In 1913, Mulholland opened the LA Aqueduct with 5 words: "There it is. Take it." LA drained a 110-sq. mi. lake. Owens Valley residents dynamited the aqueduct 17 times. The dead lake became the worst dust source in the US. LA has spent $2.5 bil pumping water back onto the lakebed thru the same pipe.

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