A Parched West Struggles to Adapt to the Realities of Drought

To the Point

KCRW

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

California is adopting water restrictions for the first time… and that's the problem. It's the first time. Four years of drought have created an emergency, but 19th Century laws and 20th Century practices have created a 21st Century crisis, not just in California, but in much of the West as well.

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0:47.8	After four years of drought, California is adopting its first mandatory water restrictions,
0:53.0	escalating water wars between urban and agricultural
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0:57.0	The shortage of water is unprecedented, but the competition is nothing new, and it's not just
1:02.0	in California.
1:03.0	People in Las Vegas and Phoenix, as well as LA, are pitted against the farmers who feed
1:08.0	the rest of the nation and other parts of the world.
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