"We All Live in a Watershed" Premiers on KCET October 2nd.Seventh Episode of California's Water' Series SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- "We All Live in a Watershed," the seventh episode of the "California's Water" public television series produced by Huell Howser Huell Burnley Howser (born 18 October 1945 in Gallatin, Tennessee) is a television personality best-known for his travel shows for PBS affiliate KCET. Howser's shows - California's Gold, California's Golden Parks, California's Water, Visiting... , is set to air October 2 at 6 p.m. on KCET KCET Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (Japan) KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology . It will then be available to air statewide on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, stations. Check your local listings for details. "We All Live in a Watershed," sponsored by the Placer County Water Agency, focuses on watersheds and their importance to water supply, drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , recreation, hydroelectric power hydroelectric power: see power, electric; water power. hydroelectric power Electricity produced from generators driven by water turbines that convert the energy in falling or fast-flowing water to mechanical energy. , plants and wildlife. Viewers visit a key watershed and see how water moves from mountain elevations flowing through rivers, springs and streams into large lakes finally emptying into the ocean. This segment of "California's Water" focuses on watersheds and their importance to our environment, our economy and our well-being. Viewers visit a key watershed to learn how water moves through the natural landscape and find out what local water agencies are doing to manage and protect these critical natural systems. A watershed is an area of land that drains into a particular body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary or ocean. Water is constantly in motion from the highest elevation to the lowest point. Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes, they can encompass millions of square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. , or just a few acres. In California partnerships at the local, state and federal level are key to develop sound management plans that will ensure the protection of natural resources into the future. In each "California's Water" segment, Huell Howser visits features of California's water system and gets an up-close look at various water management tools and challenges facing the state's water future. Segment titles include: * Climate Change (First aired April 2006) * The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in northern California in the United States. It is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the (First aired May 2006) * The Flood Fight of 2006 (First aired June 2006) * Storing Water (First aired July 2006) * What's New on the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. (First aired August 2006) * Using Water Wisely (First aired September 2006) * California's Water System * Sacramento Valley The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California. It encompasses all or parts of ten counties. : Working Together Pays Off * Water Recycling Imitates Nature * Desalting Ocean Water * Living with Nature * Moving Water and Meeting Needs * Protecting Against Floods * Regional Solutions for Local Needs An updated list of airdates and times is available on www.acwa.com. The series, underwritten by members of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), covers issues identified in ACWA's comprehensive policy document, "No Time to Waste: A Blueprint for California Water." The document, released in 2005, recommends a suite of actions and investments to ensure California has the water supply system it will need in future decades. ACWA's members believe educating the public on water issues is critical and are taking that commitment seriously by underwriting the "California's Water" series. ACWA is a statewide association of public agencies whose 440 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwa.com. |
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