LA County Water Plan

The CWP Targets represent shared desired outcomes for countywide water resilience by 2045. Meeting these Targets requires successful implementation of both local and regional efforts, projects, and programs, including many efforts led outside of the CWP. After Plan completion, Public Works will provide an interactive dashboard on this website to track progress toward these Targets. Visit County Water Plan document for more details.

These four focal areas describe shared desired outcomes, identified through discussions with numerous groups and individuals. The CWP provides an approach for achieving these desired outcomes through collaboration, and a platform for measuring progress.

Click each focal area to see the corresponding targets

Regional water supply reliability button with a purple hue and a picture of a local water reservoir that takes you to more information about the regional water supply reliability targets

Groundwater management and quality button with a green hue and a picture of groundwater recharge basin that takes you to more information about the groundwater management and quality targets

Small, at-risk system resilience and drinking water equity button with a teal hue and a picture of a residence that takes you to more information about small, at-risk system resilience and drinking water equity targets

Watershed sediment management button with a red hue and a picture of a brush fire that takes you to more information about the watershed sediment management targets

Achieve 100% compliance with State Urban Water Use Objectives

Metric: Percent of suppliers that are meeting their State Urban Water Use Objective

Increase local supply sources by 580,000 acre-feet per year (AFY)

Metric: Total water supply that is sourced within Los Angeles County

Meet 100% of water demands even in times of drought

Metric: Percent of water agencies that do not require Water Shortage Contingency Plans be implemented higher than Level 1

Maximize ability to meet health and safety needs following an emergency by maintaining access to six months of emergency supply

Metric: Percent of water agencies that have access to six months of water supply for an emergency

Optimize production of groundwater by maintaining at least 700,000 AFY baseline groundwater production

Metric: Average annual countywide AFY of groundwater production

Optimize production of groundwater by increasing production in areas overlying impaired groundwater by 18,000 AFY

Metric: Average annual production (AFY) from new treatment projects, AFY from wells brought back online, and AFY from new wells

Increase groundwater recharge and storage by enhancing regional facility recharge by 250,000 AFY

Metric: Average annual countywide AFY of groundwater recharge at existing and future facilities/spreading grounds

Increase groundwater recharge and storage by increasing decentralized infiltration by 80,000 AFY

Metric: Average annual countywide AFY of groundwater recharge outside of existing and future facilities/spreading grounds

Reduce at-risk systems by 100%

Metric: Number of water systems classified as in the categories of failing, at-risk, or potentially at-risk

100% of water agencies, including those in severely disadvantaged communities, have affordable cost of water to meet health and safety needs

Metric: Percent of water agencies in severely disadvantaged communities where the cost of water for health and safety (6,000 gallons) does not exceed 2.5% median household income

Reduce color, taste, and odor drinking water quality issues by 50%

Metric: Number of customer complaints per 1,000 connections about color, taste, and/ or odor

Maximize ability to meet health and safety needs following an emergency by confirming 100% of small community water systems have access to alternative sources of supply

Metric: Percent of small community water systems that have access to at least one other secondary water supply

Reduce fire-contributing species in riparian areas by 2,900 acres

Metric: Acres of riparian areas that have undergone at least one invasive special removal program

Reduce human-caused ignitions by 50%

Metric: Count of fire ignitions in wildlands, rural, and the wildland-urban interface

Maintain a minimum of 75% average available capacity in debris basins and 80% average capacity in reservoirs

Metric: Percent of available capacity in debris basins and percent of available capacity in reservoirs

Confirm 100% of water management agencies within the wildland-urban interface are implementing a wildfire resilience or mitigation plan

Metric: Percent of agencies that have implemented fire prevention measures and percent of agencies that have alternative or backup energy supply