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Leveraging a decade of experience in the energy efficiency sector, Bryan Kranitz is the founder and president of Justice Energy Partners, a Southern California-based energy solutions company. His duties encompass business development and general operations. Aside from dispatching his professional obligations, Bryan Kranitz supports a variety of charitable organizations, including Heal the Bay.
An environmental nonprofit, Heal the Bay is committed to protecting the South Bay’s coastal waters and watersheds through living science, education, community action, and advocacy. A key component of the organization’s efforts lay in advocating for smart water solutions. Since Los Angeles currently imports 80 percent of its water, finding sustainable, local solutions for drinking water is a necessity that cannot be ignored.
In recent years, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has presented a large-scale plan to collect and use rainwater. Current systems in Los Angeles, designed over 100 years ago, channel storm water directly into the Pacific Ocean. The storm water picks up a myriad of contaminants and pollutants and carries them directly into the bay area’s delicate ecosystems. Under the new proposal, efforts would be made to collect rainwater in basins and slowly feed it into the city’s underground aquifers. In addition, green spaces would be modernized and enhanced so that storm water runoff could be more easily captured and used.
Called the Safe, Clean Water Program, the proposal will be included on the November ballot. A new parcel tax would fund the program and work to overcome the water problems that continually face the Los Angeles area.
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