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'The Dreamt Land' Explores How California Bent its Rivers Toward Political Power

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Mina Kim
at 10:00 AM
The California Aqueduct on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley north of Los Banos. March 2015.  (Dan Brekke/KQED)

In "The Dreamt Land" author Mark Arax describes "the most dramatic alteration of the earth's surface in human history": California's Central Valley. Arax details how the promise of unprecedented harvests and profits led to policy and infrastructure that altered -- and in some cases reversed -- the flow of water in the state. We'll talk to Arax about California's water history and its current groundwater crises. What's your question for him?

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Mark Arax, author, "The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California"

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