Yard & Landscape Drainage in Homeland

Yard & Landscape Drainage questions from Homeland customers

Where does water that leaves a Homeland yard actually end up?

In the San Jacinto River. The 2015 notice of determination for Romoland MDP Line A, Stage 4 names that waterway for a project in the Homeland and Romoland communities covering the remainder of Line A, Lines A-2 and A-3, Homeland MDP Line 1, Juniper Flats Basin and Briggs Road Basin, built as open channels, reinforced concrete boxes and pipes, and earthen basins.

Homeland has a drainage plan, so why does yard flooding still happen?

Much of the plan is still on paper. Riverside County's 2021 general plan appendix identifies a Homeland Area disadvantaged unincorporated community of roughly 1,995 residents and records a single completed stormwater improvement, Line 2, finished in 2012. It states that the Homeland Master Drainage Plan recommends construction of additional open channels, underground storm drains and additional detention basins.

Has the Homeland drainage plan been revised since it was adopted?

Yes. Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District circulated a notice of preparation in November 2003 and a draft environmental impact report in August 2005 for revisions to the Homeland and Romoland master drainage plans and an amendment to the Homeland/Romoland Area Drainage Plan, addressing construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed drainage facilities.

There is an open drainage crossing parcels near me — is that permanent?

Some are being replaced. A 2023 Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board public notice for a 53-acre residential project in the unincorporated community of Homeland describes replacing an existing drainage feature with an underground storm drain, identified as Line 4 in the Homeland/Romoland Master Drainage Plan, alongside on-site and off-site flood control improvements.