[Sosfbay-discuss] A PBS Series: California's Water

[alexcathy at aol.com]

 Posted on California Greening, November 25, 2009.
A Public Television Series: California's Water 
by Alex Walker  

I do not know anything about Huell Howser'spolitics, but I do know that he has a gift for presenting Californiahistory and culture in an easy popular format. Notice that this PBSseries has been "generously funded" by institutions with a direct stakein this mess. Even so, anyone interested in a video overview might wantto check out a PBS television series that you can view directly on yourcomputer. 

 A Public Television Series: California's Water 






 Climate Change: Trek high into the Sierra Nevada for a closelook at the winter snow pack and how climate change may threaten itscritical role as the state’s largest water storage reservoir. Trace thejourney our melting snow takes from the mountains to rivers andstreams, and ultimately into man-made reservoirs as part of ourelaborate water supply system.
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The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: Visit the Sacramento-SanJoaquin River Delta by boat and learn why it is the single mostimportant – and most vulnerable – link in California’s water deliverysystem. Get a look at Delta levees and understand what experts such asUC Davis geologist Dr. Jeffrey Mount see as a growing risk to the watersupply for 23 million Californians and millions of acres of farmland.
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What's New on the Colorado River: Travel to the Colorado RiverAqueduct and learn what California water agencies that rely on theColorado are doing to stretch supplies in light of new rules governingthe river. See how cooperation and innovation are helping to ensure weget the most out of every drop of Colorado River water.
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Using Water Wisely: Necessity is the mother of invention. Tokeep pace with a growing population and a fairly static water supply,water agencies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars ininnovative hardware and cooperative programs that stretch supplies. Seethe latest in water-saving tools and technology, and learn why everydrop counts.
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In 2010, California's dysfunctional Republicans and Democrats are goingto ask the voters to approve a half-baked, pork-laden, $11 billionpackage of water projects sealed in a classic cigar smoke filled backroom. And again, as always, this "bipartisan" solution requiresexploting the general ignorance, indifference, and prejudices ofvoters, like me, in California's big thirsty coastal cities.

And here again, the California Green Party is the onlyorganized political party that gives a damn about both the working andmiddle classes in the One-Party Democratic cities and also familyfarmers, migrant farmworkers, and "throwaway kids" without hope in theOne-Party Republican countryside. 


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