Middle Mensch

摘要

If you think Hollywood is full of excrement, consider the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, a facility that processes 45.6 million gallons of Los Angeles-area sewage per day-precious stuff in southern California. Peering out across Till-man's bubbling muck, mustachioed operations manager Michael Ruiz offers a line reminiscent of Chinatown or Mad Max. "Everyone's fighting for this water," he says grimly. "Water wars."