How LA's thirst for water is draining a California valley | Running Dry
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2019
- When the first white settlers arrived in California's remote eastern Owens Valley, the name given to its indigenous tribes was Paiute - and their land was Payahuunadu or "land of flowing water" in the local language.
But for more than a century, the water in the valley has flowed in just one direction: toward Los Angeles, nearly 300 miles (480 km) away.
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I've spent my whole life in this area...LA should have stopped expanding decades ago.
New title: How LA’s greed for water is draining the California valleys
LA is quintessential exammple of unsustainablity.
How about outlawing golf courses???
Everybody's living in a roaring desert, but nobody wants to live as if they are.
This is very sad. LA's greed and environmental carelessness will doom the entire State of California.
LA is an enigma. Much like Vegas and Dubai. All metropolises that live way beyond their means.
When are societies going to stop promoting population growth with tax breaks and growth economies? More people means more water used.
Similar issues abound on the Colorado Front Range. The constant building of additional housing developments ignores the fact that there is a carrying capacity to the land.
I live in in the Easter Sierra, there is a lot of resentment towards DWP for draining our valley. At the same time many people feel it’s a blessing in disguise that DWP owns most of the land because it would be much more populated otherwise. This place is incredibly special.
It is important to examine the fraud that Mulholland perpetrated in order to steal the properties adjacent to the river. LA needs to repair the damage they did. They also need to establish sustainable lifestyles in a desert.
Need that big San Andreas split
Bring in more people we don’t have resources for.
In Melbourne Australia I grew up in a twenty year long drought, now we have drought proof policy, desalination plant that is only to comes online when we need it... it’s not about understanding clean water is a limited resource, it’s about knowing you need to establish your self a supply where you no longer need to limit your supply as long as you can afford your monthly water bill that goes to paying for the method used to supply you with your water used!
This is a really great video. I hope more ppl tune in and learn about what’s going on. Change is needed
This is what you get when you build big cities in places without the resources to support them.
it wasn't transformed into a desert. It was a desert that mankind has tried to transform into an oasis
We got rid of one of top ten biggest lakes in America last century, and now we’re paying for it. Corcoran should be under water.
Turn off the spigot to Los Angeles.
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