The Future of Water

Los Angeles has defied expectations by reducing water consumption even as its population has grown. Its experience suggests that meeting the West’s water crisis will depend no less on transforming civic culture and everyday practices as it will on attempting to re-engineer nature.

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Journal
Current History
Published
2026-10-14
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2026.125.875.49
Primary Topic
Water Governance and Infrastructure
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The Future of Water

Michael Kimmelman
Current History
Water Governance and Infrastructure
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The Future of Water

Michael Kimmelman
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Abstract

Los Angeles has defied expectations by reducing water consumption even as its population has grown. Its experience suggests that meeting the West’s water crisis will depend no less on transforming civic culture and everyday practices as it will on attempting to re-engineer nature.

Current HistoryVol. 125(875)
Clean water and sanitation
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Water Governance and Infrastructure
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