The water is not there, ” Metropolitan Water District spokesperson Rebecca Kimitch said.... Gavin

The answer: L.A. does pump and use local groundwater — but other water sources are important for replenishing the supply.... Eventually, “ we started running out of groundwater, ” Glickfeld said, leading to the use of imported water via the State Water Project.... We picked our favorite reader questions — and now you get to choose which question we answer first....