As the lead agency for Los Angeles' environmental programs and initiatives, LA Sanitation (LASAN) protects public health and the environment through the administration and management of three program areas: Clean Water (wastewater), Solid Resources (solid waste management), and Watershed Protection (stormwater). 

These infrastructure programs collect, treat, recycle, and dispose the solid and liquid waste generated by the nation’s second-largest city of more than four million residents. Through these essential public service programs, LA Sanitation delivers a triple bottom line of economic, environmental, and social benefits that sustain the quality of life in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation received a 2018 Better Project Award for implementing a digester biogas generation & CHP project at its Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant to produce electricity and heat, reducing the plant’s energy intensity by 37% in two years.

Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation achieved their initial energy intensity reduction goal in 2018