A Long and Winding Journey For Some Drinking Water

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Bay Curious listeners Alex Kornblum, 8, and his dad, Heath Kornblum, were talking about their drinking water when they landed on this question: How long does it take for water to get from Hetch Hetchy to San Francisco? And how far does it travel? Resources mentioned in this episode: How Hetch Hetchy Valley’s natural beauty was sacrificed to quench SF’s thirst (SF Chronicle) Video: Hetch Hetchy: To Restore or Not (KQED) Hetch Hetchy the cat's Instagram page Sign up for the Bay Curious monthly newsletter Reported by Sarah Craig. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Michelle Wiley.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	Hey everyone, it's me Olivia Allen Price.
0:06.0	We launched Be Curious more than three years ago now,
0:09.0	and a question that I get asked a lot is,
0:11.0	what is my favorite episode? It's an impossible question to answer because
0:15.5	honestly there's something I love about every story that we make and also something
0:20.4	that I kind of wish we could have done a teeny bit better.
0:24.0	But there is one story that does stand out for me, and it features one of our most memorable question-askers of all time,
0:30.0	someone we just fell in love with.
0:32.0	We first ran this story about the Hechhechee Reservoir two years ago,
0:35.2	and on this holiday week, we decided to dust it off and share it again.
0:39.3	Be sure to hang around at the end for a fun update.
0:42.3	Here it goes. If you're one of the 3 million Bay Area
0:46.0	residents who gets your drinking water from the Hetchy Reservoir, you may have heard of your
0:51.2	water's crystal clear reputation.
0:55.7	It comes from pristine mountain snow that's stored in the northwestern part of Yosemite National
1:01.6	Park and it travels more than 150 miles to get here.
1:06.0	It's this journey that 8-year-old Alex Cornblum and his dad Heath are curious about.
1:12.0	How long does it take for water to get
1:14.0	from Hedgee to San Francisco?
1:16.5	And how far does it really go?
1:18.4	Yeah, even Google doesn't know the answer
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