The Shocking Corruption Behind LA's Water Supply

The B1M July 3, 2024
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The story of water supply in Los Angeles is more than a little murky. Head to https://brilliant.org/TheB1M/ for a 30-day free trial and get 20% off an annual premium subscription. This video contains paid promotion for Brilliant. Full story here - https://theb1m.com/video/the-murky-story-of-los-angeles-water Additional footage and images courtesy of Paramount Pictures, Library of Congress, Frank Seltzer Productions, Window Productions, RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions, Universal, ABC7, Fox 11, LA This Week Research sources: http://www.laalmanac.com/population/po02.php https://archive.org/details/waterpowerconfli0000kahr https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/los-angeles-aqueduct-and-owens-valley https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/california-scheming-69592006/ https://www.ladwp.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/2022-23_Briefing_Book_Online.pdf https://plan.lamayor.org/sites/default/files/2015_Sustainable_City_pLAn.pdf https://www.lacitysan.org/san/faces/home/portal/s-lsh-wwd/s-lsh-wwd-wp/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs/s-lsh-wwd-wp-gi-gs-aga?_adf.ctrl-state=mzgh1yrxn_5&_afrLoop=27758075002414267#! https://www.ladwp.com/community/construction-projects/other/tujunga-spreading-grounds-enhancement-project https://dpw.lacounty.gov/wrd/Projects/TujungaSG/index.cfm https://ladpw.org/wmd/watershed/LA/History.cfm https://www.wired.com/story/los-angeles-just-proved-how-spongy-a-city-can-be/ For more by The B1M subscribe now - https://bit.ly/the-b1m We're raising awareness of construction's mental health crisis through our Get Construction Talking initiative. There’s a video series on our channel and you can find support or donate at - https://www.getconstructiontalking.org/ Follow Get Construction Talking Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getconstructiontalking/ X - https://twitter.com/GetConstTalking LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-construction-talking/about/ Listen to The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M Apple - https://apple.co/3OssZsH Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3om1NkB Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3znmBP4 View this video and more at - https://www.TheB1M.com/ Follow us on X - http://www.x.com/TheB1M/ Like us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheB1M/ Follow us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theb1m/ Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-b1m-ltd/ Follow us on Instagram - http://instagram.com/theb1m/ The B1M Merch store - https://theb1m.creator-spring.com/ #construction #architecture #infrastructure We welcome you sharing our content to inspire others, but please be nice and play by our rules - http://www.theb1m.com/guidelines-for-sharing Our content may only be embedded onto third party websites by arrangement. We have established partnerships with domains to share our content and help it reach a wider audience. If you are interested in partnering with us please contact [email protected]. Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action. © 2024 The B1M Limited

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