Water in the West
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Anya Steinberg, Lawrence Wu, Ramtin Arablouei, Kiana Paclibon, Julie Caine, Casey Miner, Rachel Horowitz, Rund Abdelfatah, Sarah Wyman, Devin Katayama, Yin Cai, Linah Mohammad, Irene Noguchi |
Thursday, August 29, 2024
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What does it mean to do the greatest good for the greatest number? When the Los Angeles Aqueduct opened in 1913, it rerouted the Owens River from its natural path through an Eastern California valley hundreds of miles south to LA, enabling a dusty town to grow into a global city. But of course, there was a price.
Today on the show: Greed, glory, and obsession; what the water made possible, and at what cost.
Guests:
Richard Potashin, former National Park Service ranger at Manzanar National Historic Site and Owens Valley resident.
Fred Barker, former waterworks engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and unofficial LADWP historian.
Noah Williams, Water Program Coordinator for the Big Pine Paiute Tribe.
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