{"id":339,"date":"2022-12-15T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:54:03","slug":"the-water-issue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/the-water-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Water Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Spring \/ Summer 2022<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Life Force\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Our dramatic cover image , made by the legendary Ansel Adams around 1948, captures the raw majesty and power of water \u2014 the life-giving force that sustains our planet and is the subject of this issue of <em>USC Dornsife Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Water can inspire many emotions, ranging from joy to awe to fear. It has the power to soothe and terrify, amuse and challenge, and to both nourish and harm us. In this issue, we explore water through many lenses, from our scholars\u2019 innovative work to find solutions to global water-related challenges to how water has served as artistic inspiration. We also look at water\u2019s astounding abilities, the history of Los Angeles\u2019 \u201cWater Wars,\u201d and the amusing \u2014 and often astonishing \u2014 history of plumbing through the ages. We hope you enjoy the issue and that it leaves you with a new appreciation for this truly remarkable element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/magazine-cover-feature-Spring-Summer-22-Water-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/magazine-cover-feature-Spring-Summer-22-Water-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/magazine-cover-feature-Spring-Summer-22-Water-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                   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Dean \n  <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" points=\"19.3,27.5 29.3,17.5,19.3,7.5 16.3,10.4 21.4,15.4 6.7,15.4 6.7,19.6 21.4,19.6 16.3,24.6 \"\/><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n                                                    <\/li>\n                                                          <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n          \n          \n        \n          \n            <div class=\"column\">\n                <ul>\n                                                                  <li>\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a \n  class=\"link\"\n  href= https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/2022\/06\/cover-story-spring-summer-22\/\n    aria-label=\"Read more 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            \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>L.A.\u2019s early 20th-century \u201cWater Wars\u201d over access to the precious H2O needed to fuel the city\u2019s growth included a web of corruption and lies that inspired one of the most celebrated noir movies of all time: \u2018Chinatown.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/dirty-water\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Dirty water\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/image-3-768x432.jpeg\"\n          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local to global \u2014 centered around water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/water-works\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Water Works\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/image-4-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/image-4-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n  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class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>From the communal baths of ancient Rome to the Great Stink of London and the fortuitously named Victorian sanitary engineer Thomas Crapper, USC Dornsife scholars trace the history of plumbing through the ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/pipe-dreams\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Pipe Dreams\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/image-6-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/image-6-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"\n      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