May 14 2012
California’s New Water Wars
The history of Los Angeles is intimately tied to its struggle for water resources. As far back as the late 1800s, the great California Water Wars as they were called, pitted LA’s ruling elite against Owens Valley farmers and residents, whose water supplies were diverted into the city via an aqueduct. The story of that water acquisition is one of “lies, chicanery and subterfuge” and even an armed rebellion in 1924. After drying up Owens Valley, the city attempted to divert water from nearby Mono Lake but lost its bid to legal challenges.
LA has always needed more water than it produced and the historic water wars continue to this day. Activists are drawing attention to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, a $50+ billion plan to tap the Sacramento River. Managed by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the tax payer and rate payer funded plan involves the construction of a pipeline whose profits will ultimately be reaped by MWD. Environmentalists contend that the Sacramento Bay Delta has delicate salmon populations that would be devastated by the project. They also contend that the money could be better spent on water conservation efforts. Food and Water Watch is currently proposing that Californians vote on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan which they have dubbed the “Billion Dollar Covert Pipeline.”
GUEST: Adam Scow, Campaigns Director at Food & Water Watch California
Visit www.foodandwaterwatch.org for more information.
17 Responses to “California’s New Water Wars”
Hi, thanks for having Adam Scow on. Do you have more info about when and where the event is to protest the fracking at the Ingelwood Wells? Thanks!
Hi Laura,
The event will be tomorrow at 12pm at the Kenneth Hahn Soccer Fields in the middle of the Inglewood oil field…..
Hope you can join us!
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