Planet H20
The Great Lakes: Who Owns the Water? (#105)
The fair distribution of water has long been a worldwide problem, and it is one that the United States may increasingly experience in the future. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world’s fresh surface water, but that water is currently available to only a small portion of the U.S population. Should water-scarce regions of the country have access to this water, and, if so, should they have to pay for it? What effect would the piping of Great Lakes water to other areas have on the lakes and Midwestern environments? These questions are debated by students and adult experts.
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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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