Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker: Part 1

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Colorado River is in the midst of one of the worst water crises in recorded history. Climate change and overuse are taking a significant toll. Seven states, including California, must compromise and reach a solution to prevent the river from collapsing.

In late 2023, the tensions were running high between the major players in the water world as they convened at the annual Colorado River conference in Las Vegas. LAist Correspondent Emily Guerin was there, seeking to learn as much as she can about the people with the most power on the river.

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0:00.0	Support for Alleist comes from Visual Communications presenting VC Film Fest, celebrating 40 years of
0:06.0	Asian and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander filmmaking, with over 200 films May 1st through 10th.
0:11.6	Info at festival.
0:13.0	Vc media.org.
0:17.0	Hey, this is Antonia Serejido.
0:19.0	You're listening to Imperfect Paradise
0:21.0	from Allea Studios, the show about Hidden Worlds and Messy Reality. Perfect Paradise
0:23.7	and Meek Studios.
0:26.6	My colleague, a correspondent on this show, Emily Garen,
0:29.9	used to be a beat reporter covering the environment for our station at a liest.
0:34.6	And she recently partook in a tradition that only audio journalists that have been in the
0:38.7	game for some years get to do.
0:41.0	Listen back to a story you did earlier in your career and mercilessly judge yourself.
0:46.0	In 2018, she reported a story about how climate change is drying up the Colorado River.
0:53.0	So I'm standing at Lake Mead right now
0:56.0	and the bathtub ring, which is this really big white band
1:00.0	that shows how far the lake has shrunk.
1:02.0	It's about 130 feet tall. that shows how far the lake has shrunk.
1:02.8	It's about 130 feet tall.
1:05.2	So that is how low the lake is.
1:07.8	Lake Mead is a huge reservoir that sits behind the Hoover Dam.
1:12.6	It supplies water to cities like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Diego
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