Such rich history in how LA has crime everywhere even the dam water is stolen 😂😂😂

Glad to see that California continues to destroy their local environment while telling others across the country to be greener to make up for the sins of California.

Whoa. Is this real reporting? I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen this.

Dope segment! I knew about the water wars and Chinatown, but the fact they took NINETY PERCENT of a river's flow is mind numbing.

This is the first time I've ever heard this in the news. Not that I didn't know about it from research. But actually in the news. Good job

shout out to the reporter who did this segment! he actually said the news with not trying to hide the shady truth behind all this! props to him and whoever else did this shoot!

I wonder what Owens Lake and Mono Lake looked like before they were robbed of their natural flowing water? I discovered the beauty of the Eastern Sierra back in 1975, but before that, it must have been a jaw dropping paradise!! ♥️ 🎣

They are taking water from the Bay Area too. They put the pipes in about 5 years ago. I watched them build it. Great work LA. Maybe consider desalination and stop robbing everyone else north of you.

Lake Mead is drying up fast. Millions in the southwest will have to relocate soon due to lack of water.

The water where I live in Modoc County gets diverted to LA. LA is the reason we are all suffering up here.

Drunk History has a great rendition of this story with Jack and Kyle, from Tenacious D, acting. Side note: Mulholland, one of the two main guys to build the aqueduct, diverted the water to around an area because the price of the land was to high and build a poorly built damn that broke and killed over 350 people. The more you know. 🌠

The state that whines about climate issues the most is doing the most damage, how ironic

That water was stolen from the Owen's valley. So sad to see the dry lake bed that was once Owen's lake.

I wonder how much of that precious water is just evaporating out in the open sun.

I actually expected to see it dry and filled with tents..

If you find this interesting then look up Tulare Lake. Tulare Lake was the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River.

Why is the entire aqueduct exposed? So much just evaporates.

I’m from that area. Inyo and mono county got screwed. Any one from that area knows of the water rights wars. If I remember right in 2019-2020 LA granted less then 20% of the water for mono county to use for farming and cattle. I remember our history teacher teaching us about this in 1999.

Los Angeles - "City of Angels" Indeed, fallen angels...

You have my respect for actually says facts. This was criminal

The real message is you can do whatever you want as long as you have money!

If you're going to use the "look at this" as a headline you need to invite Ed Bassmaster to do the opening line!!!!🤣

Extremely interesting and informative.

If you think Owens lake is a polluted mess wait till the Salton Sea drys up !! With all the farms there and the runoff from the pesticides going into the sea look out. When the dust starts flying 100’s of miles around will be uninhabitable. Save the Sea and half of Sol Cal !!

I have often wondered why southern California doesn't build a desalination plant instead of taking water from others. It is a proven technology and is used in several locations around the world.

I just have one question if China can convert seawater into drinking water why can't we

It looks like a great way to waste a lot of water! Aerating water that is being exposed to hot dry air. That's one way to evaporate a whole lot of water really quickly really really quickly actually.

La has so many people with nice yards full of grass start there with water reduction smart guys

I live in bishop ... in the owens valley we average about 5 inches of rain a year here but since I've been here seven years it has not even been that. it's been about 2 to 3 in. It goes so long without rain I'll often forget the last time it rained. One of the longer stretches that I can recall was probably about 9 months without a drop of rain

California thinks it can do whatever it wants to whoever they want. The water is for everyone not just LA.

The aqueduct that steals water from everywhere

To the newsroom and reporters, I live in Mono County. It is not pronounced "maw no" like the opposite of stereo. It is a Native American word that is pronounced "Mow know." L.A. did not just buy up water rights, they bought 300,000 acres of land in Inyo and Mono Counties, from north of Mono Lake all the way down to the Kern County line and then south along the aqueduct's right of way. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) used to take as much water from the streams flowing into Mono Lake as possible. They considered Mono Lake a wasteland. They lost a court case in 1983 and now their withdrawals from those streams is limited and in accordance with how much water will come out of the snowpack for that year. If the lake rises to a certain level, they can take all of it minus what is needed to maintain that level. The lake has not been that full since around 1940 when LADWP started diverting the water out of the Mono Basin. It turns out, due to studies that started in the late 1970's, that Mono Lake is exceedingly important to a huge number of migratory birds. The very simple ecosystem of the Mono Basin, provides enough biomass production to make this possible. Diversions rob the lake of fresh water and the increased saltiness threatened to kill this ecosystem.

californians be like "uh you need to be more environmentally friendly" *steals 90% of the water from a river, destroys a lake, causes massive amounts of dust pollution*

Thank you for highlighting this. We ought not to be selfish in this life so that we may rise to the next one where selfishness is no more.

L.a. takes water from all the way up in Trinity county. Almost to the Oregon boarder. Water is dammed then piped to whiskeytown lake. It takes water directly from the national flow of trinity river to fill your swimmkng pools

Highly controversial? What an understatement! This and the collapse of the dam to the west of Oxnard are pivot points in time for social!

This is a great idea for programming. Have persons suggest historical events and then cover them. Good job!!!

Yet LA is still wasteful in conserving fresh water.

Going up the 395 makes you sad thinking of what was taken but I wouldn't have grown up where I did if it hadn't happened. Gross feeling.

Maybe LA should follow Las Vegas. Las Vegas has actually been able to decrease water usage while still growing in population.

So they did make this right after the Los Angeles Francis dam collapse 🤔 if so it's holding up pretty good

I saw pics of owens valley before LA water and power diverted the water. When they were done, owens valley was a dusty desert. What LAWP did should have been illegal.

They should add the lights like it used to have but LED would be nice to see at night.

They are trying to sell you this again. “Look at how awesome it is to live here” “ don’t worry about the crime” “do t worry about the shitty air quality”

Every time I pass a nice flowing canal here flowing south it really makes me mad

My new favorite part of living in the Sierras is peeing in the lake and knowing I’m helping LAs water shortage.

It just hasn't been the same since the Terminator chased John Conner through the Aqueduct with a big truck.

That water belongs to the San Joaquin Valley. I remember as a kid the farmers in the area were pissed that water was sent to LA

And that water storage is uncovered... so even some of it is lost through evaporation. Brilliant! lol

In the near future as our state (and country) splits in two among political lines, it would not surprise me if a new round of "water wars" begins.

Yet every household in LA and Nevada is still urinating into multiple gallons of fresh water everyday

Look At This is a good segment, He was very clear and knowledgeable

The aqueduct also takes water from northern California

I worked in the oil fields and I find it mind boggling that people own water just because they own the land that surrounds it.

that's not the only water source they get from the eastern they also gets water from northern ca aka California delta

Been up to monk lake and wow it’s crazy to see the effects of our usage

Soon as we realize LA is a desert, the better off we’ll be.

Enjoy life Vegas is dust once Mead is dried up . Most of the entire southwest California Arizona Nevada and Utah will be nearly unliveable from lack of water within 20 years . Even if we could agree to build a water pipeline from the south east USA construction time is could take 10 years .

With what we've spent on a bullet train to nowhere we could have piped in water from just about anywhere.

Yea have him look at lake mead from due to the Texas and California exodus. Thanks to you all for being apart of the great drain.

So many places would not be livable if it wasn't for the diversion and control of massive amounts of water. It would totally change where large populations of the USA live.

You need to talk about how they just started doing this to the Kern River they're still in water from the good people of Kern county where I live in Kern county it's gone up in temperature because there's no water in the river it already averaged 110 to 115 degrees and now it's going to get hotter with less water Los Angeles need to put a halt on growth just like Catalina Island has a like 15-year wait to get a car Los Angeles should have a waiting list for people to move there

This was a great "take a look at this" very informative

Thanks for the information.

Maybe pump water from the ocean and de-salinate it rather than stealing water from another region and destroying the local environment.

Why the F don't we have a buttload of desalinization plants near the coastline?

My man said all those negative effects with such enthusiasm

Desmond Shaw is the man!

Just saw something about California approving 4.1 billion for that high speed rail lol can’t we just allocate that for some desalination plants?

Shouldn’t the “news” be posting names of those who have been signing off on this and allowing it to happen? Nah, wouldn’t want to upset the apple cart

Wow! The news is finally being honest.

Wow this is some straight up reporting good on you sir

That doesn’t look big enough to supply 4 million people with water.

so im showering in stolen water? nice

What do they do with the left over water?

If we get majority of the californians to jump up and down all at once, it may break off and float away like we all wish.

If you just covered it or run it through pipes you would probably get 20 to 30 percent more water at the end.

Just drove through Lakewood California and saw the river has a bunch of water flowing to what looks like the ocean

Shouldn’t aqueduct and reservoir be covered to prevent evaporation?

Just think when the aqueduct dries up and the Colorado River dries up we're going to see la panic like no other

Awesome. Good to see it flowing again.

Think of all the evaporation losses there are from this open air aqueduct system.

I wonder what percentage of the water evaporates before it even gets to LA

Great Reporting

Bob Lawson was my uncle. He managed the Aqueduct you see in this shot.

Stolen water law suits,ruined farmers….yup that’s how we do it in cali…

Why is this water not enclosed in a pipe as to reduce evaporation?

This seemed like a neat news segment that is a "learn this thing in two minutes". But then the guy just opened the can lol.

should be covered to prevent evaporation.

And Nestlé still strips the water from Cali .. selling it back in bottles.

How many years before LA is uninhabitable due to lack of fresh water?

Just look at it will ya, just look, it makes me want to LOOK at it, I’m from Malt Lickie Texas! 🤠

I love Los Angeles so much. It's been home for decades. I certainly have used our water resources, saving water when I can. Very interesting history of Los Angeles. Thanks so much for the great information.😊

Another prime example of LA thinking it’s more important than everyone else… But we’re so green and love the environment…Lol.

Is that water going UP HILL at : 1:20 ?

Look at how many reservoirs Gavin has built. You know, because we’re in a desert.

Los Angeles is the reason Owens valley doesn't have a lake anymore the reason why they don't have agriculture or tourism also they can build in a desert this will eventually fail

Stolen land stolen water. Look what they did to salten sea

Owens Valley ground water is also pumped into river

cool Thank you I will have to research the water wars!