or some other river system. that's very much under debate in the scientific community right now. its the first order of question. a few percent have a very very large impact, so this that's one of those things that there are a lot of studies going on and i think is a scientific issue, which probably will get more refined and we'll get better at that one. that's where i stop. thanks. [applause] >> afternoon. i'm barry nelson with the water project here in san francisco. i'd like to start by thanking the city for pulling this conference together and note it's in some way as real landmark event. this is, i think the first conference i've attended with water manager's. this is the first one where a significant portion of the event is not devoted to whether climate change is real. i think water managers really in the last couple of years have moved past that and now we're ready for the next step in that discussion, what are the impacts of that and what can water managers do to adopt their operations appropriately. th

you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. it's about five to 25 million acre feet. there are 35 million people served in an enormously complicated legal environment. what happens after 7 years of drought on the river. these are two parts that have 50 million of the river in storage and we started out with full reservoirs and you end up with these enormous drops and we're at about 50 percent of the average. underaverage lake immediate will never refill given demands on the system and lake paul will take decades. it estimated ten acre feet per year and that's a serious history record, there's no

in this river are fish. we will take the right hand over our left and use our thumbs like fish fins and let your fish swim through the water it takes a big dive. >> and growing next to the river are a bed of flowers. opening one hand onfinger at a time watching the flower petal blossoms. we will take our other hand and turn it into a butterifiy much the butter fly will fly, fly, fly the and land on the flour and watch it fly away. drinking can a deer. take your thumb and the outside a n antlers. the deer hears a noise and in the distance is a hunter with a low and arrow. he sees that deer and aims for it. see your target and takes a shot and he misses and the deer escapes. the hunter's frustrated. i can't believe i missed that. he decides that hunting deer is not a night idea next time he will aim for an apple. thank you participating, you can sit down. give yourself a clap. those are very basic hand movements we use to tell a story. so, the next story we will show you is going to take place in this forest t

kharaghani: the los angeles river is approximately 51 miles. concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. if you'd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to carry the water to protect you from flooding, you need to have almost one mile on each side of the river set aside for transport of rain. so in order for the city to have use of those lands around the river, concrete made it possible to have minimum land so the water can be carried to the ocean in the fastest possible way. but, unfortunately, because of population growth and poor housekeeping, people are putting a lot of pollutants on the street and the streets are the openings to our stormwater sewer system. in an average year, 4,000 to 5,000 tons of trash ends up in long beach. man: we've created a system to deal with flooding but inadvertently created a pathway for pollution to get into our waterways. narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon t

in an effort to reinforce the river dikes. but fire crews are confident their work here will soon be done. >> we know a bit about this river and about floods. we're optimistic that we have a stated, thankfully. -- that we have escaped it. >> further north, the situation is under control, too, thanks in part to a large porch dam which straddles both rivers. people have been carefully controlling the flow of water there. >> a simple rule of thumb is what their threat to life and limb. this time it worked. >> generally, the authorities are wary of celebrating too soon. some parts of brandenburg can expect to be on high alert until at least wednesday. >> the smog that has plagued moscow lifted on tuesday. experts say the concentration of toxic gases remains high. the smog is a result of some 500 of the wild fires still burning across central and western russia. there has been fierce criticism of the government's handling off the crisis. prime minister vladimir potent has been visiting some of the worst hit areas. his approval rati

so their search led them to the nearby schuylkill river. philadelphia developed technologies to pump water from the river into the city. these technologies established engineering concepts that are still the basis for our water systems today. europeans flocked here. it was a destination point to see the new world technology. when charles dickens visited us in 1840, he was truly blown away by high water pressure on the fourth floor of the hotel he was staying in. nowhere in europe had he experienced that. this technology was doing something to support the life and the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go t

some of the trash in and around the river may blow in from the roadway or may be washed into the rivera storm drain but from the looks of things most of it came from people who carelessly tossed aside. in san jose kron 4 news. >> >> >> the plan to enforce parking meters on sunday that has been put on hold they wanted a richly to test a program in the marina west portal hayes valley and the financial district also the richmond district. after research agencies decided not to go forward with the plan. the reporters say the plan was generated $2.8 million. opponents were saying it would simply drive away a lot of people who don't want a pay for parking. a possible fare increase of nearly 32 percent is coming to golden gate ferry riders. this means those who use translate or klipper transfer cards would have to pay 65¢ more. in sausalito riders would pay a $40 more. the proposed fee hike would take effect january 1st of course this is all part of the effort to close the big budget deficit. a public hearing has been scheduled for october 7th. a report just released by aaa northern californi

system in this case the american river in a given year. here's when,folsome damage was built. these are the flows when they did not have the operations for flood management that's how you would study the reservoir. now look since it was built. six of the highe flows recorded have happened since the damage was built. has the corporation changed the criteria, no. we have been aware of this from some time. this is feather river and,orville, was constructed here and if youed a 06 you would have four of the highest flows that have occurred since we constructed that. from a flood stand point we're not taking this into consideration. in terms of the roll or rule terms there's not much change in those. final example is san,jaoquin, refr, you see 2006 is missing. there's a couple of points. one, the flashier nature that will continue as we lose snow back. the other is from a flood standpoint, but if you think about the hundred year flood has a chance of occurring one in a hundred years. most of that analysis was done in the first or middle of the p

the volga river it's featured in countless poems stories and songs. and it's the main transport link that stretches all the way down to the caspian sea . the longest river in europe pastas through many major russian cities such as q sounds to modest and volgograd. preceded by viking settlements in the april ninth centuries the city is said to have been founded in the tent and as an outpost the principle is the overall story. centuries later. second largest city a first time during the polish invasion of russia in six hundred twelve it was the unofficial capital of russia. today the city has a population of over six hundred thousand it's an important heritage site and off to moscow and st petersburg it's one of the main tourist destinations we come from the u.s. where something that one hundred years old is considered all and here we've been able to see magnificent frescoes that are up to a thousand years old so it's been just an incredible experience you can see why this city is so popular. apart from the site during history in b.c. it also has a fast

and so for the past decade, the city has embarked on a program to clean up the river. now, with 1,800 miles of sewer system, three sewage plants and combined sewer overflows, it took a number of years to figure out what would be the solution. we are facing a crisis in infrastructure. bethea: a huge change came about when mayor shirley franklin became the mayor of atlanta. we're having to choose how to spend our money. i named myself "the sewer mayor," and i wear that title very proudly, because, without wastewater infrastructure and drinking water infrastructure, the economy will stop. we did a major outreach. we trained an outreach team, who went to every community meeting, to educate people on how bad the crisis was. not only did i tell people that we'd have to raise rates, i told them we'd have to tear up the city to repair this infrastructure. man: you can't simply say, "i won't use any water, it's too expensive." we have about 25% of our population that's at or below the poverty line, so you have to look at rate structures that are tiered so the people can pay the

river pirates pools. if he preferred to stay dry this plenty of other activities you can enjoy while side saying and you can experience life as it was a century ago. opened in two thousand and four there are two holes here at the museum of nineteenth century life one represents a local shop another is a living room of a middle class english family from the past. allies in which traditions the museum is interactive with various costume and don'ts performances and dining experiences being organized at the venue. there's also an unusual exhibition in town a museum of prison art features various objects handmade by comics such as items created from words plastic newspapers bread and even paintings drawn on bed sheets one of the museum's rooms represents a cell with wax figures of prisoners in stride robes different to say the least. as for where to stay there's a choice of accommodation in the several hotels located right in the cultural and historical heart of the town one of the newest hotels is the full st

you only have to stand up. >> the uniqueness of the river is the peace of the river.very, very busy world. but there's plenty of places upstream or downstream where you could have a real quiet time. >> i caught my first fish when i was 4 on the buffalo river. i've had my first solo boating trip when i was an early teenager. and just from the time that i was a little kid on up through now, it's just been a tremendous part of our lives. how was school today? [ girls ] good. ♪ ♪ thank you! ♪ phew! [ ernie ] we make our cookies the way only keebler elves can: with a little something extra. so every bite can be uncommonly good. ♪ gonna meet me at the lunchtime bell ♪ ♪ long division can't split us in two ♪ ♪ we'll share the day, i'll share it with you ♪ ♪ share it with me, i'll share it with you ♪ [ sneezes ] [ female announcer ] only kleenex brand has sneeze shield in all of their tissues, to help catch a sneeze in its tracks, kleenex. sneeze shield your classroom. let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. ea

draw down the river 25 feet and see if our models are right. there's a lot of things we can do with models without physically doing it. there's compelling scientific evidence that posted challenges to our water systems. unfortunately, there's pretty serious evidence that we may not about quickly or effectively enough to prevent some pretty extensive consequences for us. i think that's a problem. . manager's must use current tools but also look at future risks. policy manager's have the opportunity to do this. we already manager for variability and risk. we build homes in earthquake zones not knowing how big or when the earthquake will be. but we manager risks and we have lots of tools for doing that management but we're not doing enough yet. either in planning or actually on the ground action. we do need to take more on the ground action. ultimately the impact will depend on our ability to for see major changes and do the analysis and adopt and implement changes and this is in the face of surprises, because as much as we know, there will be sur

this is the jubilee river. it is basically a duplication of the river thames. we are likely to see more conveyance solutions of this type being constructed in the future. many of you will be familiar with the thames garage project. this has been in operation for quite a number of years and essentially protects the whole of the essential london area from rising sea levels. this will have to be replaced with a much bigger barrier in the future and starts have already been made on planning and estimating costs. it will be totally impossible to defend all coastal areas from sea level rise in the future. it is only the high value areas where we will be able to afford such protection from coastal changes. in our urban areas as well, as i said, we will not be able to afford simply to increase the size of our infrastructure to deal with the increased storm events we will see as a result of climate change. this is a picture of severe flooding in glasgo, scotland in 2002. you can see the contribution that the drainage system is making here. you can see the water streamin

and a dispute over that they could have a life buffer for water in the middle east is leaving the river jordan missed from year to year. so you're watching live from moscow welcome to the program our top story now police in southern russia are trying to trace the parents of a baby abandoned beside a road in blistering heat doctors are amazed she survived after being left in the grass for several hours with a temperature pushing fifty degrees. over reports. here it's. a favorite of all the stock. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heat wave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl c. atlanta sunny the two we call child will sported by possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. to squeak thought it was a kitten. that i look closer was taken about it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant child like this. the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents without success it's america how a baby a little more than two weeks old so many hours under the open sun this

in early spring people used the river to get to the rocky range where a cave. is situated along a tributary of the larger river nature reserve staff. existence by chance. where. we had not been aware of its systems for ten years when locals told us about it they said sheep being sheltered in the caves first tunnel when we first came here we did see tracks left by sheep yes that's right i remember the first time i came here we did see tracks left by sheep. the cave extends for more than a kilometer several years. central chamber. walls are covered in drip stones tights and. the north. the ground they represent the redbook species. and the horseshoe nosed bad more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter they cuddle together in order to survive the cold weather in summer they fly to the foothills and return again in autumn they start preparing for migration in early spring when they split up into smaller groups. sometimes i find all of the covered with. they look very much like covered in tinsel. ok visit closed ecosystem the humidity is one hundred perce

east is leaving for the drive this country's drive to cut themselves a larger piece of life given river. world news and much more twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. police in southern russia trying to trace the parents of a baby abandoned beside a road in blistering heat doctors are amazed she survived after being left in grass for several hours but the temperature pushing fifty degrees. over reports. the. favorite of all the stock. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl c atlanta sunny the two we call child was spotted by a possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. with the disc we thought it was a kitten that i looked closer and was taken aback it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody punk. when a child like this. the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents without success it's a miracle how a baby a little more than two weeks old. so many hours until the open sun this is what fifty degrees celsius to gro

tempest lives as water levels drop that middle east nations accusing child of draining the river jordan singing families to live it that vital supply lines. and keeping the mysticism but not leave the descendants of ancient shamans out holding tradition in the modern world on the banks of siberia and they buy. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me alice had a baby in southern russia has stunned doctors by surviving after being abound in the blistering heat waves glaring solve the two week old was discussed. roadside and police in the rostov region and then looking for her parents. over how the story. here is. the favorite of all the stuff. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl with lana or sonny the two we call child was spotted by a possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. i heard a squeak i thought it was a kitten that i look closer and was taken aback it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant a child