Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct – California Globe

Ringside: Water Abundance Means Thinking Big Again

November 11, 2026 1:42 pmNovember 11, 2026 1:43 pm

“The problem we faced in the 1970s was that we were building too much and too heedlessly. The problem we face in the 2020s is that we are building too little and we are too often paralyzed by process.” This...

Ringside: When it Comes to Water, California Needs to Think Big Again

May 14, 2026 6:00 amMay 14, 2026 6:01 am

For most of the previous century, Californians successfully designed and built big water infrastructure. In sixty years, from 1910 through 1970, we built the most impressive system of interbasin transfers in the world. The Los Angeles Aqueduct, Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct,...