Southern California is home for 19 million people and imports the majority of its municipal water from the Colorado and Sacramento Rivers, moving that water hundreds of miles through humanmade aqueducts.  Both rivers have decreased flows meaning less water for So Cal.  This episode looks at how So Cal gained water, how they are changing their water profile, and how rivers may continue to be impacted by their extractions.  

COMPANION EPISODE: 
"Recycling (river) Water in Southern California"
 

GUESTS
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

REGIONAL RECYCLED WATER ADVANCED PURIFICATION CENTER

PEOPLE, POLICY, INFORMATION
WILLIAM MULHOLLAND

ST FRANCIS DAM COLLAPSE

CALIFORNIA WATER WARS

COLORADO COMPACT

BOOKS
CADILLAC DESERT

SCIENCE BE DAMMED

ARTICLES (just a few, there is a lot of media on water in the Southwest this year)
LA Times:  ‘Unrecognizable.’ Lake Mead, a lifeline for water in Los Angeles and the West, tips toward crisisCBS This Morning

KUNC:  Colorado River Basin Reservoirs Begin Emergency Releases To Prop Up A Troubled Lake Powell

CBS This Morning:  Mega Drought in the West

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Link to episodes here
"Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea"

"The Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon 2021"

"The Silty Byproduct of Lake Powell"

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