Constructed between 1803 and 1816 by Spanish missionaries and Kumeyaay laborers, the Old Mission Dam is a testament to early engineering in California. This historic structure, located in Mission ...

The aqueduct’s vulnerability strengthened the city’s resolve to consolidate its Owens Valley holdings. By the end of 1926, after another round of buyouts, Los Angeles controlled 90% of the ...

In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.

In 1924, Owens Valley residents seized the L.A. Aqueduct in a defiant protest. An event focuses on remembering the troubled chapter of L.A. water history.

The final section of the California aqueduct at the Newhall Pass in Sylmar, Calif. The California aqueduct is over 220 miles long and delivers water from the Owens River to Los Angeles. The ...

The city of L.A.’s population was growing fast, so they secured water rights to Owens River. The draw of water supply meant many communities sought to be annexed into L.A. city boundaries.

The aqueduct has also drained Owens Lake, making it the single largest source of dust pollution in the country. Historically, the LA River has gone through seasonal shifts, from a trickle in the ...

Owens Lake, 220 miles north of Los Angeles, has been drying out since 1913, when its source, the Owens River, was rerouted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

At Pleasant Valley Dam, about 8 miles north of the city of Bishop, stormwater laden with sediment was surging over its spillway and into the Owens River at a rate of 1,000 cubic feet per second.

The gravity-fed aqueduct, which delivers water from the Owens River in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains to the city of Los Angeles, is nearly all uncovered and loses an estimated 10%-11% of ...

Water from the two rivers is pumped, via state and federal canals, to counties south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Once Northern California water arrives in Southern California, it mingles with ...

The aqueduct’s vulnerability strengthened the city’s resolve to consolidate its Owens Valley holdings. By the end of 1926, after another round of buyouts, Los Angeles controlled 90% of the ...