A behind-the-scenes battle to divert L.A.'s storm water from going to waste

 
First page of today’s LATimes 3.11.16. Click Below for Story and 10 Explanatory Photos.DAM _0_0.png
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-storm-water-capture-20160311-story.html
My favorite image!
"The aquifers of Los Angeles County, fed by the rain and mountain runoff for eons, were once legendary. The water table was so brimming that water gushed out of springs and from wells without needing to be pumped. In 1904, some 1,700 of these artesian wells dotted the L.A. Basin….”