StormCatcher Project gets LA residents in on rain collection

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Nov 5, 2015

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StormCatcher Project gets LA residents in on rain collection

If El Niño predictions hold true, it won't completely solve the drought, but it could help — especially if raindrops get collected at home.

View of Hollywood from Silver Lake after light showers Saturday. An earlier storm dumped an inch of rain and a foot of snow in Northern California.

If El Niño predictions hold true, it won't completely solve the drought, but it could help — especially if raindrops get collected at home.

There's no rain on the immediate horizon for Southern California, but forecasters are calling for a wet El Niño winter.

If those predictions hold true, it won't completely solve the drought, but it could help — especially if rainfall gets collected at home.

The L.A. Department of Water and Power has teamed up with the group Tree People for something they're calling the StormCatcher Project. Andy Lipkis, founder and president of TreePeople, joined the show to tell more.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.