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The California water wars were among the subjects discussed in Cadillac Desert, a 1984 nonfiction book by Marc Reisner about land development and water policy in the western United States. The book was made into a four-part documentary of the same name in 1997.
The term water war is colloquially used in media for some disputes over water, and often is more limited to describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over the rights to access water resources. [2] [3] The United Nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. [4]
(By then the state had all but gone to war with California over water rights on the river, dispatching a squad of National Guard troops to the river on a ferryboat to block construction of Parker ...
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1991, and received his commission on March 25, 1991. He assumed senior status on May 31, 2006. [1] Sitting in Fresno, Judge Wanger became known as the chief arbiter of California's water wars. [5]
An aerial view of the California Aqueduct, which moves water from northern California to the state's drier south, on May 3, 2022 near Palmdale, California. ... The ‘Water Wars’ of today.
The aqueduct's water provided developers with the resources to quickly develop the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles through World War II. Mulholland's role in the vision and completion of the aqueduct and the growth of Los Angeles into a large metropolis is recognized with the William Mulholland Memorial Fountain, built in 1940 at Riverside ...
Judge George was born in Newkirk, Okla., and came to Merced from Bishop with his parents in 1927 during the California Water Wars. A Merced High School graduate, he went on to receive his law ...
River's End: California's Latest Water War is a 2021 American documentary film written and directed by Jacob Morrison. It follows the competition over California's limited water resources amid worsening droughts, as well as the decline of freshwater ecosystems in the California Delta.