Didn’t know they satellites hovering around in space back in 1851. Now I know how far back those UFOs go.
Instead of a big marshy swamp/lake, we now have farmland. Farmland can feed a lot of folks.
And a whole lot less malaria and other swamp/marsh diseases.
What water issues CA has is mostly due to having to feed the bloat that is LA, and aggressively bad management by the water bosses in the state gov.