"Connecting communities, agencies, and watersheds for resilient water futures across Southern California"
Welcome to SoCal Water Resources
Welcome to SoCal Water Resources, a public 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 healthy watersheds and resilient communities across Southern California and beyond. Through educational resources, applied projects, blogs, stewardship initiatives, citizen science, collaborative partnerships, and research activities, we help communities, agencies, educators, students, researchers, and water professionals better understand and engage with the water systems that shape everyday life.
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, SoCal Water Resources also collaborates across Southern California, statewide, and national networks to address interconnected challenges and opportunities related to drinking water quality, stormwater, watershed health, water use 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 our SoCal Water Blog Series and educational resources.
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.
Regional Watersheds & Stewardship
Explore watershed education, stewardship resources, watershed history, and regional restoration topics through the Watersheds of Los Angeles & 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
• Recent blog articles
• Community workshops
• Stewardship events
• Water resilience activities
• Newsletters and announcements
• Partner and agency collaborations
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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, 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, and regional partners to strengthen water resilience across Southern California.
Our work integrates science communication, extension, stewardship, participatory monitoring, youth engagement, and community-centered resilience strategies to support healthier watersheds and more resilient communities.
Contact
University of California Cooperative Extension – Orange County
7601 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618
📞 (858) 282-6737
✉ enmosase@ucdavis.edu
