I had relatives among those Owens Valley farmers. That dam bust sure took care of a lot the problem as far as the City was concerned, not saying that it was intentional or that Mulholland's regret wasn't sincere, but the opposition pretty much went away after that. No reparations for them either, as with most people throughout history who lost their livelihoods in some land grab. Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. --Balzac
Title should be: “How did Jerry Brown Sr and Jerry Brown Jr sell the water to LA?” Both of them are total crooks! They stole water from NorCal and sold it to Southern Cal just to fill up their personal bank accounts! Every year in Nor Cal, they used to tell the people to “conserve water” even if the snow pack was over 100%. They took the abundance of water and sold it to Southern Cal. Total thugs!
Lone Pine and its surroundings are among the most beautiful places I visited in the US. Sadly I found out that quite a lot of people outside that area don't even know where the Owens Valley is, let alone its sad story. I live in Italy, but discovering the rich history you can find along the US 395 motivated me to come back, many times. And so I did. Hopefully I'll be able to come back one last time, to say goodbye to Keeler and its people, embrace again the stunning view of the Alabama Hills, riding through the memories of Manzanar and drive north to Mono and the rest of the lakes.
NorCal residents know the story all too well!!! Makes us sick when ever tunnells are brought up! That and The Dodgers!! Buy your way to your fortunes!! Buy your way to everything, you'll understand why NorCal can't stand SoCal and their selfish mentality.
Yeah to educate how northern California's beautiful natural lakes, rivers, stream have been siphoned by the peripheral canal. Started 1960 under California gov pat brown..finished by his son 1970's California gov "monnbeam" Jerry brown. Tapping into the Colorado River, American River, Sacramento River, to float down OUR sparkling water to quench the thirst of swimming pool waters. While we here in Northern calif are LEFT DRY! In addition northern California are now placed on water meters (for using OUR OWN WATER). We're paying for our water to be used IN southern calif
I lived in Mammoth Lakes for over 20 years. My now long deceased father was on several water boards in Southern California and told me the story pretty much exactly as you have documented it. He always said the solution was to capture the immense amount of rainwater that runs down the LA River and various other outlets during the huge rain storms that sweep through Southern California and just run out to the ocean. I do know that Orange county does at least some of this, but Southern California does not store a lot of water that is produced naturally there by rain and snowfall. Great work documenting this important and scandalous part of the history of Los Angeles and the downfall of Owens Lake. Thankfully there was a huge effort and Mono Lake still exists and it's beautiful and worth the visit. On the drive there you will pass Owens Lake, Crowley Lake, the Mammoth Lakes basin, and finally arrive at Mono Lake which has a beautiful visitor center.
I think it’s actually really awesome how Los Angeles seized control of the Owens River because now the LADWP owns the land adjacent to the river and keeps it open for public access instead of it being owned by private ranches.
I just heard a podcast about the Los Angeles aqueduct on Throughline. This is an interesting perspective. From what I recall, Los Angeles only captures 10% of its rainwater due to the risk of flooding, which has occurred many times. The LA Times published an article this week about how we will begin recycling our water in the future, so I suppose we cannot escape the fact that we have been living on borrowed time. Drinking filtered and decontaminated water from where we shit will be one of the biggest ironies. The ranchers at Owen Valley will have the final laugh
I teach high school earth and environmental science. This is perfect for my students. I have heard this story multiple times... your narration is by far the best for my needs. Just the right amount of detail and time. You really have an ability to capture the most important points to connect the science and politics. Nicely done and thank you!
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Listen to his population figures at the end of the video. Overpopulation is the cause of this and the Biden Regime has just quadrupled down on the insanity.
I went to William Mulholland Jr High in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970's and his story was always told as a hero of LA and some parts of the story he is. There simply wouldn't be a modern southern California without him. But like with all the modifications we do on this scale, everything comes at a cost.
It is so important to know history and how we got to where we are. You have done a fantastic job with this in all your informative videos. You are easy to listen to and I love how you use the drone to film certain things. I look forward to the next one!!
The sad part is that our government continues to choose options that are wrong for our planet. Yet they want a “green new deal” but leave the consequences they have developed. Just look at Lake Meade, It should not be, but now that it is, they fail to protect it from disappearing , as they did the Salton Sea.
Excellent job presenting a fairly complex and critical part of LA history. I live near the Saint Francis Dam ruins and just hiked the area. It’s an eerie and beautiful experience when you know what happened there.
Great job! I really enjoyed watching this most especially that you allowed us to see you speak. It showed honesty and truth as much as it was felt. I think that there is a lesson waiting to be learned about the scarcity and threat to the water supply in the County of Los Angeles region regarding, how crucial of a time it is now to act on innovation and conservation to save the future lives of its constituents. But nothing, nothing is being done and if something is, it's never enough and neither is the sense of urgency. Unless there's miracle, the water supply to LA is no different than the sands of an hour glass.
Fascinating. I love anything that has to do with Owen's Valley history out there. Beautiful place, lots to see and explore. I've always been into the history of the Southern Pacific Lone Pine branch that ran out there.
20 years ago while on a cruise, I visited the thinly island of Aruba. On this island the water from rain is negligible and has a dry, arid, cactus strewn environment. In 2007, they had one of the worlds LARGEST desalination plants. Aruba! Who knew! Costal communities such as the desert of Los Angeles could invest in something that is much more sustainable than taken water from other communities.
Before even getting to that point the citizens would first have to respect conservation of water. Every time I visit it just blows me away how their lawns are so green
Desal has it’s own problems with the hyper saline brine that is produced. You have to conserve and recycle every drop of wastewater possible to keep up with population growth.
My uncle David was born in Aruba. The cost for desalinated water is much much higher than just transporting clean fresh water down the California Aqueduct or Colorado river via Hoover Dam.
As someone who’s family has been camping in the Big Pine area for 40+ years, I appreciate this video so much. The residents of that area are such amazing people. They all hate DWP for what they did and I don’t blame them. I used to love the aqueduct but knowing the history and what it did to the people of Inyo, not so much anymore.
This is one of the best YT videos I've watched. The knowledge and information exchange is immense. I would like for the author to do another video on the LA oil boom, something nobody really knows about. Same with Bakersfield. As @Terry Elliott says below "It is so important to know history and how we got to where we are."
You bring up an interesting point, that Los Angeles county continues to need more water sources. The Owens river won't be one of those, however, since the water rights are owned by the City of Los Angeles, not by the County of Los Angeles. LA County, as well as Kern and Orange Counties, get their water from the California aqueduct, and some from the Colorado river compact. In the interest of fairness, you should also do an exposé on how San Francisco spoiled the neighboring valley to Yosemite national park to get it's water. And the shenanigans going on in the Central Valley (Fresno, Bakersfield) in which water is being stolen from the state. Or we could watch season two of Goliath; it's a much closer version of that scandal than Chinatown ever was of the LADWP.
Great video! Our country's history seems to be scattered with stories similar to this. Public water supplies are at the heart of life and growth and yet at the same time they can take so much away from so many. The early 20th century saw the creation of many reservoirs and aqueducts at the people's expense in more ways than just money. The Scituate Reservoir here in Rhode Island is but one sad example.
Awesome video!! The history of California is so fascinating… I am planning to move there and recently I started thinking that it might be a good idea to learn more about its history and evolution as well as its natural environment and I’m glad I did 😊 I’m learning so many interesting and cool things. Videos like yours are such a great resource for learning more about the state! Thank you so much for sharing your videos!!!
Good job brother! I’ve been waiting for a good video on the “water story” of L.A. I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and can tell you firsthand that 99.9 of the water consumers have no idea about how that water made it to them. This story is much much bigger than this one video! Hopefully you get a great response and dig in even deeper next time. Just subscribed!
Having grown up there in the seventies, there's no question in my mind that it's still drying up. Was also a waterwell specialist in the Owen's Valley, for 20 yrs,water tables,have changed. Thanks for posting.
FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANK YOU! As a lifelong Nothern Californian, I have always been fascinated by the early history of my home state, a subject that was largely ignored in the public schools I attended. Water is a requisite for nearly all forms of life, a resource that the greater LA lacked in terms of natural resources. It's fascinating in the way the Robber Barons of that era, without much in the way of ethics, nor political oversight, were able to pull off one of the greatest land grabs in the history of the 'Golden State' to further the financial fortunes of the close circle of increadably wealthy business associates. But this isn't unique in California' storied history as similar events happened throughout the state, from the allocation of mining rights to the rape of the forests by the clear-cutting of the northern California's incredible old growth forests, forever changing so much of California's climes. What I was taught in school wasn't the greed of the select few, nor the ecological devastation as a result, but highlighted the increadable mass migrations and the resulting explosive population growth that has made California one of the most populated states within our great nation. But this comes with a price, as the recent climate changes have left us with devastating wildfires, and another year of the lack of winter storms and spring rains, which puts us Californians in a precarious state, as water is life, and our huge agricultural infrastructure that supplies so much of the nations needs will be devastated, and I predict severe water restrictions in the near future, requiring new ways to manage our natural resources, and begin to take all the problems of global warming and climate change very seriously. Most importantly, we need to do much, much better in educating our youth with the truths, be they be the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Your videos get better and better. This was so informative and kept my attention. This could/should be part of school’s curriculum. Great history lesson! Keep me’ coming!
This channel is awesome PLEASE KEEP UPLOADING YOUR TALENT TO NARRATE THIS VIDEOS IS AMAZING i know with time your channel will grow is hard your channel is so underrated
Wow your videography and drone footage is inspiring, extra bonus for great historical content and some cool engineering information as well… you definitely have a bre subscriber!
I grew up in Ridgecrest but spent half my life in the Owens Valley as it was always cooler up North to escape the blazing heat of the Indian Wells Valley. There is no place on Earth like it or smells like it (Omak Washington does tho) its that High Sierra Sage Brush smells. I have seen the dust from Owens Lake and its not just any old dust storm but it is in Biblical sized unbelievabley HUGE. Ive personally fished with my Dad George every creek, springs, rivers, lakes the whole Eastern Sierras had to offer up in the 60,s70,80,s. Bishop and all up to Lee Vining changed and I so thankful I got to live the dream the 30 year half of my life and now the NW Montana has been my home for 33 years but I miss the Desert and longer sunshine days. Great video BTW. Nicely done and informative. Thanks!
Thank you. Too many people are quick to put down Californians and others nearby. I was born here and just waking up and moving to another state isn't possible for me. I am barely getting by as is
I used to ride dirt bikes in Jawbone Canyon and recognized many pipelines. I've always wondered why the pipes went up and down over the mountains rather than flat in the valley. I'm sure it's more efficient.
I was born in Pasadena (San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles) in 1951. We were never told this story. I now live in Sacramento. Our water is supplied by our local lake, Lake Folsom. We use the lake for recreation and water. It is now June 2021, Lake Folsom is very, very low, nearing empty. They started draining Lake Folsom last year, supposedly for new pumps for a water project for one of the local water companies. But for some reason, they have kept it low. The water they release goes down the California Aqueduct and eventually ends up in ...... Los Angeles. They claim the water is used by many places in between (LA is about 400 miles south of Sacramento), but there are many, many rivers and reservoirs that provide water for them. Since our governor (that would be Gavin Newsom) is good buddies with the mayor of LA (that would be Eric Garcetti), I have to wonder, who is becoming a billionaire from the sale of our water to LA? Since the gavin is already a billionaire, why would he be involved? Because ALL these politicians are as crooked as they were back when the Owens Valley water was stolen. Why is it that history repeats itself so often!
I look at the aqueduct running down the hill everyday on foothill blvd. Cool to finally know about it. I also appreciate the video of the opening day ceremony.
In the process of reading the book: Water to the Angels about the history of the aqueduct and I found your story very informative and interesting. Thanks for clearing up a few things too. You have a new subscriber for sure. 👏👍👍👏
Excellent documentary! I guess the next water supply is a combination of: 1) conservation (why so many green lawns in LA?) and 2) Desalinization powered by wind and solar. If they're still outgrowing the water supply, then maybe a building moratorium.
NO WAY California could build this today for "626 million dollars" it would be 10 billion plus and however long it took to build this 10x that amount of time.
Of course, the economic cost increases way more than the official inflation rate. Construction costs among others. So, ajusting for inflation is meaningless.
@@internetcensure5849 No sir, it's because government wastes money in general and does things poorly .. And California government wastes money like NO other and is terrible at keeping any sort of schedule.. This is common knowledge have you been freeze dried or living under a rock?
I remember my dad taking us to see the cascade of water near the I-5 freeway in the 1960's. It was quite awesome in its own way. I also remember my dad telling me about Mulholland and described him as being "a corrupt rat bastard" because of water being taken from the Owen's Valley and because of the St. Francis dam failure in 1928. Even though I grew up in the Los Angeles Basin until I moved in 1972 and have fond memories of my youth, I personally could care less about LA and its myriad problems. I would cry if the San Andreas had the "Big One" and the whole thing slipped into the Pacific.
@@byronbuck1762 Nothing in my statement is false. Yes, LA lost a lawsuit and will continue to do so. Meanwhile, Mono Lake will rise until it dries up just as every terminal lake eventually does.
@@londowell It wasn’t your statement that was in error, it was Lucky’s. Yes the lake is rising relative to before diversion curtailment. Whether as a terminal lake it disappears depends on climate. That is a long term question. For now LADWP can’t let the lake lower due to its diversions as it has to keep the lake at 6338’ I recall
Excellent video and amazing storytelling. I've always been fascinated by this one (did a report on it in school even) and you really did a good job of it. I think I got a B+, but you get an A+. 👏
Also, watch the movie ,"Chinatown", with Jack Nicholson. A movie masterpiece made about the water wars, corruption and high drama about this very same subject!
I'm surprised that he didn't mention it, I was gobsmacked when I found out it was based on a true story. Perhaps the young tykes of the 21st century are too busy with Marvel miracles to watch masterpieces of historical fact. Shame, 'cos it's good to learn how corrupt people truly are rather than fantasise about being rescued by superheroes.
Great job putting this video together. It will be interesting to see what happens to cities like L.A. and Phoenix when the South West returns to it's much dryer rain patterns.
We already know. The Anisazi Indians in N.M. The Myans, in Belize. Historical records of the two more than 100 year droughts that have hit California in the past. It's all there as a reminder if anyone even bothers with the past anymore.
It’s a tough issue that requires other venues to provide water to greater Los Angeles. One idea that comes to mind is why not think as a possibility of implementing water desalination plants. Countries such as Kuwait have these in place.
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@@augustreil you're obviously part of the problem thinking every order they bark is legal, that everyone must follow...re-read what I said, I already answered that question. I don't engage in convo with boot lickers.
all of the rain water in Los Angeles County runs down to the ocean in less than 24 hours. That is another part of the same story as this vid. I hope you can do a part 2 to this vid and talk about the intentional draining of rain water, by the same people that built the aqueduct. Los Angels has 2 choices: catch the rain or put a reverse osmosis facility in L.A. harbor
I’ve heard of other countries in arid places, like the Middle East, that have built desalination plants. I find it odd that Californians constantly worry that they will run out if fresh water, but, nobody talks about building desalination plants in California.
Precisely. We literally live on a water world, in the 21st century, and people are still manic about some weird ass notion that we're running out. Unbelievably ridiculous. We should change the name of the planet to Aqua Mundi.
Thank you for all your research you masterfully depicted history. I really wish DWP would work more with the tribes of the owns valley. issues of water rights, land appropriation or at least providing job opportunities for tribal members. I believe the the indigenous people of Inyo have been forgot and deserve their place in history.
I gray water as much as I can. I catch water from sink and tub. Rinse water goes to the yard. Soapy rinse water is for flushing. Soapy water is full of salt so not suitable for plants. Cut my water usage at least in half. I realize not for everyone but I do what I can do.
Good for you. Thanks to "central planning" governments that are putting death policies in place as we speak, we'll all be forced to scramble to live a completely new and unnecessary life that of coarse will kill millions. You want rain?!, pray for global warming.
Sad thing though is the L.A. aquaducts wasn't enough water to supply L.A. In part due to L.A. selling much of the water to San Fernando Valley farmers and ranchers, so the State had to step in and build 2 major aquaducts one from the Colorado River through the desert to L.A. the other from the Sacramento/San Joaquin river Delta called the California Aqueduct which tapes the delta from the the Tracy, CA area with two aquaducts running from their south on each side of the Valley floor till they meet again at the Grapevine then it goes up and over to the reservoirs in the Grapevine
Should be titled "How Los Angeles stole their water"
I had relatives among those Owens Valley farmers. That dam bust sure took care of a lot the problem as far as the City was concerned, not saying that it was intentional or that Mulholland's regret wasn't sincere, but the opposition pretty much went away after that.
No reparations for them either, as with most people throughout history who lost their livelihoods in some land grab.
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
--Balzac
"......and fucked up huge ecosystems"
“How Los Angeles is still stealing water”. They pull water from the California Aqueduct, Colorado River, and the Owens Valley.
Title should be: “How did Jerry Brown Sr and Jerry Brown Jr sell the water to LA?”
Both of them are total crooks! They stole water from NorCal and sold it to Southern Cal just to fill up their personal bank accounts! Every year in Nor Cal, they used to tell the people to “conserve water” even if the snow pack was over 100%. They took the abundance of water and sold it to Southern Cal.
Total thugs!
From my county and its surrounding counties none the less. Fuck LA.
Lone Pine and its surroundings are among the most beautiful places I visited in the US.
Sadly I found out that quite a lot of people outside that area don't even know where the Owens Valley is, let alone its sad story.
I live in Italy, but discovering the rich history you can find along the US 395 motivated me to come back, many times.
And so I did.
Hopefully I'll be able to come back one last time, to say goodbye to Keeler and its people, embrace again the stunning view of the Alabama Hills, riding through the memories of Manzanar and drive north to Mono and the rest of the lakes.
This should be required viewing for all Californians. Really well done!
NorCal residents know the story all too well!!! Makes us sick when ever tunnells are brought up! That and The Dodgers!! Buy your way to your fortunes!! Buy your way to everything, you'll understand why NorCal can't stand SoCal and their selfish mentality.
@@genel7006 NorCal and SoCal has a rivalry? Is it any thing like nyc vs the rest of New York ?
@@Conrailfan2596 NorCal ppl keep asking for a separate state. It’s that bad. Fortunately it never happened.. yet?🙄
Yeah to educate how northern California's beautiful natural lakes, rivers, stream have been siphoned by the peripheral canal. Started 1960 under California gov pat brown..finished by his son 1970's California gov "monnbeam" Jerry brown.
Tapping into the Colorado River, American River, Sacramento River, to float down OUR sparkling water to quench the thirst of swimming pool waters.
While we here in Northern calif are LEFT DRY!
In addition northern California are now placed on water meters (for using OUR OWN WATER).
We're paying for our water to be used IN southern calif
we learn this in school lol
I lived in Mammoth Lakes for over 20 years. My now long deceased father was on several water boards in Southern California and told me the story pretty much exactly as you have documented it. He always said the solution was to capture the immense amount of rainwater that runs down the LA River and various other outlets during the huge rain storms that sweep through Southern California and just run out to the ocean. I do know that Orange county does at least some of this, but Southern California does not store a lot of water that is produced naturally there by rain and snowfall. Great work documenting this important and scandalous part of the history of Los Angeles and the downfall of Owens Lake. Thankfully there was a huge effort and Mono Lake still exists and it's beautiful and worth the visit. On the drive there you will pass Owens Lake, Crowley Lake, the Mammoth Lakes basin, and finally arrive at Mono Lake which has a beautiful visitor center.
I think it’s actually really awesome how Los Angeles seized control of the Owens River because now the LADWP owns the land adjacent to the river and keeps it open for public access instead of it being owned by private ranches.
In the movie China town its documented
I just heard a podcast about the Los Angeles aqueduct on Throughline. This is an interesting perspective.
From what I recall, Los Angeles only captures 10% of its rainwater due to the risk of flooding, which has occurred many times.
The LA Times published an article this week about how we will begin recycling our water in the future, so I suppose we cannot escape the fact that we have been living on borrowed time. Drinking filtered and decontaminated water from where we shit will be one of the biggest ironies. The ranchers at Owen Valley will have the final laugh
I teach high school earth and environmental science. This is perfect for my students. I have heard this story multiple times... your narration is by far the best for my needs. Just the right amount of detail and time. You really have an ability to capture the most important points to connect the science and politics. Nicely done and thank you!
Awesome! I'm glad it can be used for a learning opportunity!
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Did you know in reality outer space is a hoax and earth is stationary and curve-less, and there is a dome above us? of course there are mountains and valleys, dome is the ceiling and earth is the ground, check out my playlist for hidden videos, yes they hide all real videos from search results and spread misinformation so nobody take it seriously.
flat earth or geocentric earth is not a believe like the ball earth, you must do your own research cause science is not a believe, we know and we do not believe, but the mainstream so called science turned to faith based.
@@ExploreAlways Teacher here too! Great video. Thank you
@@godschild5587 You're not sorry at all, in fact what you actually are is an idiot.
Only 55k views as of 2/5/21. A video production of this quality deserves wider viewing.
I was born in Lonepine California. I know this story fairly well. It's sad and makes me angry. Thanks for your work on this subject.
Listen to his population figures at the end of the video. Overpopulation is the cause of this and the Biden Regime has just quadrupled down on the insanity.
@@samhouston1673 Your ex-president is gone, get over it.
Home of Franklin Merrill-Wolf at the foot of Mt. Whitney.
@@samhouston1673 EXACTLY
i k new the name of your hometown through ghost town living (cero gordo) and man its makes me sad too... greatings from germany
I went to William Mulholland Jr High in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970's and his story was always told as a hero of LA and some parts of the story he is. There simply wouldn't be a modern southern California without him. But like with all the modifications we do on this scale, everything comes at a cost.
Thanx for NOT capitalizing 'southern' (Ca.), since it is not a proper noun.
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If you crash your plane in a Louisiana Bayou who could understand you?
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Great video! As a former DWP employee, you brought out several points I knew nothing about!
It is so important to know history and how we got to where we are. You have done a fantastic job with this in all your informative videos. You are easy to listen to and I love how you use the drone to film certain things. I look forward to the next one!!
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The sad part is that our government continues to choose options that are wrong for our planet. Yet they want a “green new deal” but leave the consequences they have developed. Just look at Lake Meade, It should not be, but now that it is, they fail to protect it from disappearing , as they did the Salton Sea.
Desalination Plants
@DonaldJ yep!
Thank you have lived in LA for 7 years and have heard snippets about this topic. Thank you for going indepth and sharing for all
Thank you for a great video. I’m reading “Cadillac Desert”. Your historical video help me understand some things in book visually.
Great book! I used it while researching for this video. Thanks for watching!
Excellent job presenting a fairly complex and critical part of LA history. I live near the Saint Francis Dam ruins and just hiked the area. It’s an eerie and beautiful experience when you know what happened there.
Lake power Glenn canyon damn will soon be just that!
An excellent, concise and detailed piece of LA water history. It will be on my short list of must-watch Watershed sources
Great job! I really enjoyed watching this most especially that you allowed us to see you speak. It showed honesty and truth as much as it was felt. I think that there is a lesson waiting to be learned about the scarcity and threat to the water supply in the County of Los Angeles region regarding, how crucial of a time it is now to act on innovation and conservation to save the future lives of its constituents. But nothing, nothing is being done and if something is, it's never enough and neither is the sense of urgency. Unless there's miracle, the water supply to LA is no different than the sands of an hour glass.
Fascinating. I love anything that has to do with Owen's Valley history out there.
Beautiful place, lots to see and explore. I've always been into the history of the Southern Pacific Lone Pine branch that ran out there.
Excellent presentation, having lived in the Owens Valley all of your information was spot on. Thank you.
What an excellent video. It's sad to see how rampant corruption is in this country, even back then.
Yes, this is how an educational presentation is done! Thank you.
20 years ago while on a cruise, I visited the thinly island of Aruba. On this island the water from rain is negligible and has a dry, arid, cactus strewn environment. In 2007, they had one of the worlds LARGEST desalination plants. Aruba! Who knew! Costal communities such as the desert of Los Angeles could invest in something that is much more sustainable than taken water from other communities.
Before even getting to that point the citizens would first have to respect conservation of water. Every time I visit it just blows me away how their lawns are so green
They built a desalination plant in Tampa, Florida, and I don't believe it has been very successful. Very expensive and rarely used.
Desal has it’s own problems with the hyper saline brine that is produced. You have to conserve and recycle every drop of wastewater possible to keep up with population growth.
The brine produced from this could potentially be devastating for local marine Life
My uncle David was born in Aruba. The cost for desalinated water is much much higher than just transporting clean fresh water down the California Aqueduct or Colorado river via Hoover Dam.
As someone who’s family has been camping in the Big Pine area for 40+ years, I appreciate this video so much. The residents of that area are such amazing people. They all hate DWP for what they did and I don’t blame them. I used to love the aqueduct but knowing the history and what it did to the people of Inyo, not so much anymore.
Thanks for sharing!
Hope you're not enjoying any of this water.....
@Mark Patterson I enjoy it less than my Trump supporting neighbor up the street that waters their lawn every night despite current water restrictions.
@@LittleRayOfSnshine69 I wasn't talking to you.
I love the aqueduct ! Thank god they have water!
This is one of the best YT videos I've watched. The knowledge and information exchange is immense. I would like for the author to do another video on the LA oil boom, something nobody really knows about. Same with Bakersfield. As @Terry Elliott says below "It is so important to know history and how we got to where we are."
awesome! I'll look into it!
Excellent work! Thanks for exploring this historic issue.
Well narrated. :), especially great being AD free! ;)
Thanks!
You bring up an interesting point, that Los Angeles county continues to need more water sources. The Owens river won't be one of those, however, since the water rights are owned by the City of Los Angeles, not by the County of Los Angeles. LA County, as well as Kern and Orange Counties, get their water from the California aqueduct, and some from the Colorado river compact.
In the interest of fairness, you should also do an exposé on how San Francisco spoiled the neighboring valley to Yosemite national park to get it's water. And the shenanigans going on in the Central Valley (Fresno, Bakersfield) in which water is being stolen from the state. Or we could watch season two of Goliath; it's a much closer version of that scandal than Chinatown ever was of the LADWP.
Great video! Our country's history seems to be scattered with stories similar to this. Public water supplies are at the heart of life and growth and yet at the same time they can take so much away from so many. The early 20th century saw the creation of many reservoirs and aqueducts at the people's expense in more ways than just money. The Scituate Reservoir here in Rhode Island is but one sad example.
A very well researched and compellingly-told story. Thank you for making this.
Awesome video!! The history of California is so fascinating… I am planning to move there and recently I started thinking that it might be a good idea to learn more about its history and evolution as well as its natural environment and I’m glad I did 😊 I’m learning so many interesting and cool things. Videos like yours are such a great resource for learning more about the state! Thank you so much for sharing your videos!!!
I read the book “Water to the Angels” several years ago but you did a wonderful job of condensing it and still be spot on nice work 👍🏻
As a So Cal native this is super fascinating. Will head up to these sites to check out the history.
Absolutely fantastic video essay! Helps make the movie Chinatown make a LOT more sense.
Good job brother! I’ve been waiting for a good video on the “water story” of L.A. I was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and can tell you firsthand that 99.9 of the water consumers have no idea about how that water made it to them. This story is much much bigger than this one video! Hopefully you get a great response and dig in even deeper next time. Just subscribed!
Really good video. Thanks to those that put the work in to produce this.
Thank you very much for taking out the time and creating this video, about Los Angeles water history
Fascinating Documentary! Well done!
Thanks for watching!
Most I already knew, but some was very enlightening. Brings tears and anger to this former Golden Eagle, but seeing home makes me happy.
Outstanding documentary, thanks for posting.
I grew up in LA and never heard of any of this, except of course, the catastrophe of Mono Lake. Thanks for the research and information.
What a great video. Very informative, great editing and we love your humor too. Please keep doing what you are doing.
awesome!! glad you enjoyed. thanks for watching!
I live like 10 minutes from the dam disaster site. This was really well done
Great info love learning the history behind the development of our cities.
Having grown up there in the seventies, there's no question in my mind that it's still drying up.
Was also a waterwell specialist in the Owen's Valley, for 20 yrs,water tables,have changed.
Thanks for posting.
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FANTASTIC VIDEO! THANK YOU! As a lifelong Nothern Californian, I have always been fascinated by the early history of my home state, a subject that was largely ignored in the public schools I attended.
Water is a requisite for nearly all forms of life, a resource that the greater LA lacked in terms of natural resources. It's fascinating in the way the Robber Barons of that era, without much in the way of ethics, nor political oversight, were able to pull off one of the greatest land grabs in the history of the 'Golden State' to further the financial fortunes of the close circle of increadably wealthy business associates.
But this isn't unique in California' storied history as similar events happened throughout the state, from the allocation of mining rights to the rape of the forests by the clear-cutting of the northern California's incredible old growth forests, forever changing so much of California's climes. What I was taught in school wasn't the greed of the select few, nor the ecological devastation as a result, but highlighted the increadable mass migrations and the resulting explosive population growth that has made California one of the most populated states within our great nation.
But this comes with a price, as the recent climate changes have left us with devastating wildfires, and another year of the lack of winter storms and spring rains, which puts us Californians in a precarious state, as water is life, and our huge agricultural infrastructure that supplies so much of the nations needs will be devastated, and I predict severe water restrictions in the near future, requiring new ways to manage our natural resources, and begin to take all the problems of global warming and climate change very seriously.
Most importantly, we need to do much, much better in educating our youth with the truths, be they be the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Your videos get better and better. This was so informative and kept my attention. This could/should be part of school’s curriculum. Great history lesson! Keep me’ coming!
Frager productions, a coincidence? (I wholeheartedly agree.)
This channel is awesome PLEASE KEEP UPLOADING YOUR TALENT TO NARRATE THIS VIDEOS IS AMAZING i know with time your channel will grow is hard your channel is so underrated
Thanks for the encouragement!!
Amazing video. I subscribed. Keep it up. It's better than some fill length documentaries that I have seen.
Wow your videography and drone footage is inspiring, extra bonus for great historical content and some cool engineering information as well… you definitely have a bre subscriber!
I grew up in Ridgecrest but spent half my life in the Owens Valley as it was always cooler up North to escape the blazing heat of the Indian Wells Valley. There is no place on Earth like it or smells like it (Omak Washington does tho) its that High Sierra Sage Brush smells. I have seen the dust from Owens Lake and its not just any old dust storm but it is in Biblical sized unbelievabley HUGE. Ive personally fished with my Dad George every creek, springs, rivers, lakes the whole Eastern Sierras had to offer up in the 60,s70,80,s. Bishop and all up to Lee Vining changed and I so thankful I got to live the dream the 30 year half of my life and now the NW Montana has been my home for 33 years but I miss the Desert and longer sunshine days. Great video BTW. Nicely done and informative. Thanks!
Same here. Explored the Mojave and Owens for 55 years and still find a new adventure up there.
Grew up & returned to Wenatchee Valley, Wa. 60 miles south of Okanogan Valley (Omak), visited Mono & Mammoth Lakes, & they have unique smell.
I just discovered this channel. Incredible quality and research.
I don't even live on the west coast I live in Kentucky and I really feel for you guys . I wish I could make it rain
Thank you. Too many people are quick to put down Californians and others nearby. I was born here and just waking up and moving to another state isn't possible for me. I am barely getting by as is
I used to ride dirt bikes in Jawbone Canyon and recognized many pipelines. I've always wondered why the pipes went up and down over the mountains rather than flat in the valley.
I'm sure it's more efficient.
An informative piece put together very well. Thanks.
I was born in Pasadena (San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles) in 1951. We were never told this story. I now live in Sacramento. Our water is supplied by our local lake, Lake Folsom. We use the lake for recreation and water. It is now June 2021, Lake Folsom is very, very low, nearing empty. They started draining Lake Folsom last year, supposedly for new pumps for a water project for one of the local water companies. But for some reason, they have kept it low. The water they release goes down the California Aqueduct and eventually ends up in ...... Los Angeles. They claim the water is used by many places in between (LA is about 400 miles south of Sacramento), but there are many, many rivers and reservoirs that provide water for them. Since our governor (that would be Gavin Newsom) is good buddies with the mayor of LA (that would be Eric Garcetti), I have to wonder, who is becoming a billionaire from the sale of our water to LA? Since the gavin is already a billionaire, why would he be involved? Because ALL these politicians are as crooked as they were back when the Owens Valley water was stolen. Why is it that history repeats itself so often!
Very well done, subscribed. Looking forward to more content, thanks.
Had been wondering about why Owens lake was dry thank you for sharing very interesting
REALLY?
I look at the aqueduct running down the hill everyday on foothill blvd. Cool to finally know about it.
I also appreciate the video of the opening day ceremony.
I love learning about the history of Los Angeles!
This was SO GOOD! I was on the edge of my seat.
Well done documentary!
Thanks for watching!
I work in the australian water industry, this is really fascinating
I want to make videos like this for my livelihood!! So fascinating, intriguing and informative, and well made too! Thanks and nice work.
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@griffin harvey....Most of it is still Analog in out of print books for the really Good researchers..not the Google searchers.
@@johncholmes643 🤢🤮 because this is exactly something trump would do.
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Excellent video. I appreciate knowing the history. Thank you.
Love your videos! And I also love the work you put into them.
Emmanuel Gonzalez thanks for watching!
In the process of reading the book: Water to the Angels about the history of the aqueduct and I found your story very informative and interesting. Thanks for clearing up a few things too. You have a new subscriber for sure. 👏👍👍👏
My history teacher recommended this in relation to the legacy of rome! This is a great video!
Awesome!!
@@ExploreAlways same
I think we are in the same school area or school
@@jamescheung4533 Probably. Your name sound like someone from my school bruh.
@@professionalgamer4858 I am pretty sure we go to the same school
Excellent documentary! I guess the next water supply is a combination of: 1) conservation (why so many green lawns in LA?) and 2) Desalinization powered by wind and solar. If they're still outgrowing the water supply, then maybe a building moratorium.
NO WAY California could build this today for "626 million dollars" it would be 10 billion plus and however long it took to build this 10x that amount of time.
💯!!!! Thanks for watching
Of course, the economic cost increases way more than the official inflation rate. Construction costs among others. So, ajusting for inflation is meaningless.
@@internetcensure5849 No sir, it's because government wastes money in general and does things poorly .. And California government wastes money like NO other and is terrible at keeping any sort of schedule.. This is common knowledge have you been freeze dried or living under a rock?
I remember my dad taking us to see the cascade of water near the I-5 freeway in the 1960's. It was quite awesome in its own way. I also remember my dad telling me about Mulholland and described him as being "a corrupt rat bastard" because of water being taken from the Owen's Valley and because of the St. Francis dam failure in 1928. Even though I grew up in the Los Angeles Basin until I moved in 1972 and have fond memories of my youth, I personally could care less about LA and its myriad problems. I would cry if the San Andreas had the "Big One" and the whole thing slipped into the Pacific.
Owens Lake -gone. Mono Lake -on its way out. Guess the next Lake for LA to tap into is Tahoe.
@Belwonsenor Simpkriss LA's still tapping the tributaries to Mono, that's why Mono's on its way out
@@LuckyBaldwin777 Mono Lake is rising, not falling due to LADWP.
No, LA lost in court in a landmark decision establish public trust responsibility for Mino Lake. Diversions have been permanently curtailed
@@byronbuck1762 Nothing in my statement is false. Yes, LA lost a lawsuit and will continue to do so. Meanwhile, Mono Lake will rise until it dries up just as every terminal lake eventually does.
@@londowell It wasn’t your statement that was in error, it was Lucky’s. Yes the lake is rising relative to before diversion curtailment. Whether as a terminal lake it disappears depends on climate. That is a long term question. For now LADWP can’t let the lake lower due to its diversions as it has to keep the lake at 6338’ I recall
I shared this in my Facebook California water and land group. Great work thank you
Desalination plants 1) refill the water taken then, once filled, 2) resupply water into the aqueducts for the consumers.
Well done! You are very easy to listen to.
Thanks Mulhulland. I’ve lived in Los Angeles 55 years because of you.
A fascinating story, so well told...
Excellent video and amazing storytelling. I've always been fascinated by this one (did a report on it in school even) and you really did a good job of it. I think I got a B+, but you get an A+. 👏
Very nice job on this! I learned so much.
Your imagery is inspiring. Very nicely done.
@Rabbi Noah Kitty lol thanks for your honest opinion. 😅
Im sure you have a similar and better los Angeles water story.
This was great! Love how you contextualize this story.
This is awesome! I hope you make more videos like this, more consistently. You’re gonna have a ton of subs coming! For sure!
thank you! And thanks for watching!
Pretty interesting story. Lots of mystery surrounds the history of LA. I'll subscribe to your channel.
"How LA steals its water"
Next, let's find out how SFO/Bay Area steal its water...
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Interesting and good information on how things came to be! 👍🤝
Also, watch the movie ,"Chinatown", with Jack Nicholson. A movie masterpiece made about the water wars, corruption and high drama about this very same subject!
Was thinking the same thing.
Mostly fiction
@@byronbuck1762 Hollywood sucks truth of even a turd smelling bad into it's a Rose Bowl.
I'm surprised that he didn't mention it, I was gobsmacked when I found out it was based on a true story.
Perhaps the young tykes of the 21st century are too busy with Marvel miracles to watch masterpieces of historical fact. Shame, 'cos it's good to learn how corrupt people truly are rather than fantasise about being rescued by superheroes.
Terrible movie
Very well done! Thanks for creating and posting this.
Great job putting this video together. It will be interesting to see what happens to cities like L.A. and Phoenix when the South West returns to it's much dryer rain patterns.
We already know. The Anisazi Indians in N.M. The Myans, in Belize. Historical records of the two more than 100 year droughts that have hit California in the past. It's all there as a reminder if anyone even bothers with the past anymore.
It’s a tough issue that requires other venues to provide water to greater Los Angeles. One idea that comes to mind is why not think as a possibility of implementing water desalination plants. Countries such as Kuwait have these in place.
great vid man, loved the drone footage, did you shoot it yourself?
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@@Jdalio5, Did you get out when told to ?
@@augustreil thats a stupid question
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all of the rain water in Los Angeles County runs down to the ocean in less than 24 hours. That is another part of the same story as this vid. I hope you can do a part 2 to this vid and talk about the intentional draining of rain water, by the same people that built the aqueduct.
Los Angels has 2 choices: catch the rain or put a reverse osmosis facility in L.A. harbor
I’ve heard of other countries in arid places, like the Middle East, that have built desalination plants. I find it odd that Californians constantly worry that they will run out if fresh water, but, nobody talks about building desalination plants in California.
Precisely. We literally live on a water world, in the 21st century, and people are still manic about some weird ass notion that we're running out. Unbelievably ridiculous. We should change the name of the planet to Aqua Mundi.
California has abundant water it's just in the North of the state.
Great job on this educational video sir and your commentary was actually enjoyable to hear.
Thank you for all your research you masterfully depicted history.
I really wish DWP would work more with the tribes of the owns valley. issues of water rights, land appropriation or at least providing job opportunities for tribal members.
I believe the the indigenous people of Inyo have been forgot and deserve their place in history.
Very nice production! Interesting and I learned.a lot! Thanks!
Great video. Narrator has a great voice.
Thanks for tuning in!
Great video about an often under-appreciated story!
I gray water as much as I can. I catch water from sink and tub. Rinse water goes to the yard. Soapy rinse water is for flushing. Soapy water is full of salt so not suitable for plants. Cut my water usage at least in half. I realize not for everyone but I do what I can do.
In Michigan we let the water run when we brush our teeth I have see how y’all wash your cars in Cali I could never live there
Good for you. Thanks to "central planning" governments that are putting death policies in place as we speak, we'll all be forced to scramble to live a completely new and unnecessary life that of coarse will kill millions. You want rain?!, pray for global warming.
Yeah in West TX I carry my dish water out to the front yard tree. etc water is gold!
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EXCELLENT !
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I expect you will have a successful career in this field
You're a good narrator.
Great presentation thank you I truly enjoyed this.. 👍🏼👍🏼
It’s Nov 5 today I’ve always wanted to watch a video that took place on the day I was watching it Lol
Happy 107 year anniversary, Los Angeles Aqueduct!!! 😎
Sad thing though is the L.A. aquaducts wasn't enough water to supply L.A. In part due to L.A. selling much of the water to San Fernando Valley farmers and ranchers, so the State had to step in and build 2 major aquaducts one from the Colorado River through the desert to L.A. the other from the Sacramento/San Joaquin river Delta called the California Aqueduct which tapes the delta from the the Tracy, CA area with two aquaducts running from their south on each side of the Valley floor till they meet again at the Grapevine then it goes up and over to the reservoirs in the Grapevine