"Connecting communities, agencies, and watersheds for resilient water futures across Southern California"
Welcome to SoCal Water Resources
SoCal Water Resources is the public-facing education, engagement, research, and resilience platform of the Urban Watershed Resilience Program at the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE).
We connect water science, watershed stewardship, applied research, community engagement, and practical resilience strategies to support healthier watersheds and more resilient communities across Southern California and beyond.
The Urban Watershed Resilience Program primarily serves Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. The program also collaborates across Southern California, statewide networks, and broader county-based efforts when water challenges, partnerships, or service needs extend beyond the primary service area.
Our work focuses on drinking and environmental water quality, stormwater, watershed health, indoor and outdoor water use efficiency, commercial, industrial, and institutional water efficiency, water supply security, climate adaptation, and water equity.
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Explore Water Resilience Themes
Explore interconnected water topics shaping Southern California through the SoCal Water Blog Series, educational resources, applied projects, and outreach activities. Organized around five core water resilience themes, Drinking Water Quality, Environmental Water Quality, Water Use Efficiency, Water Supply Security, and Water Equity, this section helps connect water science, community needs, and practical solutions across the region.
These themes guide our blogs, educational resources, outreach activities, and applied learning across Southern California. Two of the themes have public-facing blog names: Pure Water Matters for Drinking Water Quality and Smart Water Living for Water Use Efficiency. The other three blog areas carry the same names as their core themes: Environmental Water Quality, Water Supply Security, and Water Equity.
In addition to the five core themes, SoCal Water Resources features two collaborative blog areas: Water Resilience, Climate Change, and Water Systems, and SoCal Urban Food Production. These collaborative spaces connect water with broader conversations about climate adaptation, watershed health, urban resilience, local food systems, and community well-being.
WReP — Watershed Resilience in Practice
Where watershed resilience becomes practice.
WReP (Watershed Resilience in Practice) highlights real-world watershed resilience efforts, stewardship projects, demonstration landscapes, community partnerships, and practical solutions across Southern California. WReP bridges research, extension, and implementation by showcasing resilience in action through applied stories, local projects, and community engagement.
Through WReP, we explore how communities, agencies, educators, and residents are building healthier watersheds and more resilient water futures together.
Featured Areas
• Community resilience projects
• Watershed stewardship activities
• Demonstration landscapes
• Citizen science and monitoring
• Stormwater and green infrastructure
• Water resilience stories and spotlights
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Get Involved
From youth education to stewardship and citizen science, SoCal Water Resources offers multiple pathways for learning, participation, and community resilience action.
Whether you are a student, educator, resident, agency partner, water professional, researcher, or community organization, there are opportunities to connect through education, outreach, stewardship, citizen science, applied projects, and collaborative partnerships.
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Regional Watersheds & Stewardship
Explore watershed education, stewardship resources, watershed history, and regional restoration topics through the Watersheds of Los Angeles and Ventura platform.
The platform provides regional watershed resources focused on watershed literacy, restoration, river systems, Southern steelhead, watershed education, and stewardship across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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News, Events & Workshops
Stay connected with the latest blogs, workshops, stewardship activities, resilience events, newsletters, and community engagement opportunities across Southern California.
Featured areas include:
Recent blog articles
Community workshops
Stewardship events
Water resilience activities
Newsletters and announcements
Partner and agency collaborations
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Featured Areas
• Recent blog articles
• Community workshops
• Stewardship events
• Water resilience activities
• Newsletters and announcements
• Partner and agency collaborations
[ View News & Events → ]
Local Weather & Water Conditions
Access local weather and evapotranspiration data from CIMIS Station #75, located at the UC South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine.
This station supports water management, irrigation planning, landscape water use efficiency, agricultural decision-making, and environmental monitoring efforts across Southern California.
CIMIS Station #75
• Irvine, California
• Data available since 1987
• Grass reference surface
• South Coast Valleys Region
• Orange County
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Partnerships & Collaboration
SoCal Water Resources collaborates with communities, water agencies, universities, nonprofits, educators, researchers, students, and regional partners to strengthen water resilience across Southern California.
Our work integrates science communication, extension, applied research, stewardship, participatory monitoring, youth engagement, and community-centered resilience strategies to support healthier watersheds and more resilient communities.
We welcome partnerships that help connect science, local knowledge, and practical solutions for the benefit of communities and the environment.
Contact
University of California Cooperative Extension – Orange County
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
📞 (858) 282-6737
✉ anrsocalwater@gmail.com
