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Adaptation to Global Water Shortages
Season 1, Episode 4
Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers. Western Morocco, near the Sahara Desert, is currently facing unprecedented drought and groundwater mismanagement. But an ancient method of gathering moisture from fog is being taught to 13 villages, allowing people to have a level of local control over their most basic need. In Central Valley, California, the food basket of the world uses nearly 80 percent of the entire state's water supply. Yet, there are still close to one million people who don't have access to clean drinking water. Researchers at UCLA may change that through a technology that would allow unincorporated rural communities to control how contaminated water is treated.
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100,000 Residents In Bountiful Central Valley Still Lack Access to Clean Water
Today, roughly 100,000 people in Central Valley cannot drink the water that flows from their taps, for it is contaminated with high levels of toxins.
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Turning Fog Into Water Transforms Women's Lives in Morocco
By harvesting water with a fog-catching system, a women-led NGO is transforming the water-scarce villages tucked into the mountains overlooking the scorching Sahara and freeing up young women to get an education.
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Adaptation to Water Shortages
Harvesting Fog to Address Drought At Edge of the Sahara
At the edge of Morocco's Sahara region, a new way of harvesting water has the potential to deeply impact a culture.
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