Las Vegas, Ground Zero for 21st Century Water Wars
The fight between Las Vegas and Nevada’s rural eastern counties are a sign of things to come as the 21st century will witness a bevy of water wars.
The fight between Las Vegas and Nevada’s rural eastern counties are a sign of things to come as the 21st century will witness a bevy of water wars.
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 [...]
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 [...]