One of the Early Lessons of El Niño – Catch That Water

El Niño-driven rainstorms can be captured for precious water resources, or they can create millions of dollars of damage to cities, businesses and homeowners. It just depends on timing.

 

When the first storms dumped several inches of rain on Southern California last week, water coursed off the driveways, parking lots and streets of Inland Empire cities like Riverside and San Bernardino and into a network of gutters, where it drained, eventually, into the Santa Ana River.