Nova Season 7 Episode 16 - The Water Crisis

Airdate: 1980-Nov-25

Episode summary:

Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adirondack Mountains where acid rain is killing many high elevation lakes; to the Mississippi River where chlorine has combined with natural and manmade organic chemicals to form cancer-causing toxic chemical susbtances; to California, where conservation recycling has had to become a way of life; and to Bedford, Massachusetts, where the town wells have been contaminated by industrial waste.

About Nova series:

A weekly documentary series, each episode providing an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research. Subjects examined by this show ...Show more >