Planet H20
Surface Water: A Day in the Life of the Rio Grande (#104)
The Rio Grande is one of our longest rivers, its Texas section forming the border between the U.S and Mexico. Competing human claims for it are viewed through the eyes of two young women: a whitewater rafting guide in upstream New Mexico and a teenager downstream near El Paso. We learn that communities’ demands on the Rio Grande take away so much of its water that southern Texas and Mexico often see only a dry, sandy riverbed.
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Program Description: This timely series shows how young students and professionals are helping to solve the growing problem of global overuse and abuse of Earth’s most precious and limited resource--water. The programs explore both the positive and negative scientific and social implications of global water use.
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