Water Wars: The Floodgates Have Opened!

Feb 03, 2010 No Comments by Leon Kaye

Wow.  Two weeks ago I posted a short film I did with Patrick Benson on LA’s tenuous relationship with water.  And as I often do weekly, I posted the link to most of the LinkedIn groups to which I belong.  From a bird’s eye view, the results were interesting:  I think few actually watched the [...]

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LA’s Fragile Water Supply

Jan 20, 2010 No Comments by Leon Kaye

Los Angeles and water sure have a sordid history together.  Of course there’s the 1974 movie, Chinatown, that sums up the backroom deals and violence that worked to bring water to a thirsty and ambitious Southern California.  Now we are on the verge of another chapter in the “water wars,” as years of drought, increasing [...]

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A Main Water Problem

Oct 27, 2009 No Comments by Leon Kaye

Journalists, and yes, of course, bloggers, are up in arms over the recent water main problems in Los Angeles.  Drive somewhere in our City of Angels, see a road dug up, and chances are a water main has burst, sending city employees in a tizzy who would rather make sure that Mayor Antonio’s one million [...]

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Water Rationing in LA

Jun 02, 2009 No Comments

Hey Angelinos, in case you’ve been asleep, we have mandatory rationing.  As of June 1st, LADWP permits watering on Mondays and Thursdays only.  They announced this with much fanfare last week . . . and none of the related links worked on their site.  But they’re up now, and if you think you can slide [...]

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