A 62 mi (100 km) stretch of the river has lain dry since 1913, when the Los Angeles Aqueduct began diverting water from Owens Valley to the growing and increasingly thirsty metropolis. An engineering marvel, the gravity-driven system continues to deliver water to Los Angeles, conveying it ...
The robust water supply of the 20th century is no longer reliable. California recently agreed tocut water imports from the Colorado River by 10%not out of altruism, but because we must. The Department of Water Resources projects that the Sierra snowpack — a major source of water for farms ...
One factor pushing us, is seawater intrusion. The county is unique in having large water-well fields and agricultural activity near the Pacific. Pumping and drought have lowered the water table, and saltwater has intruded beneath 22 square miles around Oxnard. Reclaimed water will be used so the...
More Los Angeles News Orange County News More Southern California businesses offering to help fire victims Cal Fire bolsters resources ahead of powerful Southern California wind event Santa Ana windstorm could affect power for 409,000 Southern California residents ...
Before it was the vibrant city that people are familiar with, Los Angeles was underwater for over 90 million years. The multimedia, immersive exhibition, L.A. Underwater: The Prehistoric Sea Beneath Us, explores the underwater realm of prehistoric Los Angeles when much of the L.A. area was...
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dumped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy more neighborhoods. 2 hours ago Hanging out at St...
was underwater. LOS ANGELES, May 8 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition opened this week at the Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles County, in the western U.S. state of California, uncovering the city's submerged prehistory through fossils. Before it was the vibrant city that people are ...
The influence of the Los Angeles "oligarchy" on the governance of the municipal water department (1902-1930): a business like any other or a public service? The municipalization of the water service in Los Angeles, in 1902, was the result of a (mostly implicit) compromise between the polit...
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Sad story is happening in LA!In Los Angeles, water runs short as wildfires burn out of control. Los Angeles firefighters are struggling with water shortages and some dry fire hydrants as wildfires devastate communities. 令人伤心的事情正在洛杉矶上演!在美国加州洛杉矶,山火肆虐的同时,消防用水却已经告急...