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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

Earth Policy Institute overview/stats/status Link 2006

Extensive coverage of the California drought and climate change.

Where does my water come from?

Books

Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It by Robert Glennon 2009

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

Blue Gold video based on the book

Video

California Drought 60 Minutes segment 12/09

Cadillac Desert is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) video series on the remaking of America's West through startling feats of engineering and the consequences that this manipulation of water and nature has wrought. The first three programs are based on Marc Reisner's groundbreaking book "Cadillac Desert," an examination of how water created the modern American West--the most successful "hydrologic society" in history. The series begins with the story of Los Angeles and its unquenchable thirst for water in "Mulholland's Dream." The second program, "An American Nile," tell how the Colorado River became the most regulated river in history. Next in the series is "The Mercy of Nature" which tracks the political and environmental battles that ended in California's Great Central Valley being transformed from a semiarid desert into the richest agricultural region in the world. The fourth and final program is based on the award-winning book, "Last Oasis" by Sandra Postel. It examines the ramifications of the export of America's water development expertise to the rest of the world, and shows how conservation, recycling, and efficiency offer hopeful and sustainable solutions to the world's gathering water crisis. McHenry Library VT4840

PBS series narrated by Robert Redford, Saving the Bay explores the history of one of America’s greatest natural resources — San Francisco Bay — with four one-hour episodes tracing the Bay from its geologic origins following the last Ice Age through years of catastrophic exploitation to restoration efforts of today. Available online

Water Conflicts in Developing Nations Forum 01/06/2010 Panelists talked about ways to prevent and mitigate water conflicts due to issues such as scarcity, access, and pollution. The discussion was held in conjuction with a new publication by the Catholic Relief Service, Water and Conflict. Link

From the Toilet to the Tap Today, cities around the world are shifting away from the historical focus of wastewater management (i.e. the miracle of making the wastewater go away somewhere where we can't see it) and adopting a new paradigm of re-use. David Sedlak, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley, studies wastewater and spoke about water recycling at the 2009 Nobel Conference on water conservation issues.

Ö Tede'wa, owners of the water : conflict and collaboration over rivers "A central Brazilian Xavante, a Wayuu from Venezuela, and a US anthropologist explore an indigenous campaign to protect a river from devastating effects of uncontrolled Amazonian soy cultivation. The film results from long collaboration between anthropologist Laura Graham and Xavante, and more recent collaboration with Wayuu. The Association Xavante Warã, a Xavante organization that promotes indigenous knowledge and ways of living in the central Brazilian cerrado ( a spiritually and materially integrated space that Xavante know as ʹró) and conservation of this unique environment, invited Graham to tell the story of its campaign to save the Rio das Mortes. 2009 McHenry DVD7701

UC research on CA drought 7/09

More UC research on watersheds (2008)

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

The New Oil: Energy Demand and Water Aspen Institute 2009

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. 10/9 story on mercury in SF Bay

sewage spills April 09 video KQED Quest.

How to capture rain water audio and video

River of Renewal looks at struggle over water on the Klamath River between farmers, fisheries and Native people. Documents the extensive recent fish kills of salmon due to water diversion.

Engineer Michael Pritchard invented the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.

Other Resources

Audio interview with journalist Charles Duhigg who reports on the "worsening pollution in American waters" — and regulators' responses to the problem — in his New York Times series, "Toxic Waters.", which has led to Congressional hearings (10/09)

Heart of Dryness: How the Kalahari Bushmen Can Help California Endure the Coming Permanent Drought JAMES WORKMAN audio (Realplayer) 9/09

Water Public Relations scams from PR Watch 4/09

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

Los Angeles plan to capture rain water Audio 2/10 KQED California Report NPR

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

How to capture rainwater (audio and video)