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you don't have to go that far back. A little more than a century ago the California central valley looked very different. Tulare Lake was the largest fresh wa
by gricardo99 6y ago
you don't have to go that far back. A little more than a century ago the California central valley looked very different. Tulare Lake was the largest fresh water lake west of the great lakes, bigger than Tahoe[1]. Of course there's also Hetch Hetchy, which supplies San Francisco's water[2]. Countless other engineering projects have vastly changed the flow of water in the state.
1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake
2 -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy
- onychomys 6y agoIt's always seemed so bonkers to me that Yosemite National Park was made in 1890 and yet Hetch Hetchy, which was part of the park, was dammed in the early 1920s. I get that it was a different time and all, but come on, you can't go around destroying part of a NP like that.
- jefftk 6y agoConsistent sources of water for cities are really important, and people were historically more willing to make pragmatic tradeoffs.