Follow the Water
Follow the Water
From Sierra snow to the communities it serves, Follow the Water explores the history, infrastructure, people and places behind one of Calaveras County's most important resources.
He knows every mile.
From mountain snow and high-country lakes to historic flumes and the water that reaches your home, Yuti has followed the water the whole way.
Now, he’s taking you along for the journey.
From the Sierra to Our Communities
Water moves through landscapes, history and communities. Follow a few of the places and systems that shape its journey through Calaveras County.
The Sierra
High-country water begins a journey that will carry it through the foothills.
Historic Waterways
Wooden flumes and other historic waterways carried water across rugged foothill terrain.
Our Communities
The journey reaches the communities, landscapes and people who depend on it.
Follow the Journey
Follow Yuti chapter by chapter as the water moves from the high Sierra through the historic Utica system and into the communities we serve.
Have you ever wondered where your water comes from?
Meet Yuti, Keeper of the Story, and discover how the water that reaches your home begins as snow high in the Sierra before setting off on an incredible journey through Calaveras County.
Read Chapter 1 →The Ledge Where the Water Begins
Follow Yuti into the high country as the journey moves closer to the place where the water begins — the next stop in the story of Calaveras County's water.
Read Chapter 2 →The journey continues.
Chapter 3 of Follow the Water is coming soon.