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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 19 min., 49 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
As water becomes more and more scarce, the challenge is to boost water productivity and efficiency while protecting the natural environment. This program presents an overview of job opportunities in water management such as flood control, reservoir management, levee design and repair, designing and operating dams and sewer systems, river management and restoration, monitoring fish populations, protecting habitats and endangered species, maintaining...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Learn rainwater harvesting techniques. In California and other regions affected by drought, agriculture is suffering from a lack of water and farms are being abandoned at an alarming rate. But some people have developed solutions to capture the rains that DO fall. In this state and in many other dry regions around the world, land restoration helps water penetrate healthy soils and in turn increase crop yields. Even in dry areas, water which typically...
Publisher
Oasis Design
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"An instructional video on how to design and build Laundry to Landscape Greywater Systems. These are the simplest, most economical greywater systems to install yourself as an owner or renter...Learn how to save freshwater with laundry washwater; relieve strain on your septic tank; purify wastewater better without energy or chemicals. Laundry to Landscape is an open-source, collaborative... design..."---Description from http://oasisdesign.net
Publisher
City of Santa Barbara
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Episodes 1-9 of the local TV show that shows you how to garden in environmentally-friendly, sustainable ways. Covers such topics as incorporating the best plants into your garden, irrigation systems, soils, pests, etc.
Publisher
Santa Barbara County Water Agency
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (21 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This video introduces viewers to the diverse water supplies present in Santa Barbara County through interviews, images, and narration. Topics include history, climate, local groundwater basins, local reservoirs, cloud seeding, state water project, and water conservation. Santa Barbara County has a diverse water portfolio with the majority of water being drawn from local groundwater basins and reservoirs. While each water provider is working with...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen format (1:78:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis... begging the question: Can anyone really own water?"--Container.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these episodes from the PBS Kids animated series The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that, Gecko teaches Sally how to do a better job of hiding when she and Nick play hide-and-seek and Cat takes Sally and Nick to visit friends in the desert to learn how to stay cool in hot weather and to conserve water.
Publisher
City of Santa Barbara
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Episodes 10-13 of the local TV show that shows you how to garden in environmentally-friendly, sustainable ways. Covers such topics as incorporating low-water native plants into your garden, low-maintenance lawns, etc.
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