles is known the world over for its streets and cars – but not so much for an abundance of fresh water. The LA Department of Sanitation’s Watershed Protection Division has an ingenious vision for turning miles and miles of what we commonly think of a nothing more than vehicle infrastructure into actual lifelines of sustainability serving our most basic need: fresh water for our communities.
With us today is Deborah Deets, Lead Landscape Architect for the City of Los Angeles’s Watershed Protection Division where she is a key team leader for the most significant stormwater projects in the region.
Deborah’s stormwater project designs for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection program have been featured in the national Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM), Stormwater Solutions Magazine, local public television (KCET), and have won national recognition for design and technical innovation. Her career is dedicated to the lessons of nature leading towards a state of self-regulation and balance with urban infrastructure.
Los Angeles is known the world over for its streets and cars – but not so much for an abundance of fresh water. The LA Department of Sanitation’s Watershed Protection Division has an ingenious vision for turning miles and miles of what we commonly think of a nothing more than vehicle infrastructure into actual lifelines of sustainability serving our most basic need: fresh water for our communities.
With us today is Deborah Deets, Lead Landscape Architect for the City of Los Angeles’s Watershed Protection Division where she is a key team leader for the most significant stormwater projects in the region.
Deborah’s stormwater project designs for the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection program have been featured in the national Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM), Stormwater Solutions Magazine, local public television (KCET), and have won national recognition for design and technical innovation. Her career is dedicated to the lessons of nature leading towards a state of self-regulation and balance with urban infrastructure.
