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[http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid687239786/bclid736245440/bctid736245347  Video overview]
 
[http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid687239786/bclid736245440/bctid736245347  Video overview]
  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFl1V2Iv2mU&feature=related Flow: For Love of Water] (video 2007)
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includes Vandana Shiva, global overview, including chemicals and privatization.
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'''Books'''
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[http://books.google.com/books?id=j_KiU852NXoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0  The Holy Order of Water By William E. Marks (Google book)
  
 
[http://www.amazon.com/Water-Wars-Privatization-Pollution-Profit/dp/089608650X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c ''Water Wars''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva Vandana Shiva]
 
[http://www.amazon.com/Water-Wars-Privatization-Pollution-Profit/dp/089608650X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c ''Water Wars''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva Vandana Shiva]
  
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb4WG8UJRw Blue Gold] video based on [http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Gold-Fight-Corporate-Worlds/dp/1565848136#reader the book]
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[http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/089608650X/ref=sib_dp_ptu#reader-link''Water Wars''] by Vandana Shiva [http://books.google.com/books?id=Vftlst082acC&dq=Vandana+Shiva&pg=PP1&ots=JlELiONFFL&sig=CPE5xBYg8pMKwEUBBTAPLGZ7YW0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPR5,M1 Google Book]   S&E Stacks TD345 .S53 2002
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[http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/Cochabamba ''Cochabamba!'']: Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera and Tom Lewis
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''Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water''  by Maude Barlow  McH Stacks HD1691 .B366 2008
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[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103278837 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hendrick Smith] details widespread pollution of America's waterways in the PBS Frontline documentary Poisoned Waters. Audio interview April 20, 2009
 
  
[http://www.socialedge.org/features/issue-areas/water_scarcity/ Short video interviews with social entrepreneurs] who are working on water issues (from Skoll Foundation)
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'''Video'''
  
 
[http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/lpr_2008/index.cfm  World Wildlife Fund new 2008 report] has extensive info on water, also video
 
[http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/lpr_2008/index.cfm  World Wildlife Fund new 2008 report] has extensive info on water, also video
  
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/089608650X/ref=sib_dp_ptu#reader-link''Water Wars''] by Vandana Shiva [http://books.google.com/books?id=Vftlst082acC&dq=Vandana+Shiva&pg=PP1&ots=JlELiONFFL&sig=CPE5xBYg8pMKwEUBBTAPLGZ7YW0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPR5,M1 Google Book]   S&E Stacks TD345 .S53 2002
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb4WG8UJRw Blue Gold] video based on [http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Gold-Fight-Corporate-Worlds/dp/1565848136#reader the book]  
  
[http://www.prwatch.org/node/8347 Water Public Relations scams from PR Watch] 4/09
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[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103278837 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hendrick Smith] details widespread pollution of America's waterways in the PBS Frontline documentary ''Poisoned Waters''. Audio interview April 20, 2009
  
[http://www.southendpress.org/2004/items/Cochabamba ''Cochabamba!'']: Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera and Tom Lewis
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[http://www.socialedge.org/features/issue-areas/water_scarcity/ Short video interviews with social entrepreneurs] who are working on water issues (from Skoll Foundation)
  
Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water  by Maude Barlow  McH Stacks HD1691 .B366 2008
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFl1V2Iv2mU&feature=related Flow: For Love of Water] (video 2007)
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includes Vandana Shiva, global overview, including chemicals and privatization.
  
 
[http://ecolive.tv/videos.php?id=827 California Water] video KQED Quest
 
[http://ecolive.tv/videos.php?id=827 California Water] video KQED Quest
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'''Other Resources'''
 
'''Other Resources'''
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[http://www.prwatch.org/node/8347 Water Public Relations scams from PR Watch] 4/09
  
 
[http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pubswrir.html USGS Reports] and facts about water resources in California including  
 
[http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pubswrir.html USGS Reports] and facts about water resources in California including  

Revision as of 19:37, 1 July 2009

There's an old saying that "In the West, whiskey's for drinking and water's for fighting over." This category includes freshwater and ocean, quantity and quality.

Video overview


Books

[http://books.google.com/books?id=j_KiU852NXoC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0 The Holy Order of Water By William E. Marks (Google book)

Water Wars by Vandana Shiva

Water Wars by Vandana Shiva Google Book S&E Stacks TD345 .S53 2002

Cochabamba!: Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera and Tom Lewis

Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water by Maude Barlow McH Stacks HD1691 .B366 2008


Video

World Wildlife Fund new 2008 report has extensive info on water, also video

Blue Gold video based on the book

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hendrick Smith details widespread pollution of America's waterways in the PBS Frontline documentary Poisoned Waters. Audio interview April 20, 2009

Short video interviews with social entrepreneurs who are working on water issues (from Skoll Foundation)

Flow: For Love of Water (video 2007) includes Vandana Shiva, global overview, including chemicals and privatization.

California Water video KQED Quest

sewage spills April 09 video KQED Quest


Other Resources

Water Public Relations scams from PR Watch 4/09

USGS Reports and facts about water resources in California including drought maps.

California Coastal Commission Water Quality Program contains information about water quality along California’s coasts. There are also other links and resources for information about important coastal projects.

California Department of Water Resources has a lot of information on the current drought in California and the plan to create a 2009 Drought Water Bank.

Great general site: info on Colorado River and general info on your city (thanks to P. Meier)

A history of the water problems in Southern California.

EPA including info on your watershed

Specific Water Issues:

Video overview on ocean health (beware greenwash ad at end).

California Water wars PBS story on allocation.

NPR/PBS audio series on CA water supply and Global Warming.

PBS video on "Peak Water" in Southwest.

Plastic's effect on Marine ecosystems. Includes videos.

Peripheral Canal around the Delta

Subcategories

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.