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 pruction the wld, man ve witho clean dnking ter whi at thedge of rocco's saha regin, harvting wat from fohas the pontial toeeply imct a cultu. amera fos ring ccking] hutterlicking]

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of the nstructi of thersenic tatment pnt. , reall what they saw happeni was a l of constrtion wasoing on, and en theirills skyroeted. the arnic trtment plt was inalled in010, abo midway thrgh the yr. and tn 6 months ter, it s shut dn becauset was tocostly t operate [solorio speaking spanish] yoram hen: thehallenge in all commities is

that ey'e not ab to tually r their o system you kno they c't afrd, you ow, to he an orator th would bthere. ths is onef our laratories and is is where do varis types ofests omobile uts for war treatmt and desalition, war qualy analysisand so o and thiis imarilyn preparion for alwaylarger sle desigof systemthat arehen fiel deployabl this isater, no ampagne. well, we're loong at th cotrol inrface for the plant that is nning atanoche.

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beingart of aistrict,ven thou geograpcally th'r noconnecte nyder: ihink it unds very prosing. an in fact i ink if sll comnities are gon have too treatmt, it's gonna ve be a mol like tt. dara: rht now, want toake surwe ha enough wateror the pple to le here d for uso grow. and ght no we e at capity becae our sysm is old, and weeed to irove tha [sorio speing spanh] narator: aess to can drinng watern rural caiforniais complated, bu in remotvillageshat lie with moroc's outhwes mounta region,he oppose is

true. re, nontditional solutis are beg embrac and givingope toommunies in ed. [khadijghouate eaking nativeanguage] mila baach: herthe poverty s beentaggerin n terms water.

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baach: theater shoage and th irregulity of rnfall have me liveliod here ry difficu for theousehold [vehie horn honks ohamed bour speing nate langua]

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ands movingowards ts regionery stdily. [moun abbar saking french] barga: fog tas awayll yr visual then itomes very, vy slowly andracious. i run is organation th tod has theargest futioning g collecon project the wor.

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announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation. ■÷=÷=÷pñpñpñpñño

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