The Grass Roots Fight for Clean Water and Green Justice

Posted: June 11th, 2012

Air treatment facility in Baldwin Hills

Maybe sewer work is not glamorous, but the struggle for clean water justice highlights the need for equal access to public resources to improve quality of life for all, including sewers, mutlibenefit park and water projects and other equitable infrastructure investments. After the city admitted liability for more than 3,500 sewage spills, the consolidated cases in United States et al. v. City of Los Angeles resulted in a $2 billion settlement agreement to improve the sewer system citywide, clean up sewer odors, and create park, creek, and wetland projects to improve water quality and quality of life.