Legacy
In his book Water and Power, historian William L. Kahrl summed up Mulholland's public legacy:
The harshest judgement of Mulholland's actions lay in the damage he had done to the principle of public water development. More than any other individual, William Mulholland, through the building of the aqueduct and the formation of the Metropolitan Water District, established the principle of public ownership of water indeliably on California's history. But the furor that followed upon the mistakes made in the last seven years of his public service discredited the man and thereby gave aid to the enemies of the ideal he had labored all his life to establish.
In Los Angeles, Mulholland Dam, in the Hollywood Hills, and Mulholland Drive and Mulholland Highway are named after Mulholland.
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