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Water and Wastewater Management

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Suggested Videos on Water and Wastewater

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2014)
Examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water (90 min.).
California Dry: Water Crisis in the Golden State (2008)
On California's difficulties in maintaining its vast water irrigation infrastructure (22 min.).
Clean (2014)
A history of water disinfection in the United States (55 min).
Gasland: Part II (2013)
This sequel to the 2010 film explores the impact of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on local groundwater supplies (126 min.).
Green Careers: Water Management. (2014)
An overview of job opportunities in water management (20 min.).
Liquid Assets The Big Business of Water (2010)
On the conflict between corporations and local communities for control of the world's water (44 min.).
Our Real and Virtual Water Footprint: Stephen Leahy (2015)
An environmental journalist discusses the real and hidden water consumption associated with all the goods and services we consume. (62 min.).
Quest for Water (2014)
This PBS short film looks at methods being used to conserve water in the western United States (25 min.).
Water and the Dream of the Engineers (1983)
How water engineers have met the ever-increasing demand for water through the years (80 min.).
Water Apocalypse (2015)
This National Geographic film looks at the global demand for water and how scientists and engineers are struggling to meet it (44 min.).
Women, Water, and 10,000 Miles (2008)
On water scarcity in southern Asia, and its effect on the lives of women (58 min.).

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