Los Angeles: A Model Against Drought? (Program Repeat.) 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

PROGRAM #10879 11:00 AM PT 

Los Angeles: A Model Against Drought? (Program Repeat.) 

Since 1990, Los Angeles’ population has grown by half a million. Yet today, the city consumes far less water than it did back then, nearly half as much. This reduction has helped ease the Colorado River crisis, one of L.A.’s most important water sources. How did the city achieve such a dramatic and extraordinary feat? What changes were necessary to make it possible? And what does the future hold for Los Angeles’ water supply? This program, airing on World Water Week, marks the launch of the second season of the series When the Creek Dries Up.

Guests: Marta Segura, Director, Office of Climate Emergency Mobilization, Board of Public Works, Los Angeles, CA; Laura Ramos, Director, California Water Institute, California State University, Fresno, CA; Samuel Sandoval Solis, Professor, Latino Policy and Politics Institute, UCLA, and Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA.

Photo: Los Angeles Regional Water Board

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