Through advancements in technology engineers have made California a livable place. For example, engineers designed aqueducts that transfer water from the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, to the city of Los Angeles. In which the water will be used by civilians to care for their lawns, gardens, fill pools, and many others needs. Because of this technological advancement, it is possible for Los Angeles to continue thriving, and not turn into a waterless desert. However, the aqueduct has also been the reason behind environmental issues. For example, when the aqueduct was constructed in 1910, it diverted Owens river, which drains the eastern watershed of the Sierra Nevadas, from it original ending point, Owens Lake. By 1920, ten years after the construction of the aqueduct, Owens Lake was found completely dried
Through advancements in technology engineers have made California a livable place. For example, engineers designed aqueducts that transfer water from the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, to the city of Los Angeles. In which the water will be used by civilians to care for their lawns, gardens, fill pools, and many others needs. Because of this technological advancement, it is possible for Los Angeles to continue thriving, and not turn into a waterless desert. However, the aqueduct has also been the reason behind environmental issues. For example, when the aqueduct was constructed in 1910, it diverted Owens river, which drains the eastern watershed of the Sierra Nevadas, from it original ending point, Owens Lake. By 1920, ten years after the construction of the aqueduct, Owens Lake was found completely dried