Before Visiting

What I’ll Learn

Even though we live next to the ocean, we cannot drink ocean water because it is too salty. Instead, we have to get our water from rivers, streams, lakes, and aqueducts.

Most of our water in Southern California starts out as snow high in the mountains of California and Colorado.

Watch Discovery Cube’s “Down, Down, Down: From the Mountains to Your Tap” video

What I Discovered

Share what you learned about how we get our water here in Southern California.