Southern California's Water, Yesterday & Tomorrow
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.
The River Radius Podcast · Bill Hasencamp, Sam Carter, Metropolitan Water District of Southern Californa
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Show Notes
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
BOOKS
CADILLAC DESERT
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
RIVER RADIUS PODCAST
Link to episodes here
"Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea"
"The Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon 2021"
"The Silty Byproduct of Lake Powell"
THE RIVER RADIUS