(It sustained burn damage but isstill standing.)

Caruso was closer to the truth when he called this infrastructure old and inadequate.

DWP officials said that pressureremained strongat lower elevations.

A fire hydrant burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 8, 2025. At least five people are now known to have died in wildfires raging around Los Angeles, with more deaths feared, law enforcement said January 8, as terrifying blazes leveled whole streets, torching cars and houses in minutes. More than 1,000 buildings have burned in multiple wildfires that have erupted around America’s second biggest city, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A fire hydrant burns during the Eaton fire in Altadena on Jan. 8, 2025.JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images

The Resnicks may be convenient villains, but they dont explain this catastrophe.

Water forthe ambitious projectwould come from Californiasprecious share of the Colorado River flow.