California dry. Water crisis in the golden state
Description
As fresh water sources dwindle in the arid American Southwest, California faces growing difficulty in managing and sustaining its irrigation infrastructure. This program analyzes the multifaceted problem, sifting through environmental and political factors and assessing a number of potential solutions. Beginning its fact-finding tour at the Water Education Foundation in Sacramento, the film highlights challenges related to levees, marine tidewaters, and endangered species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Controversial desalinization projects near Long Beach and San Diego are also studied, along with "toilet to tap" sewage water conversion in Orange County.
Runtime
22 min
Subjects
- Human geography (324)
- Hydrology (44)
- Nature (209)
- Environmental geography (78)
- Natural resources (402)
- Refuse and refuse disposal (122)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Environmental protection (361)
- Water (318)
- Landforms (57)
- Toxicology (87)
- Land use (186)
- Human ecology (350)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2009], c2008
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