tv Earth Focus LINKTV January 31, 2019 9:00am-9:31am PST
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narrator: on this episode of "earth focus," the most basic human need is also its most precious commodity. in california's central valley, home to 19% of the food prodtition ththe orld,d,any liveitithoutleanan dnkingg watewwhileat t thedge ofof moroc's ahara reon, rvesting water fm m fog s the potentiatoto deey imimpa a ctuture. [cama focus s ng clickining] [shutterlicking]
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ereri huer: : th was the drugtotore-- the rust-lolored ildiding on the otr r sid of f itas theararber op.. the historofof allswororth i i knoit i is lonell allenorth--wh he retid from t army--wted a pce whe he coulgo and stle withis people which wasn't too many places available at the time, and he found this piece of land. duduring the e time when n there droughts everywhere and things were bad in different towns and cities, allensworth thrived. it thrived because they knew how
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to make it thrive. start with wht yoyou ve. mama sometetng wiwith iand d ner be satisfied. that's quotatiobyby george washingtocarver-- denise adadarabooooke t. huer: no. george whihingto carver.bubut conel allensworth madththat hpenn here because is was os.s. this waour histy. this s our tow we did . and wh i sa "we," 'mpeakakinof blacks. kaarara: tare e la used d be ee larst f frewater r ke west of t m missiippipi, d d backn t the890s. and as farmi b becam rre pralelentin theherea, th w watertartrtedeing d derted for th. . and reaeallhas haha a siificant pact on theommunity. the community s thriving,utut no mmununit thves without qualy water.
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[trn n whise blblar] hunter: inhehe pas it t wa a buliling ltle e to, kke i id.. people fr a all aund d ca here. i tete thait was cpped away . the dofall of is comunity w water. d i' here rig now 100lus yeas lat still ting to wk at isis toshipip, is cocounity, gettg g goodaffofordle, quality teter. jei i snyd: alall ght. s si'd like start wh the te well rert summa... we we finallyble to cplete a test wl recent, which s th main pot of disssion at thimorning's meetg. andhe test ll did iicate that we canxpxpect getet gd complianwawater om t thispot where we ststed. eey acallyly he two o lls.
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ththe wls a arek. theh're not vey y highroduduci wellslsbut thy y bothave e lels of f senic in th t that,n gegenel, excdsds theaximimumontamimint level atat thetatate ss as se e drinng w wat. there's a gat dealf scien out ere docunting thill effes s of aenicic o humaneaealth.rsenenics definite a a canr-caususg ent. t's ry important that they havinfluee on wh the ultite project turns o to o be becau it has to be something that they're happy wh,h, tha ey' comfofoable wit that they're cocoident in, and that they y n afford to run. jon chriensen:n:he history of wer ininthe san joaquin lley is r reay the e story ofater inin lifornia anandn the e erican west. you ow, , agcultururdoes use seethin likike 0% off theaterer icalifofoia, and it is me, you kw,
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a mulbillion-llar indtry possib.. it's s onof t thereat p padoxes of cifororniand ofof ththe ctralal vley ananof th san joain valle in paicular,hat in t midst o so ch richss tha's cated by wate-by growg these ery valable cro--there e peopleho don't hav clean dnknking ter.r. amamandaonacaco:anare is smallll town of autut 600olksks, located abou3030 mines down 41rorom frno.. it's morority tinono. lot ofof fol here ma their ling
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workg in surunding flds. ok. oh. is that, likewhwhere, like, there's aluluster of tiler h hes? man: yesyes... monono: is ithere? oh, ok... thehestarted setting homes and tttting theheiromes i i a way tt t was t plpland by local governntnts arnd t the tn and atomome pot, l lol governnt did bomome awe ofof e community but did not inorporate them in an oicicial wn o or officicl city. as result,he way tt caifornia s dealt th small mmunitielike lane is that eey ha a s sysm wherer e community itse c can s upp a communitseservic diistct too ovide ctain vit service likdrinkingater, to the ridents. in the early 00s, theommunityervices distrt found at they d war that was contaminated thth arsec.c. so ey g got grant from e e fedel governnt t tha was a aut $1.6 million to cotrtruct arsec trtreaent plplt. [iababel sorioio speangng spash]]
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of thcoconstrtionon o ee arsic t trement p pnt. , really, what eyey saw happengng was lotot o consucuctionas goingn, a and then theirilills srockcket. the asesenicreaeatmt plananwas inalalled 201010,bout m mway rough t year. a then 6 months teter, iwas shutowown beause it s too costly to operate. [soloriopeaking anish] yoram cohen:hehe chaengege insmall communities is
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that ey'e not ab actual run the own systems. you know, thecacan't affo, , you ow, , toave an opetotor th wououlde therer thiis one oour labotories. anthis is ere weweo various types of tes s on bilele uts for water treatment dd delination, water ality analysisand so on. and ts s is primarily in prpreparatn n for alalays larger scale design systems atat arehen n fid deployable.hihis isaterer, t champagne. lll, 'reookingngt the contr inteace e fothe plplt that irunning panoche
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chris linnem: : we'rere the panhehe draage e dirict off ofusussellvenunue re, los bano at one of thpipilot eatmtmen tessisites r trtreang subsurcece dran wawat. thisis particul projectouses a projecfor thuniversi of liliforn, lolos geles. and they' t testi sevever processeininvolvg vversesmososisif yououad a sers s wherin a an ea likik this, in e e centl vavall, ere e yohave l ls of sll communieies th arere sead t t over larargerea and u could p a a sma plalantike this, aacackagelantnt--ere's potenti there r cost vings-t would poteially be game chger. coenen: the isis an ononomi ofof sle herer the moe e systs ththatou havav the lor r the st i is.ou cananhink abutut allhosese cmunititi as esenential beieing virtutu water distrt.t. hertheyey a connected viinternetndnd thefore havthat benit of
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beng part of a district, enn though ggrgraphilly y th'e not coecected. snyde i i thi it t sods veryroromisi. anand,n factct i thinif smallomommunies are gonnaavave too to eaeatmen it't's gonna have to be a model keke tha kadar r rightow, , weant to me e surwe e ha enougug wateroror theeoplple livee rre anfor r uso growow and right now, we are capacitbebecaus ourysystem oldlderand weweeed i impro thahat. [solor s speakg spspanh] rrator:ccess tolean inking wer in rul calornia complicated, bu in rotote viageses tt liee with moroco''s sououhwest mounta r regio thehe oosite e
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[narrator] glob temempeturess are getting g warm. glaers are lting. sea levels are rising. scientists aeeee ththaincreaeang carbon diidide emsionons the atmosphere are changg g our imatate. whoa! r r somewhere the gagase are coming from is stil a maerer of batete. planescars, and indust are e common a accepd as the mainululprit but volcanicruruptio are alal known to throw huge aununts ogass inin the atmosphere. i'm makg g it myissionono climb into o o of th woorls most active volcanoes. [grunts] to find out if thosgagases e ntribibing to climate change.
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