1.) First of all, Los Angeles city’s growth has been nothing but increasing since it first was established. The history of the aqueduct consists of the city wanting more water, getting more than they needed from the owens river resulting in a lifestyle with an unsustainable supply which then led to needing more water. And the cycle continues. The citizens and native americans from owens valley tried to deter it for as long as possible but failed and their water went away. Eventually during a drought they felt they had been robbed by LA and were not being taken seriously so they reverted to blowing up the aqueduct with dynamite. When they extended it with the colorado river there was more resistance, but LA prevailed. LAter on there was another bought of protesting that resulted in the dynamiting of the aqueduct again. In addition they tried to build another dam close to city limits, but it malfunctioned and ended up flooding and killing about as many people as when the san francisco earthquake hit. Later on with mono lake there was more strong resistance, backed with science and a shift in public opinion so that it became successful.
I do not believe that the stealing of the owens river was justified at the time. They voted on impulse since they were in the middle of the heat wave, they …show more content…
It is not as energy intensive as reverse osmosis, it allows for heavy chemical to be collected throughout the evaporation so there isn't as much pollution, and we have a large source of sea water and it might motivate us to clean up our coastal areas more. There would also be less cost in transporting the water since the source would be much closer to the residents. There is a possibility of competition between the oil rigs, the fisheries, and the water plant for available space, but I’m sure we could figure something out. It would also create more jobs close to
I do not believe that the stealing of the owens river was justified at the time. They voted on impulse since they were in the middle of the heat wave, they …show more content…
It is not as energy intensive as reverse osmosis, it allows for heavy chemical to be collected throughout the evaporation so there isn't as much pollution, and we have a large source of sea water and it might motivate us to clean up our coastal areas more. There would also be less cost in transporting the water since the source would be much closer to the residents. There is a possibility of competition between the oil rigs, the fisheries, and the water plant for available space, but I’m sure we could figure something out. It would also create more jobs close to