even still, her famed early explorer, john wesley powell, warned that combining arid land with civilizationld eventually lead to a crisis. the relentless march towards progress led to the 1922 colorado river compact and other agreements among 7 american and 2 mexican states to divvy up the water. it transformed one of the world's wildest rivers, capable of creating grand canyons, and inland seas, into the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river basin in the world. machines supporting the needs of 30 million people. agriculture, industry, urban growth, mining, energy production, claw for their share. so much so, that the mighty colorado river of today rarely, if ever, reaches her delta in the gulf of california. with populations in the region expected to reach 50 million by 2050, temperatures rising, and precipitation patterns becoming more erratic, demand will outpace supply unless we embrace a new water ethic, one that questions not only how we use water, but how it affects the world around us. >> "watershed" is a film that is really exploring a region of the southwest of america, the colo

the second was john wesley powell. his personal life is what i want to mention briefly. i was astonished when i stumbled across it. help no one will hold this against and, but he was a sexually energetic in man, but he did not like white women. he loved native american women, and he loved black women. so one day in new york when he was well on in years, something like 60 indeed he saw coming toward him a black woman who he -- he thought, this is the creature of my dreams. what he should have done is to have gone up to her and said, good evening, madam, and plans king, director of the message she loved the survey, which you could have dinner. for some extra their reason he went after and said the current thinking very quickly to my good evening, madam. although i mean that quite i am in fact black and i am a supporter of the portland company, a job reserved for black people. no, she agreed. she was from misleading family in georgia. they had dinner, fell in love, married and had five children. in for the next 20 years, the last 20 years of his life, he lived two entirely