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Resilient and Sustainable Landscape Design for School Campuses Presenters: Gary Lai, Senior Associate, ASLA, RLA, LEED BD + C Katharine Rudnyk, Urban Horticulturalist We Californians have a few water issues MOST CALIFORNIANS GET OUR WATER FROM AFAR WATER IS A FINITE RESOURCE •California receives 200 million AcreFeet •78 million Acre Feet is run-off •(Acre Foot of water =325,851 gallons) •(Acre Foot services 5-8 people, but does not include deliveries to Agriculture or industry) •Current Population of CA: 37.7 million •Projected Population 2050: 50-60 million CALIFORNIA SNOW PACK 2010 2012 2014 2015 CURRENT CALIFORNIA GROUND WATER SUPPLIES HISTORICAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN LOS ANGELES TEXT Current California school landscape design trends Naturalist landscape design intent Wonderful College Prep Academy Delano, California Low water using plants Claremont McKenna College – North Mall Claremont, California Breeze™ Dwarf Mat Rush Lomandra longifolia 'LM300' Bakersfield Northridge Redding San Francisco Soquel Santa Barbara Outdoor learning Cal Poly Business Administration Playa Vista Elementary Pomona, California Playa Vista, California Outdoor modern amphitheater LAUSD San Pedro High School Olguin Campus Wonderful College Prep Academy San Pedro, California Delano, California Community nodes Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles, California Pasadena City College Technology Arts Pasadena, California Synthetic turf and less lawn Claremont McKenna College – North Mall Maywood Center for Enriched Studies Claremont, California Maywood, California Creative design with hardscape Robert F Kennedy Community Schools Blair International Baccalaureate Middle School Los Angeles, California Pasadena, California Future Opportunities and Solutions • • • • • Overall District Water Policy M&O Buy In Individual School Buy In Training Belief Questions?