05-07-2014, 10:36 PM
This is not the first time California has "stolen water"
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Water Wars
In the 1920s, Owens Valley residents grew
and frustrated after seeing their farms drained of water, nearly every drop of which was pumped into the steadily growing San Fernando Valley. In 1924 and again in 1927, protesters blew up parts of the aqueduct, marking a particularly explosive chapter in the so-called “water wars” that had divided southern [url "http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/california"]California[/url].
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Water Wars
In the 1920s, Owens Valley residents grew
and frustrated after seeing their farms drained of water, nearly every drop of which was pumped into the steadily growing San Fernando Valley. In 1924 and again in 1927, protesters blew up parts of the aqueduct, marking a particularly explosive chapter in the so-called “water wars” that had divided southern [url "http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/california"]California[/url].[signature]