Stormwater

Temescal Creek in Garber Park is directly impacted by stormwater produced in the Claremont Hills neighborhood. What does that mean? Stormwater is simply rainwater that is fairly clean hitting a hard surface, such as pavement in sidewalks and streets and runs across that hardscape pickting up pollutants such as car effluents like motor oil and steering fluid as well as microplastics from tires full of chemicals. Feces from animals and humans is also a major source of pollution in stormwater. As stormwater enters the watershed through stormdrains routed into former and current streambeds, it carries the pollutants with it, therby contaminating soil and water running thorugh this section of Garber Park. This is why Wholly H2O focused so much on encouraging the resuction of stormwater by increasing rainwater collection and "planting rain" through berms and swales.