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Brown Acres: An Intimate History of the Los Angeles Sewers | 
 enlarge | Author: Anna Sklar
Publisher: Angel City Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 232
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1883318750
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.728493
EAN: 9781883318758
ASIN: 1883318750
Publication Date: March 19, 2008
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Flush with good stories June 21, 2008
Brown Acres is a history of the sewer system in Los Angeles. That may not seem interesting at first glance, but following the story is much more adventurous than you might imagine. Nepotism, cronyism and just plain stinginess were responsible for a long series of bad decisions in Los Angeles leading to recurring problems of sewage flooding into the streets and backing up into toilets.
Ms. Sklar has done her research and goes into appropriate detail on the history. Understanding the technology used to move human waste around was enlightening. The idea that we used to dump raw sewage into the ocean is simply astounding. Also, I was surprised to see that voters of the past were as short sighted as today's voters when it comes to investment in public health issues. Repeatedly, the public rejected spending money to solve the sewage problems. Not until the sewage literally flowed in the streets did the money get approved to put in better sewer systems.
Today, Los Angeles has a world class sanitation system in place, but I found the path to this point well worth the read.
My only criticism would be a request for more diagrams of the sewer system over time to help keep track of all the changes and sewer paths.
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