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Rays of Hope in the Darkness of Drought

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 12:48:44

This film shows drinking water supply systems in various villages in India, Nalgonda district. Problems like scarcity and fluoride are presented. Social control, raising awareness and rules and regulations are suggested options to cope with these problems. Two NGOs explain how defluoridation filters help local communities with purifying their drinking water.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Bunds in Pakistan

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-03 16:20:06

Discussion among farmers on how to build bunds in a spate irrigation system, Pakistan

More info: MetaMeta
Produced by: MetaMeta
Year: 2008
Language: Urdu

Earth Water Global

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 12:33:40

This documentary explains the Megawatershed paradigm, its global implications and EarthWater's unique approach to discovering these vast, renewable groundwater resources.

More info: Earth Water Global
Produced by: Emmy Award, David Felsen and Three Human Inc.
Year: 2008
Language: English

Living Labs: Nile River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 12:39:55

Droughts, floods and environmental degradation have caused much concern among the ten African countries that share the River Nile. As they search for ways to minimise damage, researchers are focusing on people, livestock and the land near the source of this mighty river. Everybody needs to manage more with less water, and old habits have to change.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Faecal Attraction: Political Economy of Defecation

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 12:46:36

CSE latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and poor man's water.

More info: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Produced by: CSE
Year: 2007
Language: English

Water Aid on Google Earth

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 13:04:23

A short animated tour of WaterAid's Google Earth awareness layer. WaterAid is working with Google Earth that allows people to view their project work on the ground.

More info: WaterAid
Produced by: WaterAid
Year: 2008
Language: English

Spate Irrigation Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 13:12:35

Short video on spate irrigation in Ethiopia by Oromia Government and the Spate Irrigation Network.

More info: Spate Irrigation Network
Produced by: Oromia Government and Spate Irrigation Network
Year: 2008
Language: English

Tears ( Lagrimas )

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 14:10:13

Short movie. A last drop, a last memory lost in the eyes of a girl. Selected for the spot showing at the fourth World Water Forum in Mexico.

More info: World Water Forum
Produced by: Visiones Crios - Omar Flores Sarabia
Year: 2007
Language: n/a

Safe Water in Sri Lanka

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 14:22:24

UNICEF, along with the European Community Humanitarian Aid Department, and other partners, is providing safe drinking water and proper latrines for children at relief camps and temporary schools and shelters around Sri Lanka. Because of the early focus on providing clean water, adequate sanitation, basic nutrition and routine medical care, not a single child in Sri Lanka has died as a result of disease or displacement from the tsunami.

More info: Unicef
Produced by: Thomas Nybo
Year:
Language: English

The Seventh Video

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 14:32:03

Full title: The Seventh Video on Community Water Supply Management. This video presentation is an appeal to decision-makers to support rural communities in their efforts to manage their water supplies. The video states that governments cannot leave rural communities with the full responsibility for the management of their water supplies. Governments possess the power and the means to provide the support that communities need. The Seventh Video was made for decisions makers, but contains many interesting issues for everyone concerned with rural water supply, such as the organisational problems regarding water management and gender issues. The video is based on material provided by IRC partners in Nepal, Pakistan, Cameroon, Kenya, Colombia and Guatemala.

More info: IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre�
Produced by: IRC
Year: 2000
Language: English

Voces de Mujeres

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-23 15:55:59

This film shows the sustainable experience of four communities �in establishing drinking water supply and simplified sewerage systems in the peri-urban area of Santiago de Cali, Colombia. It gives some evidences about the importance of developing this kind of projects involving communities with a gender approach.

More info: www.genderandwater.org�and�cinara.univalle.edu.co
Produced by:�Cinara, Universidad del Valle / GWA
Year: 2005
Language: Spanish (also available in English)

Kenya: what water means to me

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 14:51:36

Karen C students share their thoughts on the importance of water in their lives. Produced by Ernest Waititu. This project is part of the Pulitzer Center's Global Gateway on Water educational outreach project.

More info: Water Wars
Produced by: Ernest Waititu
Year: 2008
Language: English

Troubled Waters

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 22:12:57

An IFAD-supported project in the south of Jordan helps poor farmers better manage soil and water resources in one of the world's top ten water-poor countries.

More info: IFAD�
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2008
Language: English

Carpa Diem

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 14:57:26

An apartment. Bedtime. A little girl lovingly watches a fish (a carp) swimming in an aquarium, while her younger brother is playing in the bathroom, listening to music and letting the water run in the sink. A waste of water that could turn into tragedy.

More info: director Sergio Canella
Produced by: Amap SPA
Year: 2006
Language: n/a

Water For People: Sharing the Gift of Life

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 15:11:11

Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs.

More info: Water for People�
Produced by: Water for People
Year:
Language: English

Gediz river pilot story

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 15:23:27

The Gediz river basin (Turkey) is one of the nine pilot areas of the project PLEIADeS (www.pleiades.es). This video tells the story of the past and current situation of water resources and irrigation in the area.

More info: PLEIADeS��
Produced by: PLEIADeS
Year:
Language: Turkish with English subtitles

Borderline Waters

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 16:15:23

A new and different way of discovering the world behind the delta of the River Danube: a river that for hundreds of years has marked important boundaries in Europe until January 2007 when it ceased to act as "borderline.." between neighbouring countries, becoming a free and entirely European river. This is a trailer of the full 60 minutes documentary.

More info:
Produced by: BC Today
Year:
Language: n/a

Climate Change, Peru: Retreating

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 16:30:15

In Pucarumi, a small community in the foothills of the snow-capped Peruvian Andes, Felipe mulls the fate of the life-giving Ausangate glacier. Year after year, the great white glacier of his boyhood has receded and slowly turned black.

More info: The World Bank
Produced by: The World Bank
Year: 2007
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Feeder Channels & Supply Channels to Tanks

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 12:32:53

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Feeder Channels & Supply Channels to tanks.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Water Governance

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 16:44:42

A series of four video shorts (each approximately 2 minutes long) introducing Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Caribbean.

More info: IWCAM�and dspencer@cehi.org.lc
Produced by: Buccoo Reef Trust
Year: 2007
Language: English

India Water

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 16:57:33

Clean drinking water is the key to survival for hundreds of children and families seeking refuge in this crowded relief camp in Nagapattnam, India. Water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentry all caused by drinking contaminated water are threatening the lives of survivors of the tsunami.

More info: UNICEF�
Produced by: Kun Li
Year:
Language: English

Water treatment and hygiene education project

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 17:01:16

UNICEF correspondent Jane O'Brien reports on the water treatment programme that is saving lives in Sudan's Darfur region.

More info: UNICEF Television
Produced by: Jane O'Brien
Year: 2007
Language: English

UNICEF and ECHO bring clean water to Sudan's villa

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 17:08:31

For people living in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, central Sudan, getting enough clean water has been a difficult task. Working with ECHO, the European Community Humanitarian Office, UNICEF has turned the situation around, building and rehabilitating the region's water plants to ensure more than 110,000 people can have access to safe drinking water.

More info: Unicef�
Produced by: Kun Li
Year: 2007
Language: English

World Water Day 2008: Hurry Up!

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 17:14:49

On World Water Day, as on every other day, some 2.5 billion people will be 'doing their business' somewhere other than in a toilet or latrine. That is not a statistic many people want to examine too closely, but it is crucial data for efforts to reduce child mortality.

More info: Unicef television
Produced by: Unicef
Year: 2008
Language: English

Living Labs: Mekong River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 17:30:21

It takes large volumes of water to grow rice, but old habits have to change in a world running short of water. Rice farmers in Thailand are adopting a new method, System of Rice Intensification (SRI), to achieve more crops with less seeds and water, but without damaging the environment. It involves using mulch, inter-cropping and transplanting rice earlier than usual.

More info: Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2007
Language: English

Artificial wetlands to treat wastewater in Egypt

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 22:35:27

The Lake Manzala Engineered Wetland Project investigated the suitability of using artificial wetlands as a low-cost alternative for treating sewage from cities, towns, and villages located on the fringes of the Nile Valley and Delta, where ample land is available.

More info: www.undp.org
Produced by: Fwd, forward film productions
Year: 2008
Language: English

Environmentally friendly wastewater treatment

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 22:48:55

Full title: Environmentally friendly wastewater treatment plant in Linge/Mithuania.
The Global Environmental Fund's Small Grant Programme provided funding to install an environmentally friendly wastewater treatment plant in Minge, a small community living in an area sensitive to water pollution. This enabled the residents of this picturesque fishing village to develop infrastructure for rural and water tourism, thus creating additional income opportunities.

More info: UNDP
Produced by: UNDP
Year: 2006
Language: English

Contaminants in our Bottled Water?

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 22:52:47

ABC news item on bottled water compared to tap water.

More info: ABC news
Produced by: ABC news
Year: 2008
Language: English

Cholera plagues Afghanistan

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 22:57:45

Al Jazeera news item on cholera outbreak in Afghanistan. As if living in a country at war was not bad enough, the people of Afghanistan are battling a new outbreak of cholera. At least 20 people have been killed so far - most of them women and children. Health workers blame poor sanitation and a lack of clean water.

More info: AlJazeera
Produced by: AlJazeera
Year: 2008
Language: English

Turning waste(water) into compost in Romania

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-19 23:08:57

A UNDP clip: To address the problem of water pollution caused by the dumping of agricultural waste near the Tur River, sites to collect the waste and turn it into compost were created. This not only reduces the damage to plants and wildlife in the area, bit it provides local farmers with an environmentally friendly material with which to fertilize crops.

More info:�UNDP
Produced by: UNDP
Year: 2006
Language: English

Myanmar water threatened by arsenic contamination

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-20 10:09:16

The village of Zin Pyun Gon, nestled in Myanmar's Ayeyarwaddy Delta, appears idyllic in at first glance. But the water that gives this community life also presents a serious threat to its health. While the water looks clean and tastes good, it actually contains arsenic, which over time can cause of range of serious health ailments. Fortunately, this situation is being addressed in Myanmar by UNICEF and its health and water counterparts.

More info: UNICEF
Produced by: Jason Rush
Year: 2007
Language: English

Recharge well - Rainwater harvesting for aquifer

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-20 14:49:49

Recharge wells can pick storm water and send it to the aquifer. This can mitigate urban flooding, enhance ground water levels and make available well water for supplemental purpose. Depending on lithology conditions , ground water levels and recharge rates, these recharge wells need to be designed. In Bangalore a 3 feet diameter and 20 feet deep well works in most places and can cover 250 square metre of plot area including roof area well.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: zenrainman
Year: 2007
Language: English

Blue Gold : World Water Wars

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-20 15:08:00

Wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil. There have indeed been many films made recently on what might very well be the hottest topic of our new century. This video is based on Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke's call to arms Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water, and features eloquent testimonials from them as well as from the likes of the ever-admirable Vandana Shiva. This is a trailor of the larger documentary.

More info: www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com
Produced by: Sam Bozzo
Year: 2008
Language: English

Gully Control Works & Sunken Pits

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 12:22:02

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Gully Control Works & Sunken Pits.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Water for the Local Development

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-21 15:05:59

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership of The World Bank. Their goal is to help the poor gain sustained access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene. This video shows issues (like non functionality)related to management of water and sanitation services in Peru.

More info: Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
Produced by: WSP
Year: 2007
Language: English

Rebuilding lives in flood-affected Bihar

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-21 15:31:48

Remote Sarainyan Village (India) is flanked by embankments designed to keep the waters of the Budhi Gandak River from flowing into the surrounding fields. During the recent monsoon, however, these embankments had an extremely negative effect. They stopped the flood water from draining back into the river - leaving it to stagnate in the fields and marooning the displaced residents.

More info: UNICEF - www.unicef.org �
Produced by: UNICEF television
Year: 2007
Language: English

BAIRA: the floating garden

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-21 16:13:38

This documentary shows an adaptation technique used to deal with flood and water logging in the South Central part of Bangladesh.

More info: www.bcas.net Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
Produced by: BCAS and IIED
Year: 2007
Language: English

Festival Vid�EAU 2008: Eau imaginaire

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-05 11:55:47

Matthew Fournier and Simon Leblanc from Canada won the 3rd price ex-equo of the Festival Vid�EAU 2008.

More info: RIEC-IWFE
Produced by:�Matthew Fournier and Simon Leblanc
Year: 2008
Language: English, French, Spanish

Mapping Malawi

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 10:16:18

WaterAid works in 17 countries providing water, sanitation and hygiene education to some of the world's poorest people. This short film explores WaterAid's life-changing work in Malawi.

More info: WaterAid - www.wateraid.org
Produced by: WaterAid
Year:
Language: English

Inside Story: Arctic rush

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 15:07:45

IIED's Barry Dalal-Clayton recently contributed to an episode of Aljazeera's 'Inside Story' called 'Arctic Rush', which examines the concerns raised by environmental groups about the ongoing rush for resources and potential environmental harms.

More information: IIED - www.iied.org��
Produced by: AlJazeera
Year: 2008
Language: English

I am Water - 5th World Water Forum

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-04 11:12:33

The IUCN Water programme announces the 5th World Water Forum with the PSA clip "I Am Water", aiming to draw attention to the global water crisis. This PSA is currently broadcasting on CNN Intl.

More info: 5th World Water Forum
Produced by: IUCN, World Water Council,�World Water Forum�
Year: 2009
Language: English

Djikoroni

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 15:20:28

A mini film festival took place as a side event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali (COP13) in 2008. The films cover issues related to climate and development. This video captures the plight of one village on Mali in the face of climate change.

More info: Salimata Wade at saly_wade@yahoo.fr or Oumar Sango at sangooumar@yahoo.fr �
Produced by: Capacity Strengthening of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC) programme at the IIED (London)
Year: 2008
Language: French with English subtitles

Pintadas Solar

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 15:34:28

This film is about an SouthSouthNorth Adaptation project implemented in the semi-arid region of Brasil. The focus of the project is to improve agriculture through water and energy efficient irrigation systems. The video presents an overview of the project and its partners.

More info: thaisc@redeh.org.br
Produced by: Luiz Gomez REDEH and SSN
Year:
Language: English

Water: Source of Food Security

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 16:16:04

This video shows how water scarcity in Niger is affecting the annual harvest, and how FAO is helping to channel water in from nearby villages to help irrigate the crops.

More info: www.fao.org/nr/water
Produced by: FAO
Year:
Language: English

Children Sing for Water (WaterAid)

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 16:45:07

Songwriter Richard Stilgoe discusses the new songs he's written. Find out how you can get involved in this great new project from WaterAid!

More info: www.wateraid.org
Produced by: WaterAid
Year:
Language: English

Liquid Gold

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-24 16:57:19

This fascinating film explores some of the social and financial benefits clean water and sanitation can bring to a community, by focusing on a village in Tanzania.

More info: www.wateraid.org
Produced by: Eye to Eye Television
Year:
Language: English

Wetlands supporting Livehoods in Malawi and Zambia

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-26 15:17:53

A film by Wetlands International that shows the importance of wise use of dambos (seasonally flooded grasslands) in Central Southern Africa, for the communities that live around them. In the last two decades, periodic droughts in Zambia and Malawi have rapidly increased, causing alarming seasonal food and fresh water shortages resulting in increased health and economic vulnerability during the dry seasons. For many people in Zambia and Malawi the only way to survive these periods is by using the dambos for agriculture providing enough for local consumption and surplus for the market.

More info: Wetlands International�
Produced by: Gitte Spinder and Maurice Tromp
Year:
Language: English

Mangrove forests for coastal restoration

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-26 15:46:17

Reducing the impact of storms and supporting local communities in tropical coastal regfions by replanting mangrove forests.

More info: Wetlands International�
Produced by: XO-media
Year: 2008
Language: English

Philippines Environment Monitor: Water Quality

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-04 12:32:27

Poor water quality has large economic and quality of life costs, in terms of health impacts and foregone revenues. According to the Philippine government's monitoring data, just over 36 percent of the country's river systems are classified as sources of public water supply and that up to 58 percent of groundwater sampled is contaminated with coliform and needs treatment. Approximately 31 percent of illnesses monitored for a five-year period were also caused by water-borne sources, and many areas are experiencing a shortage of water supply, during the dry season.

More info: The World Bank
Produced by: The World Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

Solving conflicts over water scarcity in Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-26 16:14:31

Solving water conflicts about the scarce water resources in Southern Kenya.

More info: Wetlands International
Produced by: Gitte Spinder and Maurice Tromp
Year:
Language: English

Climate change adaptation in the Inner Niger Delta

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-26 17:20:12

This video presents better use of the water of the Inner Niger Delta in a changing climate.

More info: Wetlands International
Produced by: XO Media
Year: 2008
Language: English

The Right to be Different

TheWaterChannel — 2008-11-27 11:04:08

Full title: The right to be different. The struggle for water and identity in the Andes.
In the Licto area, Ecuador, the indigenous population fought for its water. Indian peasants headed the design, construction and organization of the irrigation system. After more than 20 years the water finally reached the community.�

More info: WUR IWE�and Rutgerd.Boelens@wur.nl
Produced by: Agrapan and WUR
Year: 2003
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -6

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-22 20:29:06

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Novi Rahmawati – Yogyakarta, Indonesia
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

water is life - sanitation is dignity

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-20 17:33:27

Only one in ten households in Burkina Faso has an appropriate latrine. Sources of drinking water are jeopardised by wastewater, and there is often not enough safe water for personal hygiene. These conditions often lead to the spread of disease. By building new latrines and communal toilets, setting up proper wastewater management systems and introducing ecological sanitation systems, hygienic conditions are improved for the benefit of the people and the environment.

More info: www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: English

A line in the sand

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-01 12:03:34

In Alashan, a remote region of grassland or steppe in the Mongolian Autonomous Region of China, the desert is growing by 1000 square kilometres per year. Fifty years ago there were 50 springs in the area, three rivers and 800 small lakes. Today sand dunes roll across the plain and the springs, rivers and most of the lakes are gone. This Earth Report travels to Alashan to find out what has gone so drastically wrong over so short a time, and to see what the Chinese authorities and development agencies are doing to draw a line in the sand.

More info: www.tve.org/earthreport�
Produced by: John Liu, a UNEP WWF films production made in association with TVE
Year: 2001
Language: English

Water is a gift

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-01 13:03:13

This short awareness video is being displayed on national television in Yemen from Jan 25 till the end of March 2008. It enhances a programme promoting sustainable water usage in agriculture in the country of Yemen led by the GTZ in collaboration with the NWRA Awareness Departement (National Water Resources Authority of Yemen).

More info: www.tc-wateryemen.org
Produced by: GTZ, The Yemeni-German Water Program, Jetzt, NWRA and MWE
Year: 2007
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Kitui Sand Dams

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-01 15:08:16

Water availability and water quality are of vital importance for future development. This video shows 'the Kitui sand dams' project in Kenya, where with strong community participation, adaptation to climate change can be successful and can even provide an increase to regional economic growth.

More info: CPWC
Produced by: Arena Films
Year: 2006
Language: English

The Sanitation Solution with Smart Technology

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-01 19:57:27

This video shows Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems (DEWATS), developed by BORDA. Rather than being merely a technology package DEWATS is a technical approach and the applications provide state-of-the-art-technology at affordable prices because all of the materials used for construction are locally available.

More info: www.borda-net.org
Produced by: BORDA
Year: 2008
Language: English

Discover Sustainable Balance with Ploppy

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-02 11:49:16

An interactive experience for all ages, guided by PLOPPY, you are brought closer to the world of groundwater,its use and there with related problems and solutions.

More info: This educative CD with Ploppy is available�in English or in Spanish.��
Produced by: Ministerio de Educaci�n y Ciencia - Instituto Ge�logico y Minero de Espa�a.
Year:
Language: English and Spanish

The Ythan Project - sustainable land management

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-02 14:07:24

This video shows how a community approach helps reduce pollution in Ythan estuary in Scotland. The approach includes: use of a farm demonstration site to disseminate best practice, working with local farmers to increase applications to agri-environment schemes for nutrient budgeting, and the production of water management plans and to encourage the use of buffer strips. Finally, the project brought anglers, walkers, local residents and national agencies together, to select and manage restoration work on sections of the river to create areas of semi-natural habitats.

More info: www.ythan.org.uk (part of an EC Environment LIFE Project)
Produced by: Ythan project
Year: 2004
Language: English

Water Voices - Walking for Water, India

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-09 09:58:39

During a three-year drought, women from the arid rural areas in Gujarat, India were spending at least three hours a day fetching water. Now the women are managing village water systems, and bring water closer to home.

More info: ADB Water for All�
Producer: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

Future of Water - Documentary series

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-03 09:41:34

Together the two award-winning documentaries, "A Journey in the History of Water", and "The Future of Water", include almost seven hours of footage from more than 30 countries all over the world. The programs present fascinating, varying and detailed accounts of human/water relations and the importance of water in social development.
The future of water in 3 parts (52 minutes each), exploring the implications of a growing, changing world for this important resource. These are the only films available presenting a comprehensive narrative of the role of water in history and development. Rather than pushing a specific political or ideological agenda, they give a balanced, though dramatic account of humanity?s use, dependence and dilemmas pertaining to water. The story is told by Terje Tvedt, University of Bergen and Unifob Global, a historian and professor in Geography and Political Science who has researched issues of water for several years (see for example his books on the River Nile and ?A History of water? series, published by IB Tauris, London and New York). Both documentary series have won prestigious awards and have been bought by TV-channels all over the world, as well as by hundreds of universities and institutions. Narration: English and Norwegian

More info: www.watervideo.com
Produced by: Panopicon with cooperation with the University of Bergen
Year:�2008
Language: English

Money into Water, Water into Money

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-03 10:55:40

This film looks at improved access to water and poverty reduction in both rural and urban environments in Ethiopia. The film shows part of the Research inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia (RIPPLE) research programme ?Money into Water, Water into Money?, which not only aims at providing access to clean water and better sanitation but also at reducing rural and urban poverty.

More info: RiPPLE�
Produced by: Wild Dog Limited�
Year: 2007
Language: English

Arsenic: A growing Threat in Pakistan

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-02 16:25:43

Consequences of arsenic in drinking water in Pakistan. Articles and pictures are presented.

More info: Urban Development and Environmental Research Center (UDERC)
Produced by:
Year:
Language: n/a

Loess Plateau Rehabilitation - Interview J. Vogele

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-03 13:23:20

World Bank task manager Juergen Vogele introduces the experiences in the initiation and implementation of the Loess Plateau project and shares his thoughts on how and why this project has succeeded. The experience shows the crucial importance of listening to the indigenous people, understanding the local best practices, designing the projects that provides the incentives for farmers to give up unsustainable practices, and implement the projects so that can be scaled up to non-project areas. This is how successful model projects can be scaled up.

More info: Earth's Hope
Produced by: Environment Education Media Project for China
Year: 2006
Language: English

Sub Surface Dams

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-06 10:00:48

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on sub surface dams.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Advancing Sands: Deserts and Migration

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 11:57:16

The BBC World TV debate was filmed at the headquarters of IUCN ? the World Conservation Union. It was moderated by BBC newscaster Zeinab Badawi and involved six internationally renowned panelists. The debate covered the impact of population and livestock increase on fragile dryland ecosystems, and to what extent desertification contributes to ethnic conflict and human migration.

More info: IUCN
Produced by: dev.tv and One Planet Pictures Production
Year: 2006
Language: English

Check dams

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-03 10:45:27

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Check Dams.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Mountains in the Mist

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-03 11:35:50

Cloud forests are very rare ecosystems, only 2% of the world's tropical forests are cloud forests. This film shows how scientists try to unravel the secrets of these ecosystems and how forest protection works in Costa Rica.

More info: Halsundbeinbruch film
Produced by: Sampurno Bruijnzeel
Year: 2004
Language: English

City Water Supply - New York, USA (1941)

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-04 13:53:53

Video, from 1941, on how New York City is supplied with water, how water is quality is tested and how water resources are protected from pollution.

More info: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Produced by: ERPI Classroom Films�
Year: 1941
Language: English

Scaling Up poverty reduction in China

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-08 11:01:39

This film examines how China succeeded in raising hundreds of millions of people out of poverty since reforming its economy in 1978 and how the lessons learned are helping the poor community throughout China. Experiences from three case studies on "The Southwest Poverty Reduction Project", "Growth and Transition in Wenzhou and Suzhou" and "The Loess Plateau project" were introduced. This film is a part of a series of documentaries for the Shanghai Global Learning Process on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction.

More info: Earth's Hope�
Produced by: John Liu
Year: 2004
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -7

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-08 11:57:33

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Miriam Belblidia & Tjeerd Driessen – New Orleans, USA
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

IWRM in the Caribbean: Water Governance

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-11 12:18:16

A series of short video's introducing Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the Caribbean.

More info: Integrating Watershed and Coastal Areas Management and IW:Learn�
Producer: Bucco Reef Trust
Year: 2007
Language: English

Water Voices - Hidden Paradise, Philippines

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-11 16:28:03

To the eye, Hidden Paradise in the city of Bacolod, Philippines is starkly different from other neighborhoods nearby. It's a community of former squatters with tidy homes and clean, dry streets, a safe drinking water supply, and healthy children. Community leaders reveal how they transformed a slum into a hidden paradise.

More info: ADB Water for All
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

The Niger, a Lifeline

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-10 13:11:37

A Wetlands International and Ramsar Secretariat documentary on the consequences of large scale dam construction on biodiversity, hydrological regimes, livelihoods and traditional cultures set in the Inner Niger Delta, Mali.

More info: Wetlands-PREM (Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management)
Produced by: Pieter van Beukering and Kim van der Leeuw
Year: 2006
Language: English

Water voices - The Connection, Cambodia

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-10 13:19:06

Long years of war and civil strife left Phnom Penh's water supply system in ruins. An estimated 70% of the city's water was lost through the decrepit distribution system and illegal connections. Led by its dynamic director, Ek Sonn Chan, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has overcome these challenges to become one of Asia's most effective water utilities, as it advances towards the goal of providing water for all of the city's residents.

More information: ADB Water for All
Produced by: The Information Office, ADB
Year: 2006
Language: English

Water Wars - Struggle to acces water, Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-10 17:32:16

Global climate change is making the struggle to access water worse, as we see in this report from the rugged region of southern Ethiopia, where drought is drying up wells, threatening an ancient way of life and fueling conflict. This video is a special from In Focus on world water day.

More info:�Pulitzer Center
Produced by: Julia Marino and Alex Stonehill
Year: 2008
Language: English

Water 'Wars' or Water 'Woes'?

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-11 10:17:08

Water Management as Conflict Management by Geoff Dabelko. Geoff Dabelko is Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center. In this presentation, Dabelko describes how water quality and quantity are declining in many parts of the world, posing acute problems for communities and governments. This crisis, along with high levels of interdependence on shared water resources, has led many members of the news media and some politicians to warn of imminent "water wars" between countries. Yet such wars between nations over water have never occurred in modern history and are unlikely to take place in the future. Although tensions over water resources often lead countries to trade hostile words, such exchanges rarely escalate into full-fledged conflicts.

More info: Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars�
Producer: Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars Year: 2008
Language: English

Le captage d'eau l'experience des impluviums...

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 12:05:54

Full title: Le captage d'eau l'experience des impluviums a sibirila (Mali)

More info: Rain foundation
Produced by: Helvetas - Mali
Year: 2008
Language: French

Water Voices - Breaking Barriers, Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-11 16:58:08

Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in Asia, with a population expected to reach 16 million by 2010. Over three million poor people live in squalid slums. Most are considered illegal squatters who have no access to city water or sanitation services. One solution gaining momentum is for poor communities to manage communal water points themselves, with assistance from a local NGO.

More info: ADB Water for All
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

Water voices - Upstream Downstream, Thailand

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-12 10:54:39

There is conflict over water use between upstream and downstream communities on the Ping River in northern Thailand. How can the competing demands for water be balanced? The Ping River Basin Committee brings all stakeholders together to seek common ground on sharing and protecting this vital river system.

More info: www.adb.org/water
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

Water Voices - Water Tomorrow, Kiribati and Tonga

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-12 13:16:08

The remote island countries of Kiribati and Tonga in the Pacific rely mainly on fragile groundwater aquifers for fresh water. But groundwater sources just below the surface are highly vulnerable to pollution and salt water intrusion, as populations grow and concentrate in urban areas. Community organizers are working to change peoples' behavior to safeguard water supplies and the environment.

More info: ADB Water for All
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2003
Language: English

Keeping water where it belongs, UK

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-12 14:44:49

The eastern part of England is partly reclaimed from the sea, centuries ago. The marshlands now are a valuable agricultural area. Of course, maintenance is needed to keep the water where it belongs and at the same time making it work. This video explains the 'how' of it by the Water Management Alliance, showing pumps, dedicated machines and ways of working with water.

More info: Water Management Alliance
Producer: Diamond Eye Productions
Year: 2008
Language: English

Ground Water Management Area Tour 2008

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-12 14:56:50

Southern Willamette Valley, Oregon. A video documenting a tour of the Groundwater Management Area. Attendees discussed groundwater issues related to nitrate contamination.

More info: Institute for Water and Watersheds Oregon State University
Produced by: Doorbell Production, Sarah Sheldrick
Year: 2008
Language: English

Rainwater Harvesting in Nepal

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 11:21:22

In Nepal it is difficult to have access to safe drinking water due to water crisis. This video shows rainwater harvesting methods promoted by the BSP Rainwater Harvesting Capacity Centre in Nepal.

More info: Biogas Sector Partnership - Nepal (BSP-Nepal)
Produced by: Forum for Sustainable Development Nepal (FSD-Nepal)
Year: 2007
Language: English

Demystifying H2O

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-15 12:50:53

Andhra Pradesh Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems (APFAMGS) project's key premise is behavioural change leading to voluntary self regulation. In seven drought prone districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, thousands of farmers residing in 638 habitations spread over several hundred kilometers have voluntarily taken number of steps to reduce groundwater pumping, for tiding over problem of groundwater depletion

More info:�http://9848.org/birdsorg.net/apfamgs_objectives.html
Produced by: Abraham Abhishek
Year: 2006
Language: English

Working to provide clean water

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-18 15:43:16

In Safou Nassaroua, Niger, villager Kilima Sabaou does not have access to safe, clean drinking water. Her children constantly suffer from diarrhoea and malnutrition. Unicef is working to provide clean water for her and the all the people in her village.

More info: Unicef Television�
Produced by: Sabine Dolan and Kun Li - Unicef Television
Year: 2006
Language: English

Trees on Tap

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 15:30:46

Every year we spend billions of dollars on pumping and purifying water for the world's ever-expanding cities. But why bother building a desalination plant, when a forest will do the same job for a fraction of the price? Nature Inc goes to New York, Ecuador and Jordan to see how the authorities are waking up to the potential: how they are protecting ecosystems, saving a fortune and safeguarding two of our most precious assets: water and biodiversity.

More info: Nature Inc�
Produced by: Nature Inc
Supported by: IUCN
Year:
Language: English

Myths and Realities of Natural Disasters

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 16:36:42

Myths have surrounded the occurrence of natural disaster phenomena since the beginnings of civilization. This video presents some popular beliefs in the context of some of the most devastating disasters to occur in the Region of the Americas. It emphasizes the importance of dispelling certain myths through education and understanding of actual events.

More info: Pan American Health Organization
Produced by: Pan American Health Organization
Year:
Language: English (also available in Spanish)

Womens voices

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-06 09:49:53

This film shows the sustainable experience of four communities �in establishing drinking water supply and simplified sewerage systems in the peri-urban area of Santiago de Cali, Colombia. It gives some evidences about the importance of developing this kind of projects involving communities with a gender approach.

More info:�www.genderandwater.org�and�cinara.univalle.edu.co
Produced by:�Cinara, Universidad del Valle / GWA
Year: 2005�
Language: English (also available in Spanish)

Irrigation water management from space: ERMOT

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-18 16:09:03

ERMOT is a public-private partnership established in 1997 to improve irrigation water management using Earth observation satellite data.

More info: Instituto de Desarrolo Regional
Producer: UCLM�
Year: 2003
Language: Spanish

Mitos y realidades de los desastres naturales

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 13:08:45

More info: Pan American Health Organization
Produced by: Pan American Health Organization
Year:
Language: Spanish (also available in English)

Tailenders: You have to fight for water rights

TheWaterChannel — 2008-12-22 17:05:44

A documentary showing the struggle for water in the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal irrigation system, Karnataka India.

More info: WUR
Produced by: Agrapen and Wageningen University
Year: 2000
Language: English

Villages on the Front Line: Jordan

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-12 16:53:21

In Jordan the challenge is to stop the entire Kingdom from turning to desert� a growing problem due to persistent drought and a population swollen by refugees from Middle East conflicts. Competition for water is so severe that even the legendary Dead Sea could disappear. TV presenter Rula Amin travels the length of Jordan and discovers that an IFAD-supported project working on the front lines of the crisis in the country?s driest southern governates provides innovative solutions as well as lessons for other countries.

More info: IFAD and www.ruralpovertyportal.org
Producer: IFAD, One Planet Pictures
Year:
Language: English

Tales of Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-04 12:45:04

'Tales of Water' is a multimedia project using photographs, film, television, print materials, and the internet to enable children from around the world to share their experiences with water in daily living. As part of an effort to secure clean water for future generations, children are expected to take active roles in this public awareness initiative. This video shows tales of water from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

More info: IUCN
Produced by: IUCN
Year:
Language: English

Asia's water crisis: The struggle within each drop

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 15:10:24

The struggle within each drop profiles Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the people's Republic of China, and looks toward solution to Asia's growing water crisis.

More info: Asian Development Bank�
Produced by: The Information Office &�ADB
Year: 1997
Language: English

Vietnam's water paradox

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 15:13:58

This video shows how current development projects in Viet Nam are having to work with a peculiar contradiction: the countryside receiving too much water and the cities too little. In both circumstances, the poor - both rural and urban - experience the greatest hardships.

More info: Asian Development Bank
Produced by: The Information Office - ADB
Year: 1995
Language: English

The Heat is on, better be prepared

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 15:16:14

Climate change is coming, according to climate scientists. Among its effects will be the impact on water resources... the things we care most about: water supply, water quality and the risk of disasters - floods and droughts.

More info:�CPWC
Produced by: Swynk
Year: 2003
Language: English

Groundwater, The Hidden Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 15:19:56

This video shows, in a broad outline, the various activities of TNO?s groundwater department, interesting topics are touched upon, such as: groundwater research, groundwater monitoring, archiving of groundwater data, information system development and institution building abroad. The video illustrates the groundwater related problems in a densely populated and industrialised country like the Netherlands.

More info: TNO
Produced by:�Jan de Blaauw
Year: 1999
Language: English

A place in the sun

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 16:13:34

New investors and the breakdown of local water control and culture. The Valley of the Guadalhorce is a nice place to live and attracts many, particularly foreign newcomers. As demand for water increases, water distribution is becoming a big problem for farmers, since agriculture is only viable if the crops are irrigated. The need to manage the water collectively is urgent.

More info: Wageningen University - Tail-Enders Project
Produced by: Agrapen and Wageningen University
Year: 2003
Language: English

Protecting ourselves and communities from Cholera

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 16:18:32

This video provides comprehensive training material aimed at helping communities and health workers understand and combat cholera.

More info:�WHO
Produced by: WHO
Year:�2000
Language: English

The Sand Killer

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 16:43:42

Leishmaniasis is spread by the bites of many different species of sandfly. As this video shows, new products are now on the horizon that promise hope for the millions of people infected by the "sand killer".

More info:�WHO
Produced by: WHO
Year: 1993
Language: English

Dengue: a Sinister Dawning

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-12 16:48:56

This video provides a vivid- and dramatic-portrait of the growing threat to health by dengue, a painful and life-threatening in spread by the bite of Aedes mosquito.

More info:�WHO
Produced by: WHO
Year: 1994
Language: English

Earthen Bund and Borrow Area for MPTS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-16 13:34:27

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Earthen Bund and Borrow Area for Mini Percolation Tanks.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Surplus Weir for Mini Percolation Tank

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-16 14:23:46

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on the Surplus Weir for Mini Percolation Tank.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Hailing Life Back

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-21 13:32:59

A film that depicts the positive impact of a well conceived and properly implemented programme which provided a concrete solution to the hapless labour. It shows how the disgusted labour who were forced to migrate remained back in the village to take up the tank desiltation activities with the support of local administration, NGO and farmers. It reflects a message that if the developmental programmes are implemented properly and effectively, true to their spirit and stated objectives, they would provide immense benefits to the needy and vulnerable people. Developed in association with Inter Co operation (IC), NGO Programme AP and MARI, an NGO based in Warangal with the active support from DWMA, Warangal.

More info: MARI
Produced by: WASSAN�
Year: 2007
Language: English

Understanding Groundwater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-21 17:20:59

This video gives a clear�explanation on the basics of groundwater, the importance of hydrogeology and groundwater mapping.

More info: www.acwadam.org,�www.indiawaterportal.org
Produced by: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) under a grant by Arghyam Trust.
Year:
Language: English

Participatory Lift Irrigation Scheme

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-27 21:36:47

This documentary is about the impacts of lift irrigation schemes (LIS) on the poor farmers in the drought prone regions. The LIS enables the available water source in reaching the higher areas, is an oasis for the farmers. Thanks to Mr. G. Chandra Shekar Reddy, MD, APSIDC for providing an opportunity to study and also thanks to SIRD, an NGO in Mahabubnagar District. Experiences are from three LISs in parts of Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

More info: Geoecology Energy Organisation (GEO)
Produced by: Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy
Year: 2007
Language: English

Sustainability of Lift Irrigation Schemes

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-27 22:08:49

Social engineering and livelihoods promotion are the most important components for enabling farmers for Sustainable Management of Lift Irrigation Schemes in Andhra Pradesh, India. This video highlights APSIDC's initiatives to build the capacity of all stakeholders, viz., the Farmers and Farmers? Associations, Community Social Engineers and Support Organisations.

More info: Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation
Produced by: Geoecology Energy Organisation (GEO)
Year: 2008
Language:

Climate Change Impacts

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-27 22:13:02

This film covers parts of Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh State, India. This is one of the worst affected fluorosis parts in India. These kind of instances are increasing in different regions of the world, due to over exploitation of groundwater, climate variability, climate change, mismanagement of natural resources and ultimately increase in population.

More info: saibhaskarnakka@gmail.com
Produced by: Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy
Year: 2004
Language: n/a

Cyclone in Andhra Pradesh, India

TheWaterChannel — 2009-01-27 22:17:48

This cyclone occured in Andhra Pradesh, India on 29th October, 2005. This cyclone has caused widespread destruction in most parts of Andhra Pradesh State (India), affecting the standing crops and the livelihoods of rural people. This is one of the outcomes of climate variability and climate change events happening all over the world. This video covers tracking of parts of the affected areas.

More info: Geoecology Energy Organisation
Produced by: Dr. N. Sai Bhaskar Reddy
Year: 2006
Language: n/a

Festival Vid�EAU 2008: La �ltima Gota

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-05 12:12:14

Yurina Luis Naranjo from Cuba won the 1st price of the Festival Vid�EAU 2008.

More info: RIEC-IWFE
Produced by: Yurina Luis Naranjo
Year: 2008
Language: n/a�

Monica's Day

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-11 16:56:07

A report on village life in rural Tanzania featuring Monica Mahdi, who is a member of a village water association. As one of 15 wives of a Masai Chief, Monica Mhadi?s life has always been better than other women in her village in rural Tanzania. Even so, she lost four of her seven children because of poor sanitary conditions. Luckily, such tragedies are no longer an inevitable part of Monica?s world. Access to clean water has made life safer for Monica and other Masai and Mangati women in Tanzania?s Dodoma and Kondoa districts. A UN backed project has brought them safe drinking water, better sanitary conditions, and community health care. As a result, Monica?s eighth baby was delivered under hygienic conditions with no complications.

More info: IFAD�
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2008
Language: English

Fishermen's Futures

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-11 16:48:38

The Arabian Sea is one of the world?s richest fisheries, yet until recently fishermen living along its coast in Yemen remained desperately poor. This short video looks at how an IFAD-supported project helped transform poor fishermen into successful fish exporters, who now sell their catch to buyers from Saudi Arabia, Japan and Europe.

More info: www.ifad.org and www.ruralpovertyportal.org
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2008
Language: English

Festival Vid�EAU 2008: Right under our nose

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-05 12:15:43

Roger Emanuel Lourenso Santos from Brazil won the 2nd price of the Festival Vid�EAU 2008.

More info: RIEC-IWFE
Produced by: Roger Emanuel Lourenso Santos
Year: 2008
Language: English

Fishy Business

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-11 16:38:38

Modern commercial fishing fleets are very effective in catching fish and this has led to some of the coastal fishing grounds being almost exhausted. In Mozambique, Government policy on the industrial fleet was amended, and the local fishing communities learned some new habits.

More info: IFAD�and www.ruralpoverty.org �
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2008
Language: English

Festival Vid�EAU 2008: Cela suffit...!

TheWaterChannel — 2009-02-05 12:32:55

Hicham El Hadrami from Marocco won the 3rd price ex-equo of the Festival Vid�EAU 2008

More info: RIEC-IWFE
Produced by: Hicham El Hadrami
Year: 2008�
Language: English

Continuous Contour Trenches

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 16:20:05

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Continuous Contour Trenches.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Cover Crops & Tree Plantation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-09 17:15:55

This part of the Windows on Training Series gives explanation on Cover Crops.

More info: Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihood Programmes (APRLP)
Produced by: APRLP
Year:
Language: English

Drain chemicals from our water!

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-20 09:45:33

Have you seen the Hollywood film Erin Brokovich? This is a reality in Gujarat - a major industrial state of India. Apna Malak Maa productions revproductions reveals the hideous truth of poisoned water in the villages which is causing a rampant spread of flourosis - disease from unhealthy flouride levels in water. This film is for the campaign demanding a water treatment plant, which successfuly lead to over 600 villages in Gujarat receiving healthy drinking water!

More info: Apna Malak Maa productions
Produced by: Apna Malak Maa productions
Year:
Language:

Virtual Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-20 12:20:17

Water is part of every production process. Whether we are biting into an apple or a hamburger, we are biting into something that has used water for its growth. This animation shows numerous facts on water.

More info: FAO�
Produced by: FAO water
Year:
Language: English

Manejo Comunitario del Agua en Centroam�rica

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-20 12:39:04

More info: FANCA
Produced by: FANCA and ACICAFOC
Year:
Language: Spanish

Manejo Comunitario del Agua en Centroam�rica

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-22 11:25:15

More info: FANCA�
Produced by: FANCA and ACICAFOC
Year:
Language: English

Les projets tests d'assainissement

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-23 10:40:34

More info: Centre R�gional pout l'eau potable et l'assainissement � failble co�t (CREPA)
Produced by: CREPA
Year:
Language: French

Ecosan

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-23 10:57:42

More info: Centre R�gional pout l'eau potable et l'assainissement � failble co�t (CREPA)�
Produced by: CREPA
Year:
Language: French

I Want To Be A 'Water Expert'

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-23 12:24:44

'Su Uzmani' Olmak istiyorum (turkish title). This film shows the perspective of 10 years old Bukle �naldi on water issues. She describes her view on her future career as a 'Water Expert'.

More info: Haluk �naldi haluk@paradigmam.com
Produced by: Oyku �naldi
Year: 2009
Language: Turkish with English subtitles

WOCAT - Knowledge makes a difference

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-25 13:01:40

World Overview of Conservation Approaces and Technologies (WOCAT). Knowledge makes a difference. WOCAT is an international network coordinated by a Management Group consisting of: CDE, FAO, ISRIC, NDA, RELMA and WASWC.

More info:�www.wocat.net
Produced by: WOCAT/FAO
Year: 2001
Languange: English

In the shadow of the Kilimanjaro

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-26 11:53:31

Tanzania. In the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Pangani river is at the centre of a struggle for water. Poor rainfall in recent years has left the land, the dams, the people and animals thirsty for water. Demand is growing even as supplies diminish. Without intervention the outlook is bleak. Earth Report investigates the shortages, the conflicts and the plans to safeguard the health of the Pangani river basin.

More info: www.tve.org/earthreport
Produced by: TVE
Supported by: IUCN
Year:
Language: English

Grounds for Hope

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-26 12:19:56

Since the 1990s agriculture, pollution and poor land management have been taking a severe toll on the river system on the Mexico/Guatemala border. A major culprit is the region's economically-important coffee growing industry. But recently there have been big changes in the way much of this coffee is grown, changes driven by the coffee industry itself. Global demand for certified and organically grown coffee is booming and producing a dividend for river systems in an area that currently produces half the worlds coffee.

More info: www.tve.org/earthreport
Produced by: TVE�
Supported by: IUCN
Year: Language: English

OPUR, Conquest of the dew

TheWaterChannel — 2009-03-31 10:20:20

Original Title: Opur, ou la conq�ete de la ros�e. �Dew is a source of pure water, modest, generally, but which can prove to be an essential contribution in the places where water is missing mostly: deserts. Many hot countries suffer from the absence of water. However, its amount in the atmosphere can be considerable. The OPUR association was founded in 1999 to explore and develop inexpensive and practical alternative water sources and to unite both individuals and organizations interested in achieving these goals. OPUR is not a purely scientific organization but represent a wide cross-section of interests from the layman to the scientist. This documentary devoted to the OPUR projects in different arid countries relating to dew collection as the alternative source of water.

More information: OPUR - International Organization for Dew Utilization
Produced by: Celine Eudier (filmmaker) OPUR (production) Year: 2007
Language: French and English

Walking on Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-02 13:42:14

This video follows film producer and journalist Alison Bell meeting communities who put the Excellent theory into practice, working hard to transform their environment and water supplies by building sand dams, terracing land and planting trees.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Ecosan - Pune district Maharashtra

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-07 11:49:55

Sourabh Phadke has built this beautiful Shendriya Shouchalaya in a village in Pune district.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: Marathi with English subtitles

Rainwater harvesting,H2S strip test for e.coli and SODIS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-07 12:10:09

This is perhaps the simplest test to check for bacteria in water. Once the presence is established by the water in the bottle turning black. Using simple solar disinfection method SODIS can then treat it to potable levels. These 2 simple tools are potential life savers.

More info: Zenrainman
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

UNWATER

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-07 12:50:17

Overview of important UNWATER projects.

More info: UNwater�
Produced by: UNWATER
Year: 2009
Language: English

The Nile Our river

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-09 09:46:50

Africa's Nile Basin is home to 180 million people. The population is growing fast, increasing the pressure on existing water resources. How can development be made more sustainable in the Nile Basin as the demand for water increases and how can all key stakeholders be included in this development process? This film looks at the development challenges facing both the peoples and governments in the region and examines the role of civil society and the media in Nile Basin development.

More info: www.nilebasin.org or www.nilebasindiscourse.org
Produced by: Wild Dog limited
Year: 2008
Language: English

Adapting to Climate Change in the Jhelum Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-09 10:19:18

Due to climate change, water runoff from the Himalaya is now subject to change as well and therefore can cause floods. This video explains how the wetlands of the Jhelum Basin in India can protect this area from this threat.

More info: Wetlands International
Produced by: Wetlands International
Year:
Language: English

SecureWater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-09 14:37:43

Improving access to water is central to global efforts at reducing poverty. The recent introduction of demand-based approaches to water supply development marks a major shift in policy. This implies new roles and responsibilities for all involved from government to beneficiary communities. The central challenge for interveners is understanding the nature of demand for water, including the role and importance of water access in different livelihood activities. An understanding of the cost of this access for poor households is key to ensuring a balance between financial sustainability and the achievement of poverty reduction objectives. SecureWater seeks to enhance the overall planning and development of demand-based approaches.

More info: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Produced by: Wild Dog Films
Year: 2004
Language: English

Peatlands and Palm Oil Plantation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-09 15:00:33

In Southeast Asia, many peatlands are burned, drained and converted into palm oil plantations. This causes enormous CO2 emissions, although palm oil pretends to be a 'biofuel', which is supposed to reduce CO2 emissions. Check www.ckpp.org for more videos related to the topics of the project, such as Illegal logging, Hydrological Restoration, Fire fighting and Healthcare.

More info: Central Kalimantan Peatlands Project www.ckpp.org
Produced by: CKPP
Year:
Language: English

Connecting Delta Cities

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-16 14:21:29

This film explores the impacts of global warming on coastal cities. As the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland melt, sea levels rise. This poses significant challenges and requires action on the part of coastal cities like Jakarta, Rotterdam, New York and Alexandria. In this film scientists and policy makers of each city share their view on current problems and explain future plans. The film shows that all coastal cities face similar problems - problems that can be tackled more efficiently through an exchange of knowledge and intensive cooperation.

More info: www.connectingdeltacities.com
Produced by: Rode Vis Producties
Supported by: CPWC
Year: 2009
Language: English

Awakening Hope

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-16 09:28:02

This video gives a small introduction on water related issues in the southern part of Bangladesh e.g. flood risks, lack of maintenance and operation, and non-functional infrastructures. It describes how IPSWAM addresses these issues. IPSWAM (Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management) is a project of the Ministry of Water Resources Bangladesh Water Development Board and supported by Bangladesh & Royal Netherlands Government. Community members, farmers and women share their experiences in this video regarding the project activities in which they are involved.

More info: IPSWAM�http://ipswam-bwdb.org.bd
Produced by: AVCom Production
Year: 2008
Language: English

Partnership in Practice

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-16 17:29:11

This video addresses the risks on floods and the infrastructure built to prevent this. Community participation is necessary to establish a sustainable and efficient water management system. The video describes how IPSWAM contributed to this. IPSWAM (Integrated Planning for Sustainable Water Management) is a project of the Ministry of Water Resources Bangladesh Water Development Board and supported by Bangladesh & Royal Netherlands Government.

More info: IPSWAM
Produced by: AVCom Production
Year: 2007
Language: English

Mount Kenya - Solving Water Conflicts

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-17 12:07:25

Mount Kenya captures rainfall and brings water, life and income to the otherwise dry lowlands. Pressure on land and water resources increases rapidly, generating conflicts between water users along the rivers. The video shows cases of these conflicts, as well as solutions developed in research projects in the Mount Kenya.

More info: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Produced by: Hanspeter Liniger (WOCAT coordinator) CDE and Environment and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Year: 2006
Language: English

People & Power - Green Lake - Part 1

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-22 09:34:01

This film investigates the destruction of Ethiopia's once beautiful Lake Koka and the tragic effects this is now reaping on the local population, and the overall high environmental cost of economic growth attempts. Lake Koka lies a few hundred miles south of Addis Abeba and used to be idyllic. Today however, it is so heavily polluted that the water glows a toxic green, most of the fish are dead and the thousands of people who have no choice but to drink the lake's water each day are left to deal with a range of problems from babies born with many health problems.

More info: Grain Media
Produced by: Grain Media
Year: 2009
Language: English

People & Power - Green Lake - Part 2

TheWaterChannel — 2009-04-22 09:57:15

More info: Grain Media
Produced by: Grain Media
Year: 2009
Language: English

Sediment Transport in Spate Systems

TheWaterChannel — 2009-05-16 18:27:06

Presented by Phil Lawrence, �HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom�

More info:�www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Grondwater, het verborgen water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-05-26 10:07:27

This video explains issues on groundwater in The Netherlands. Groundwater in The Netherlands consists mainly of precipitation over the last 10,000 years. Rainfall infiltrates and recharges the groundwater. It can also be recharged by rivers and canals. In dune areas artificial recharge takes place which is the main drinking water resource in the Western part of The Netherlands. A decline in groundwater levels can have major impact on nature reserves, but also on urban areas where subsidence can occur.

More info: TNO�
Produced by: TNO
Year: 2006
Language: Dutch

Conflits et usagers de l'eau en France

TheWaterChannel — 2009-05-26 10:25:16

En France, les associations syndicales agricoles qui ont en chatge la gestion des canaux d'irrigations doivent faire face � de nouveaux d�fis dus aux nouveaux usagers de l'eau d'une part et aux nouvelles directives europ�ennes.

More info: ISIIM
Produced by: Agropolis International
Year: 2007
Language: French

URBANWATER

TheWaterChannel — 2009-05-28 11:25:38

Full title: URBANWATER, financially sustainable creative solutions with community support.
Managing water is a challenge throughout Australia - a challenge in which local Councils play many roles. Stormwater is being used creatively when water is scarce, wastewater is being used to recreate lost wetland habitat, and water conservation and treatment trains are improving local communities' quality of life.

More info: URBANWATER
Produced by:�HCCREMS
Year: 2004
Language: English

LIFE: Lake Mikri Prespa

TheWaterChannel — 2009-05-28 16:34:30

Full title: Lake Mikri Prespa: Conservation of priority bird species in Lake Mikri Prespa, Greece. Lake Mikri Prespa is part of the Prespa National Park and of the transboundary Balkan Prespa Park set up in 2000 by Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Greece. The lake has been classified as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention and has been designated as a special protection area under the EU Birds Directive. The region boasts the world's largest breeding colony of Dalmatian Pelicans and the EU's biggest colony of Pygmy Cormorants. However, poor management of the lake water level, which outflows into Lake Megali Prespa, and the lack of vegetation management (reedbeds) have significantly degraded the birds' nesting and feeding grounds, as the surface of wet meadows has been reduced. This video was produced during the LIFE project: LIFE02 NAT/GR/008494.

More info: LIFE�or SPP
Produced by: LIFE
Year: 2007
Language: Greek

Groundwater in deep hardrock fissures

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-01 08:50:12

This camera work is thanks to Mr P. Ganesh of Ayyappa Aqua Solutions . Here we see how fissures in hard rock discharge water into a bore-hole. Typically fissures are observed between 80 to 400 feet in this hard rock terrain. Yields of water are very less ranging from 1000 litres to 6000 litres per hour. Bore wells being in semi-arid parts of India, annual rainfall is also low ranging from 300 to 800 mm. Soil moisture is in deficit for 10 out of 12 months and approximately only 5 to 8% of rainfall migrates below 1 metre. Artificial recharge is one way to tackle the situation and increase groundwater. Managing and understanding available groundwater is crucial to India water security and future. We have seen such boreholes absorbing between 2000 to 15000 litres per hour. Rooftop rainwater can be lead after filteration to these boreholes to recharge aquifers.

More info:
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Recharge well to infiltrate stormwater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-04 16:53:49

Recharge wells called leaky wells in Australia , are a good device to pick up and infiltrate storm water from drains. They reduce flooding, increase groundwater level and are a good way to manage rainwater in cities. Here is one way of making a recharge well. In Bangalore it can recharge at the rate of 4000 litres an hour handling the highest intensity of rain that can occur safely.

More info: rainwaterclub and arghyam
Produced by: zenrainman
Year: 2004
Language: n/a

Rain Barrel - Harvesting Rainwater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-05 05:59:12

Rooftops provide a good surface to pick up and collect rainwater. You can check the quality too using a H2S strip test and treat the rainwater using SODIS. Depending on rainfall in your area a lot of good rainwater can be collected.

More info: rainwaterclub and www.biome-solutions.com
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

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Ecosanitation system in Bangalore, India

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-05 07:58:09

Sustainable sanitation is the holy grail that is being chased in both developed and developing world. Ecosan, ecological sanitation, is a system where usually source separation of urine and faeces is done. These are then hygienically treated and reused for their nutrient value Ecosan toilet in an urban area and that too on a first floor.The source separating pan ensures that urine and faeces is collected separately. The system has been designed for the Indian condition, squatters (not sitters) and washers (not wipers). A rainwater collection system collects rain from the roof into a barrel. The water for ablution purpose comes entirely from rain. A Tippy Tap dispenses water in small doses for cleansing. The urine itself is used as a fertilizer for plants and the faeces composted for application to soil. The Ecosan system is a water conserving,resource generating and pollution preventing system, good for urban areas and rural places especially. The challenge in urban areas is to find the space to utilize the nutrients. A roof garden is the perfect answer.

More info: rainwaterclub
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Groundwater The hidden source of life

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-05 09:31:28

Not many people realize that 99 percent of the freshwater we use is groundwater. This video helps people worldwide to understand the importance of groundwater.

More info: IGRAC and TNO
Produced by: IGRAC and Tiffin Media
Supported by: Partners for Water, Deltares
Year: 2008
Language: English

Farm ponds, water harvesting structures in dryland

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-10 18:30:22

Semi-arid lands have typically rainfall between 300 mm to 750 mm. Rainfall is sporadic and usually less than 30 rainy days. When a downpour occurs which is more than 30 mm surface runoff needs to be captured. This can then be used as supplementary irrigation when rainfall fails to occur over more than 7 to 10 days and the crops need lifeline water. By incorporating a rabbit hutch and a chicken coop, the droppings are used to rear fish in the farm pond. The water too has richer nutrients for the land when applied - truly fertigation. This is being demonstrated in the GKVK-University of Agricultural Sciences campus in Bangalore, India.

More info: rainwaterclub�
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Dutch Urban Water Services

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 07:27:18

This is a video�about the Dutch water system: production and consumption of drinking water, wastewater collection, removal, and treatment, followed by return of the purified water back to nature.

More info: www.riool.info
Produced by:
Year:
Language: Dutch

Groundwater The long run

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 10:11:04

This video describes the consequence of human activities on groundwater systems.
First, the case of the decline of the Aral Sea is explained; two rivers draining the Aral Sea were diverted to irrigate farmland. Grain and cotton were produced to secure food availabilty and to provide economic stimulance to the area. Eventually the Aral Sea was left dry.
In the Netherlands the Dutch drained the low lying peatlands to increase their farmland area. Negative impacts of this drainage are descibed in the video: land subsidence, continous pumping, and seawater intrusion. Ensuring groundwater sustainability is important, especially now the world population is growing. The video ends with a few steps which could optimize groundwater management: managing groundwater instead of over exploitation, improving knowledge and understanding of regional groundwater systems, policies, lesiglation, action plans, ongoing monitoring and evaluation.

More info: IGRAC and TNO
Produced by: IGRAC and Tiffin Media
Supported by: Partners for Water, Deltares
Year: 2008
Language: English

ABE: Low-cost Malaria Treatment

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-18 10:37:45

Acumen Fund investee Advanced Bio-Extracts Limited (ABE) is working hard to fight malaria by producing low-cost artemisinin in East Africa. Artemisinin is a key ingredient in the new malaria treatments recommended by the World Health Organization.

More information:�http://acumenfund.org/�
Produced by: Acumen Fund
Year:
Language: English

Buffers against water pollution

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-16 16:17:51

This video is part of the series 'Scenes of Science, videos from the Agicultural Research Service.' It shows�a method�to protect surface water from animal manure with�grass buffer strips.

More info: www.ars.usda.gov
Produced by:
Year: 2007
Language: English

Groundwater A border line case

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 11:00:00

This video addresses�issues around transboundary aquifers. Interventions at one�side of the border have impact on the other side of the border.
Tensions rise where water is scarce. Examples of Kenya and Uganda are given.�The video shows also�some examples of cooperative solutions in India and emphasizes the importance of collecting, analyizing and sharing data.

More info: IGRAC and TNO
Produced by: IGRAC and Tiffin Media
Supported by: Partners for Water, Deltares
Year: 2008
Language: English

Groundwater Global change and challenge

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 11:50:46

Climate change and human impact have a global impact on our groundwater. The more we know about the specific challenges, the better we will be able to deal with them.

More info: IGRAC and TNO
Produced by: IGRAC and Tiffin Media
Supported by: Partners for Water, Deltares
Year: 2008
Language: English

Waterschap Groot Salland, Veelzijdig met water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 14:15:32

This is a corporate video of the Dutch Water Board "Groot Salland". It shows the tasks of the water board while presenting several themes: safe dikes, clean water,�space for water, enjoying water.

More info: Water board Groot Salland
Produced by: Mediavizi
Year: 2009
Language:�Dutch (also available in English)

Water Board Groot Salland, Versatile with water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-08 14:20:29

This is a corporate video of the Dutch Water Board "Groot Salland". It shows the tasks of the water board while presenting several themes: safe dikes, clean water,�space for water, enjoying water.

More info: Water board Groot Salland
Produced by: Mediavizi
Year: 2009
Language:�English (also available in Dutch)

Reusing greywater in the tropics

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-10 06:06:58

A good way to use greywater is to quickly spread it for plants. It can also be used for flushing toilets with some simple treatment techniques. Especially when flat roofs are available in the tropics, such systems can be put into place.

Tippy Tap - Small water dispenser

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-10 06:28:08

The Tippy tap is a wonderful and fun device to dispense small amounts (40 ml) of water to wash hands with soap and improve hygiene. In an Ecosan toilet this water dispenser can allow washing for a small dose of 80 ml for washers. Ravi Kumar of Mysore is a strong proponent of this device.

More info: rainwaterclub
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

The Changing Face of Mandli

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-10 13:47:14

This film documents adaptation to climate change through community management of traditional�water harvesting structures in the Thar Desert, which is the most densely populated desert in the world.�This drought-prone region is located in the state of Rajasthan,�Western India. The video is produced by Community Video Unit in Jal Bhagirathi Foundation, in association with Video Volunteers, supported by Irish Aid. To contact Jal Bhagirathi Foundation, please contact us at jal@jalbhagirathi.org.

More info: Jal Bhagirathi Foundation
Produced by: Manwar Media
Year:
Language: English

Water: Save local, Solve global

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-11 13:50:42

A documentary film project follows major impacts of the nine projects of the MEDA-Water programme. It shows practical examples in the field that prove how valuable regional cooperation in local water management is.

More info: MEDA-Water programme
Produced by: Sapiens Productions
Year: 2009
Language: English

Waterproof

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-11 14:26:49

The recent report of the Dutch Delta committee, guided by ex-minister Cees Veerman warned that even with all efforts possible to reduce C02-emissions, climate change is going to affect The Netherlands. The sea level will rise together with our main rivers. We have to prepare for this, it is gradually going to change our lives. Forecasting the exact impact of climate change is however a complex and difficult process. Despite the global climate change models, predicting climate change locally is full of uncertainties. Climate change is traditionally the area of physical sciences such as meteorology and climatic research but this film shows how important social science is to be able to develop future scenarios and contribute to making The Netherlands "waterproof". This film shows a selection of projects of the VAM (Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation) programme funded by the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). The VAM programme aims to encourage scientific research into the social, behavioural and legal aspects of climate change.

More info: NWO (also for ordering a free copy)
Produced by: Sapiens Productions
Year: 2008
Language: English with Dutch subtitles

At the water's edge

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-12 11:49:08

One of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century.
Some thirst for water. Others waste it. The world's population continues to increase. Agriculture, industry and energy demand more and more water. The impacts of climate change are looming. Pressure on freshwater supplies has never been greater. The result is a threat to the world's economy, the environment and one of our world's most precious resources.

More info: WWF
Produced by: John Tagholm Productions
Year: 2008
Language: English

Water project in Terneuzen by DOW

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-16 12:29:48

This video explains the activities of a public private partnership between DOW�and the municipality of Terneuzen, The Netherlands.
It describes a project where municipal wastewater is treated by DOW and converted into process water instead of being discharged.

More info: DOW
Produced by: DOW
Year:
Language: English

Food Alone Is Not Enough

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-16 13:39:10

This video shows lessons learned from the Participatory Watershed Management Project in Hoanh Bo District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam.

More info: FAO Vietnam
Produced by: Images for Development Production�by Arjen During
Year:
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

Community driven IWRM South Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-16 14:42:59

This video shows examples of projects where a community driven approach is used in Integrated Water Resources Management in South Africa.

More info: www.iwrm.co.za or contact Tshiamo Matabane, IWRM Programme Manager, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry at matabanet@dwaf.gov.za
Produced by:�Di Tatham for Rockhopper TV
Year: 2008
Language:�Afrikaans and English with English subtitles

Rota sludge drilling, Madagascar

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-18 09:27:11

A short film on manual well drilling using the Rota sludge technique. PRACTICA can advice and guide local implementing organisations in well drilling, energy & pumps, low cost water filters and irrigation and sanitation related appropriate technologies.
PRACTICA has become a valued partner in large development projects that include the introduction and dissemination of appropriate technologies as manual well drilling and rope pumps. Within these projects, PRACTICA supports the technology components and implements training courses and capacity building for the public and private sector.
The values of PRACTICA are focus on the poor, use of proven solutions and innovations, adoption to the local context and engagement of the private sector.

More info: PRACTICA Foundation
Produced by: PRACTICA Foundation
Year: 2008
Language: n/a

Terraces

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-19 13:45:17

This video shows a community terracing their�land�
to prevent ersion and runoff. It shows the large impact of terracing�on food production.�

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Sand Dams

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-19 13:55:25

This video shows the impact of sand�dams in communities in semi-arid�Africa. Sand dams can provide a permanent local clean water supply for one community when it is�designed correctly and when�it is�owned by the�community themselves.�An explanation of building sand dams is given.

More info: www.excellentdevelopment.com
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Ghana's Roosting Bird

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 11:06:52

Ghana's rice farmers have surplus produce lying wasted in sheds because they have to compete with the American imported rice that is artificially cheap due to the subsidisation of American farmers.

More info: Pangea Day
Produced by: Pig Farm Productions
Year: 2008
Language: English

Trees

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 11:45:43

This video shows the importance of trees. Trees absorb carbon dyoxide, fertilize soil, prevent erosion and help to absorbe rainwater.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

ZAMCOM, Signing of Cooperation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 12:37:07

This video shows the signing of the agreement of�cooperation in the management of the Zambezi.

More info: Zambezi Action Plan
Produced by: Zamcom secretariat
Year: 2003
Language: English

The Human Excreta Index - South Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 12:51:43

South Africa. A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: English

The Human Excreta Index - Uganda

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:12:46

Uganda.�A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: English

Human Excreta Index - India

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:31:50

India. A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: English

Human Excreta Index - Palestine

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:32:34

A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: English

Human Excreta Index - Peru

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:34:21

Peru. A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Human Excreta Index - China

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:34:55

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: Chinese with English subtitles

Human Excreta Index - Sweden

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:36:21

Sweden. A documentary in which people from 7 countries (China, India, Palestina, Peru, Uganda, South Africa and Sweden) tell about their urgent need for appropriate sanitation in their neighbourhoods and their experiences in the use of ecological sanitation.

More info: www.thehumanexcretaindex.com
Produced by: WASTE
Year: 2005
Language: English

Health

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 15:54:44

Short video on impact of dirty water on health.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Soil & Water Conservation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-22 17:05:19

This video shows three�methods of soil and water conservation: terracing land, building sand dams and planting trees.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Stockholm Junior Water Prize: video diary

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-17 02:27:27

Dutch teens invent water barrier and participate in Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 @ World Water Week. Their highs of the first day!

Arsenic Contamination in Drinking Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-24 15:14:01

More info: Human Resources Development Society Pakistan
Produced by: Human Resources Development Society Pakistan
Year:
Language: Urdu

We, the Women of Jayyous

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-25 09:19:50

Take a�tractor ride through the Jayyous countryside behind the Wall, where more than 70% of the village's land and all six of its groundwater wells have been confiscated.
See the illegal Israeli dump with industrial waste from the settlements located just above Azzoun's Well, from where the Jayyous residents now get their water.
Learn about the sewage crisis affecting 90% of Palestinians in the West Bank.
And meet the women of Jayyous, who together with LifeSource, are beginning to do something about all of this.

More info: LifeSource
Produced by: LifeSource
Year: 2008
Language: Arabic/English�with English subtitles

Wadi Zabid Diversion Structure - Model Testing

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-29 11:34:19

This video shows the testing of a�hydraulic model of the Wadi Zabid�Diversion Structure. It also shows how to improve the sediment exclusion performance of the existing headworks.

More info: University of Southampton
Produced by:
Year: 2003
Language: English

Water saving for all? (Arabic version)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-30 10:58:32

The introduction of drip irrigation in large-scale irrigation schemes.
Water scarcity becomes acute, even inside irrigation schemes. Big pioneers install drip irrigation for oranges, horticulture, and fodder crops. Elsewhere, collective drip irrigation projects make this technique accessible for all.

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009
Language: Arabic also available�in English and French

Water saving for all? (English version)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-30 11:14:10

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009
Language:�English also available in Arabic and French

Economie d'eau pour tous?

TheWaterChannel — 2009-06-30 11:45:57

Dans les grands p�rim�tres irrigu�s du Maroc. Limitant l'agriculture, une p�nurie d'eau s'installe. De grands pionniers mettent en place le goutte-�-goutte pour agrumes, mara�chage, ma�s ensilage? Ailleurs, des communaut�s r�ussissent un tel pari par des projets collectifs, profitant au plus grand nombre.

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009
Language:�French,�also available in Arabic and English

Cyclic Droughts and Pastoralists inWajir, Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-02 16:24:53

Cyclic drought is the major cause of disaster in Wajir. ALDEF Kenya\'s DRR programme officer Abdirzak Adawa tells us how ALDEF are assisting the pastoral community in disaster preparedness.

More info:�http://www.aldef.org/�
Produced by:�ALDEF Kenya
Year: 2011
Language: English

Project movie: AquaLibra

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-01 13:02:30

This is the project movie of the winning team for the 'Knappe Waterhoofden 2009' contest.

AquaLibra: The solution for the future is the project of Anke Santema, Mathijs Mul and Marieke Droogsma. As the winning team, they will join the 'Stockholm Junior Water Prize' competition in August 2009.

More info: SIWI
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: English

Promotion video Knappe Waterhoofden (in Dutch)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-01 13:07:31

This is the promotional video for the contest 'Knappe Waterhoofden' (in Dutch).

Please visit the website (in Dutch only) www.knappewaterhoofden.nl for more information on this contest.

The winners of this contest will join the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, held by the Stockholm International Water Institute.

More info: SIWI
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: English

Ceremony Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2008

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-01 13:08:23

This movie is about the ceremony for the 'Stockholm Junior Water Prize' competition 2008.

"The international Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition brings together the world?s brightest young scientists to encourage their continued interest in water and the environment."

Please check the website of the Stockholm International Water Institute for more details on this competition and SIWI.

More info: SIWI
Produced by:
Year: 2008
Language: English

Ceremony Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2007

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-01 13:08:39

This movie is about the ceremony for the 'Stockholm Junior Water Prize' competition 2007.

"The international Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition brings together the world?s brightest young scientists to encourage their continued interest in water and the environment."

Please check the website of the Stockholm International Water Institute for more details on this competition and SIWI.

More info: SIWI
Produced by:
Year: 2007
Language: English

Drops of Fertility and Change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-02 14:03:50

This video shows a WWF-Turkey project on drip irrigation in Konya Closed Basin.

More info: WWF-Turkey
Produced by: WWF-Turkey
Year: 2008
Language: Turkish with English subtitles

7 Coloured Life to 7 Coloured Lake

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-02 14:51:10

This video shows the impact of pollution on�Egirdir Lake, the second largest fresh water lake of Turkey. WWF-Turkey set up a project�encompassing various activities related to�pollution prevention,�sustainable fishing, ecotourism, raising awareness and capacity building among locals

More info: WWF-Turkey
Produced by: WWF-Turkey in cooperation with Siemens
Year: 2008
Language: Turkish with English subtitles

Water and Nature Initiative Nigeria IUCN

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-06 11:27:34

This films shows how the Water and Nature Initiative translates change management in the field through community empowerment of life's most vital resource. This case study covers the Yobe River Basin in Nigeria.

More info: IUCN
Produced by: IUCN
Year: 2007
Language: English

For people to stay here! (Arabic version)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-06 13:46:54

Local cooperatives in irrigation schemes.
Two cooperatives at a local level, organised around milk and oranges, contribute to the development of their communities. Leadership, visible results, and a solid professional reputation�make for a better future in rural Morocco.

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009
Language:�Arabic,�also available in�English and French

Pour que les gens restent ici!

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-06 13:56:51

Des coop�ratives en p�rim�tres irrigu�s.
A l'honneur deux initiatives � l'echelle locale. Une coop�rative laiti�re et une agrumicole assurent l'essor de leurs douars. Des leaders cr�dibles, des r�sultats visibles... pour que les gens restent ici!

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009
Language:�French,�also available in�Arabic and English

For people to stay here! (English version)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-06 14:04:12

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2008
Language:�English,�also available in�Arabic and French

Hotspots: Africa Speaks Up on Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-07 10:32:33

Africa is the continent that will be hit hardest by climate change. Unpredictable rains and floods, prolonged droughts, subsequent crop failures, and rapid desertifications, among others, have in fact already begun to change the face of our continent.

More info: Heinrich B�ll Foundation
Produced by: produced for the Heinrich B�ll Foundation by Marc Engelhardt (camera: Leila Kn�ppel)
Year: 2007
Language: English

Jon Lane on sanitation for girls

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-08 14:26:24

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) interviewed Jon Lane, executive director of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) at the World Water Week 2008.
In this interview Jon Lane talks about the importance of separate sanitation facilities for�girls�at school.

More info: SIWI
Produced by: SIWI
Year: 2008
Language: English

La Malaria, tout commence par une simple piq�re

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-09 12:15:07

This one minute video shows the impact of mosquito nets on the prevention of Malaria. It is the most proven and cost-effective way to save lives is with a $7 bed-net. Insecticide-treated nets provide a protective barrier around families, especially at night when malaria-carrying mosquitoes strike. A single net can protect one or more children for up to five years.

More info: www.lamalariapique.net�
Produced by: Canadian Red Cross
Year:
Language:�French also available in English

Malaria, it only takes one mosquito bite

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-09 12:24:00

More info: www.malariabites.net
Produced by: Canadian Red Cross
Year:
Language: English also available in French

Production of ceramic water filters

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-09 12:54:56

This video shows�the production of ceramic filters for drinking water supply in Yemen and the application of colloidal silver to provide bacterial free drinking water out of the filter. This filter is introduced by GTZ-IWRM in Yemen in 2008

More info: www.silverfilters.org
Produced by: GTZ-IWRM
Year:
Language: English

La Campagne de lutte contre la malaria

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-09 13:52:38

This video shows the Campaign Against Malaria of the Canadian Red Cross. This campaign is based on a simple strategy: disease prevention. The Red Cross distributes long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

More info: Canadian Red Cross
Produced by: Canadian Red Cross
Year:
Language: French also available in English

Campaign Against Malaria

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-09 13:54:20

More info: Canadian Red Cross
Produced by: Canadian Red Cross
Year:
Language: English also available in French

Sand Dam Training in southern Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-10 12:13:22

In March 2009 RAIN and EHRA organized a sand dam training in Ethiopia.�The aim of the training was to explain the sand dam and rainwater harvesting systems and share previous experiences with sand dam projects. This video shows part of the training in Addis Abeba�and images taken during the fieldtrip to the Borona region in southern Ethiopia.

More info: RAIN
Produced by: Africa Interactive on behalf�of RAIN
Year: 2009
Language: English

Access to Safe Sanitation - A right for all

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-14 10:31:03

Full title: Access to Safe Sanitation in the EU - a right for all. Problems, policies and solutions.
In Romania, small children still die from blue baby syndrome, caused by high levels of nitrates and human feacal bacteria in well water. These pollutants infiltrate into the groundwater from the pit latrines. Many inhabitants in Garla Mare and Prislop have difficulties feeding their families. In years of bad harvests they do not have enough to eat and sanitation is understandably not a priority for them, especially if the only available alternative is expensive.
In the village of Sulitsa in�Bulgaria, there is no central sewage. The people in the village use septic pits from where the toilet water infiltrates into the soil. WECF and its Bulgarian member "Earth Forever" built safe dry urine separating toilet and waste water facilities for schools and the cultural club and 2 households in these villages. This new technology is low cost and allows toilets to be built indoors with safe treatment of the feacal and waste water.

More info: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
Produced by: WECF, EFE, Rapsode imaazje
Year: 2008
Language: English also available in Dutch

Veilige Sanitatie - Een recht voor iedereen

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-14 10:50:25

Full title: Veilige Sanitatie in de EU - een recht voor iedereen. Problemen, aanbevelingen en oplossingen.
In Romania, small children still die from blue baby syndrome, caused by high levels of nitrates and human feacal bacteria in well water. These pollutants infiltrate into the groundwater from the pit latrines. Many inhabitants in Garla Mare and Prislop have difficulties feeding their families. In years of bad harvests they do not have enough to eat and sanitation is understandably not a priority for them, especially if the only available alternative is expensive.
In the village of Sulitsa in�Bulgaria, there is no central sewage. The people in the village use septic pits from where the toilet water infiltrates into the soil. WECF and its Bulgarian member "Earth Forever" built safe dry urine separating toilet and waste water facilities for schools and the cultural club and 2 households in these villages. This new technology is low cost and allows toilets to be built indoors with safe treatment of the feacal and waste water.

More info: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
Produced by: WECF, EFE, Rapsode imaazje
Year: 2008
Language:�Dutch also available in English

Trinkwasser geschenk des Himmels

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-15 12:51:05

This animation (in German) gives a birds-eye of the groundwater as a paramount source of drinking water�and explains how hydrogeological investigations are done.�

More info: BGR
Produced by: BGR
Year:
Language: German

Keepers of Genes : Part 3

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-15 19:35:18

Full Title: Keepers of Genes �- India\'s Pastoralists and their Breeds- Part 3

Watch Part 1 and Part 2

The League of Pastoral People has teamed up with award-winning documentary filmmakers, Moving Images to produce a series of films on pastoralism.

Films have proved a very powerful tool for visually transporting policymakers into the situation of pastoralists. The first film in the series, Keepers of Genes, focuses on the role of pastoralists in conserving biodiversity.

More info:�http://www.pastoralpeoples.org/�
Produced by:�Moving Images�and�The League of Pastoral People�
Year: 2009
Language: English

Sediment Control Options and Design Methods

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-15 19:47:06

Presented by Phil Lawrence, �HR Wallingford Ltd, United Kingdom�

More info:�www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

The Arab world: A region craving for water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-16 09:43:32

This video describes the important role of water in different sectors (agriculture, industry, domestic use, recreation)�throughout the centuries starting with the Nile and the early settlements around it. The video gives an overview of the Arabic region and its climatic areas before it explains about the water resources, aquifers and the�hydrogeological situation of the region. The video conludes with activities carried out by the Arab Water Council. It promotes better understanding and management of water resources in the Arab state in a multi disciplinary non-poitical, professional and scientific way.

More info: Arab Water Council
Produced by: Arab Water Council
Year:
Language: English

Coal Slurry

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-16 11:28:30

In West Virginia critics warn public health and safety are threatened by coal waste from power plants that is stored in hundreds of slurry ponds or injected underground.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Ordinary People Save Lives With Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-03 03:26:26

Unique water training school for purification, hand pump repair, sanitation, hygiene, etc.

More info: www.edgeoutreach.com
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Water is life, co-operation that counts

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-16 16:35:11

The broadcast report "Water is life" shows innovative water and sanitation projects in Kenya, funded with the aid of a 500 million euro�Water Facility spanning more than 40 countries across the ACP region. Of key importance to the EU-ACP funding package is the high level of community involvement. Implementing a project is just the first stage in a long process of which the most important objective is sustaining a population long after the implementation has been completed.

More info: EuropeAid
Produced by: European Commission
Year: 2007
Language: English also available in French and Spanish

Agua es vida, Una cooperaci�n relevante

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-17 11:15:41

More info: EuropeAid
Produced by: European Commission
Year: 2007
Language: Spanish also available in English and�French

L'eau, source de vie, Une coop�ration qui compte

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-17 11:16:44

More info: EuropeAid
Produced by: European Commission
Year: 2007
Language: French also available in English�and Spanish

The Problem of the Ohrid Eel

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-20 16:33:58

The eels from lake Ohrid�travelled for millenniums�a mysterious journey from Lake Ohrid�to the Saragasso Sea.
In the second half of the 20th century two dams were built on the Macedonian part of Drim river and four dams were built on the Albanian part.
This video shows the migration of the eels and the effects of the dams on this migration�pattern. In the end, the video explains the process of 'water elevators' introduced by the National Forum for Animal Protection of Macedonia under�the project for restoration of the migration.

More info: National Forum for Animal Protection of Macedonia (NFAPM)
Produced by: NFAPM
Year: 1999
Language: English

Living with Levees

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-20 16:57:22

Levees are intended to keep straitjackets on rivers, but engineers now find that controlled breaches can avoid more widespread damage to occupied areas in flood-plains.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth in association with National Wildlife Federation
Year:
Language: English

India's polluted Yamuna river

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-21 10:41:07

India's government has spent millions to clean up the Yamuna River, but it remains one of the world's most polluted waterways, flowing through the capital and past the Taj Mahal.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Effluent Irrigation for Communities

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-21 11:34:07

This video provides details on the ForestFirst research project on irrigating trees with effluent and clear water irrigation. This project is in partnership with the Town of Outlook, the Irrigation Branch of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. The video information includes details on irrigation equipment and sprinkler types used in the project.

More info: ForestFirst
Produced by: ForestFirst
Year: 2005
Language: English

A trenchless Drainage Experiment Egypt

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-21 11:37:03

This video shows the introduction of the V-plough, trenchless drainage construction, in Egypt. The project is a parntership of DRI, EPADP, ILRI and Euroconsult.

More info: Drainage Research Institute
Produced by: I. Ateek
Year: 1997
Language: English

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Living in the Bucket

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-04 14:40:24

2008 Winner of The Shortie Awards.

This is the story of how the youth in Kibera slum (Nairobi, Kenya) confront daily challenges on sanitation and hygiene. The young Kibera residents, who filmed and edited the film, range in age from 9 to 19 years.

David Were and his fellow youth in Kibera slum confront sanitation and hygiene in the fight of "Flying Toilet." David fears going out at night to relieve himself, because his father lost an eye following a nightly attack during a long call. Kibera slum, Kenya and Africa's largest slum is home to about one million people living in abject poverty without clean water, toilets, electricity and sewerage.

More info: www.voicelesschildren.org
Produced by: Felix Masi
Year: 2008
Language: English subtitles

Chatting with Richard Meganck on TheWaterChannel

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-22 17:56:04

In this video�Richard Meganck explains why he values TheWaterChannel and tells us who can benefit from these mutimedia resources.

Richard A. Meganck is Rector of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, the Netherlands. His career includes twenty-seven years working in international development and management of natural resources, twenty of those with agencies in the United Nations and Inter-American systems. He holds BSc and MSc degrees from Michigan State University in Watershed Management and Resource Development Policy and a PhD from Oregon State University in Natural Resource Management.

More info: UNESCO-IHE
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2009
Language: English

Stormy Weather

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-22 22:06:11

Climate change is causing big storms in the American Midwest and other areas, and making water supplies in regions like the Southeast less certain.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Water crisis in the Azawak of West Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-24 04:36:52

Development organization AMMAN IMMAN: WATER IS LIFE builds permanent sources of water in the Azawak of West Africa. The Azawak, home to half a million people, suffers from water scarcity. During the rainy season, which lasts only between one and three months, people drink from marshes. When these dry up, they have to travel long distances to find water.People are dying, not just from drinking dirty water, but because they have no water to drink.This film tells the story of the people of the Azawak, depicting their struggle to obtain water. The film shows how their quality of life depends of the mercy of the environment; whether they live or die depends on the rain. With a shorter and shorter rainy season, finding water becomes more and more difficult. More and more people are dying.This is a story that development organization Amman Imman: Water is Life intends to change by constructing water sources that meet the people's basic needs.More info: Amman ImmanProduced by:Year:Language:

Keepers of Genes : Part 2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-02 09:00:46

Full Title: Keepers of Genes �- India\'s Pastoralists and their Breeds - Part 2

Watch Part 1 and Part 3

The League of Pastoral People has teamed up with award-winning documentary filmmakers, Moving Images to produce a series of films on pastoralism.

More info:�http://www.pastoralpeoples.org/�
Produced by:�Moving Images�and�The League of Pastoral People�
Year: 2009
Language: English

No water, no hope

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-24 04:48:43

In the Azawak, a vast plain on the edge of the Sahara, a little rain falls during two months of the year. For the rest of the year, there is no water. Imagine scooping water from a muddy marsh. Then imagine that source of water drying up. The children of the Azawak spend their time searching for water. Amman Imman means Water is Life. For the people of the Azawak, their hope rests on water. Humanitarian organization Amman Imman: Water is Life is responding to the request of the people of the Azawak: "Please bring us water."�
Photos courtesy of Ariane Kirtley Music courtesy of Etran Finatawa, "Maleele", a healing song.

More info: Ammin Imman
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

The Peepoo bag - A sanitation alternative

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-24 15:38:57

The Peepoo bag is a self sanitizing, bio-degradable bag to be used for sanitation purpose.

More info: www.peepoople.com
Produced by: zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Rooftop rainwater harvesting into a sump

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-24 15:47:54

Harvesting rooftop rainwater can provide supplemental water for all purpose in an urban area. Here is one such example from the city of Bangalore India.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Wells and subsurface dams in riverbeds

TheWaterChannel — 2009-07-31 12:55:03

This video explains the process of�the construction of subsurface dams and wells.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year:
Language: English

Blue Green Algae

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-05 14:16:58

Crystal-clear lakes near Montreal are threatened by algae blooms caused by chemical pollution from home and golf courses.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Clean water for everyone-drop by drop

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-07 10:40:53

Abundant Water is a charitable group working to bring clean drinking water to those who need it in developing nations. The aim is to develop the simplest and cheapest basic water filter possible. We call it the Real Simple Water Filter.

Supplemental water - Rainwater harvesting

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-07 17:40:52

In urban areas experiencing water shortage, rainwater harvesting has become a building byelaw and compulsory in many Indian cities such as Bangalore. Here is how one method of rooftop rainwater harvesting harvests rainwater rather aesthetically.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Source separation and urine usage

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-07 17:46:11

Urine can be a huge urban pollutant if unmanaged and can end up as nitrate contaminant for surface water and groundwater. If segregated at source and collected separately they can be used productively for their nutrient content and as a bio-innoculant. Research work is on in the University of Agriculture Sciences Bangalore.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Stormwater management using leaky wells

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-09 08:02:12

Leaky wells or recharge wells can take clean stormwater and allow it to percolate into the ground. This raises the groundwater table and prevents accumulation and flooding. Recharging can also reduce the dimensions of storm drains and is a good source management strategy in low groundwater table areas.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

La Pompe A Corde - Technologie Durable

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-12 11:56:19

Un projet financ� par ECHO le service humanitaire de lunion Europ�enne a 85% et Oxfam Grande Bretagne � 15 %, visant � r�duire le risque de malnutrition aigu� chez les enfants de moins de cinq ans dans deux zones pilotes du Mali et de Mauritanie.

More info: Oxfam GB
Produced by: Guillaume Pincemin
Year:
Language: French

Buzz & Bite: Mosquitoes cause Malaria

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-12 14:54:06

Buzz and Bite�is a multiple award-winning�malaria prevention campaign based on a series of 30 animated short spots. (PSAs) in 40 languages featuring two animated talking female anpheles mosquitoes.�The PSAs are available to any television broadcaster, radio station, NGO, hospital, doctor, community group, university, school, educator or other user, free of charge, anywhere in the world.

More info: www.malariacampaign.ca
Produced by: Firdaus Kharas, Chocolate Moose Media Inc.
Year:
Language: Arabic

Flow

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-13 16:46:30

Flow is a 2008 documentary film directed by Irena Salina. It examines the global water crisis and presents a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply. The documentary was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, won the International Jury Prize at the Mumbai International Film Festival, the award for Best Human Interest Film at the 2008 Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, and the award for Best Documentary at the 2008 Vail International Film Festival.

More info: www.flowthefilm.com
Produced by: Oscilloscope
Year: 2008
Language: English

The price of gold

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-13 17:20:16

This movie portrays the gold mining industry - including the water pollution it caused. Mali produces the most profitable gold in the world... at what cost? Millions of tons of gold-bearing ore are processed with cyanide - and supplies to the Occident millions of $s of benefits.

more info: http://www.dailymotion.com/camilledevitry
Produced by: Camille de Vitry
Year: 2007
Language: French with English subtitles

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Drawing small reservoirs

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-17 16:28:06

This is the explanation of�the PhD research of Martine Poolman�in the Upper East Region of Ghana carried out from 2006-2009. You will see how people carry out the drawing approach we developed and you'll see some of the resulting drawings that were made. The drawings are of small reservoirs and the irrigation infrastructure that come with them.

More info:
Produced by: Martine Poolman
Year: 2009
Language: English

Water experts enthusiastic on AquaLibra project

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-18 00:01:57

AquaLibra, the Dutch project for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 attracted attention of lots of water professsionals. Mathijs, student from Piter Jelles Gymnasium Leeuwarden explains.

On the path of Prosperity - Hivre (part 1)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-25 17:02:20

This video documents the vivid transformation in the lives of the villagers of Hivre in Maharashtra brought about due to the implementation of watershed activities initiated by the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR). The video explains the process of watershed development through two phases of capacity building and excution as well as related progress through the empowerement of women, the setting up of self help groups and healthcare.

More info: WOTR
Produced by: WOTR
Year: 2006
Language: English

Water experts enthusiastic on AquaLibra - 3

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-18 00:27:27

AquaLibra, the Dutch project for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 attracts attention of lots of water professsionals. Anke, student from Piter Jelles Gymnasium Leeuwarden explains to experts from the Ministry Public Works & Water Management.

Water experts enthusiastic on Dutch teen project

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-18 00:56:14

AquaLibra, the Dutch project for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 attracted attention of lots of water professsionals. Marieke, student from Piter Jelles Gymnasium Leeuwarden explains.

More info: Knappe Waterhoofden, NWP
Produced by: Mathijs Mul, Marieke Droogsma, Anke Santema
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Water experts enthusiastic on AquaLibra

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-19 00:59:21

Mathijs, Marieke and Anke explain the AquaLibra to Jeroen van der Sommen, director of the Netherlands Water Partnership.

Dutch teens explain AquaLibra to ambassador

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-19 01:03:29

Marieke, Anke and Mathijs explain the AquaLibra principle to the Dutch ambassador.

River Flint

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-26 14:11:01

New technology for irrigation saves water from river Flint.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

And the SJWP winner is...

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-19 10:33:18

See the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 Award Ceremony.

18-year-old Ceren Bur�ak Dag of Nisantasi, Turkey has won the 2009 Stockholm Junior Water Prize.�The young woman won the coveted honour by developing an innovative method for generating energy through piezoelectric pulses from falling rain drops.

More info: SIWI, NWP
Produced by: Huiberdien Sweeris
Year: 2009
Language: English

Walking on Water - Food

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-25 16:42:23

As one of the videos in the walking on water series, this video documents on farming practices in Kenya. Through measures�such as zero grazing of livestock, fertilizing the soil with nitrogen fixing trees sustainable food security is sought, summing up the work of Excellent Development�in this field of work.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

Dutch teens explain AquaLibra to Minister

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-21 00:21:04

Dutch teens participating in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2009 explain their project AquaLibra to the Dutch Minister of Water, Mrs Tineke Huizinga.

More info: Knappe Waterhoofden, NWP
Produced by: Mathijs Mul, Marieke Droogsma, Anke Santema
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Introduction to 3R

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-21 15:39:34

We should all have a water buffer and be adapted to climate variability and change! This presentation is an introduction into the now unused 3R opportunities of groundwater recharge, retention and reuse and local rainwater storage. These should be implemented at scale and based on local priorities and local possibilities should include the upscaling of water harvesting, creating water banks, making use of roads for recharge and retention, conjunctive irrigation management and others.�

More info: www.bebuffered.com
Produced by: MetaMeta
Year: 2009
Language: English

Better Toilets, Better Lives

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-26 17:03:44

full title: Better Toilets, better Crops and Better Lives. Ecological Sanitation in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
This film shows how the women's NGO Mehriban implements a three-year demonstration project on ecological sanitation in the rural areas of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
The film shows families in two villages who - with support of Mehriban and a WECF expert - have built urine diverting dry toilets, improving sanitation for more than 150 men, women and children.

More info: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
Produced by: WECF, Studio Ramsel-Film and Mehriban
Year: 2008
Language:�English

Water and Education

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-28 02:36:49

This in an introduction to Aguayuda, Inc. a non-profit providing water and education to rural communities in developing countries.

More info: Aguayuda
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Clean water for all

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-28 09:39:03

This is a short educational video created by WaterCan that describes how improving access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation, and hygiene education can make a huge difference in the lives of millions in the developing world. This video also features WaterCan's honourary president, Margaret Trudeau.

More info: WaterCan
Produced by: WaterCan/EauVive�
Year: 2004
Language: English

Dutch teens explain AquaLibra to Director Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-28 11:38:28

Dutch teens participating in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize explain the AquaLibra to Renske Peters, Director Water at Ministry. The AquaLibra is a water barrier that functions like a balance

Flooded and Forgotten (Part 1 of 3)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-28 21:27:30

This is a tragic story where the Apartheid South African Government built Inanda Dam to supply the City of Durban with water. However, early floods resulted in the dam filling up and flooding out the communities who were still to be resettled. They lost everything and 22 years later they are still waiting for compensation and the restoration of their livelihoods.

Watch also part 2 and part 3

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group
Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group
Year: 2007
Language: English

Water is Life - Environmental Monitoring Group

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-28 21:33:31

'Water is Life' is a 10 minute visual documentary made for EMG reflecting the varied nature of water as the source of all life, and how humans engage with it. We learn about the hydrological cycle, pollution and civil activism towards water for all forever. EMG - the Environmental Monitoring Group - is a Cape Town based NGO and can be contacted at info@emg.org.za. Liane Greeff produced 'Water is Life' and Roy MacGregor composed the music on a creative commons basis. Funding for this video was provided by the Heinrich Boll Foundation.

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year: 2007
Language: English

9. The Water Dialogues -SA Findings

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:00:48

This is the ninth chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled ?Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue? and captures the key findings and recommendations of this five year process as reflected by three working group members Neil McLeod, William Moraka and Mary Galvin during August 2009, The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider?from public to private-- affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff in 2009 with music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken Liane Greeff. South Africa.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

8. The Water Dialogues-SA Joburg CS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:04:24

This is the eighth chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captures the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on interviews with Carina van Rooyen and Jean-Pierre Mas during March 2009, and video footage of The WD-SA Working Group footage and previous footage during the South African Water Caucus Meeting on the Phiri Court Case. Photographs were provided by Per Herbertsson, an independent photographer, as well as Jean-Pierre Mas, Kathy Eales and Jennifer Makoatsane. The focus of this case study was on the two periods: firstly during and secondly post the Management Contract between the City of Johannesburg and JOWAM Private Company. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/��
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff in 2009 with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken Roy MacGregor and Liane Greeff. Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

7. The Water Dialogues-SA Chris Hani CS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:06:30

This is the seventh chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captures the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on a visit to the Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape in February 2009 where the case study focused on the four areas where the Chris Hani District Municipality uses Community Service Providers for all operations and maintenance. It includes interviews with the District Municipality staff, Amatola Water Board, Rural Support Services and Lesley Steele. Febbie Masango facilitated interviews in the community and provided photographs of community meetings. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/ �
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider?from public to private-- affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by Roy MacGregor. Place: Chris Hani, Eastern Cape, South

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

6. The Water Dialogue-SA Cape Town CS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:08:24

This is the sixth chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captures the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on interviews with Karen Goldberg and Jeff Rudin during March 2009, and photographs provided by Karen Goldberg and the Municipal Services Project. The focus of this case study is on the outsourced delivery of sanitation to small scale operators and includes shocking photographs of working conditions. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/ �
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken Roy MacGregor, and includes a short section of Cape Town footage from Roy MacGregor?s archive. Place: Cape Town, South Africa

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

5. The Water Dialogues-SA Bushbuckridge CS

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:10:18

This is the fifth chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captures the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on our visit in April 2009 to Bushbuckridge Local Municipality where service delivery takes place through public provision at the local municipality level. It includes interviews with the Local Municipality staff, the Bushbuckridge Water Board and Anne Mayher. December Ndlovu facilitated interviews in the community of Dingleydale and Welverdiend and Johane Mona facilitated our visit in Belfast. We were overwhelmed by the scenes that we saw of the water trucks arriving and women and children rushing from every direction with every size bucket imaginable to get water to drink. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken Roy MacGregor and Liane Greeff, and photographs came from a broad range of sources.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

4. The Water Dialogues-SA Ilembe Case Study

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:11:30

This is the fourth chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on a visit to the Ilembe District Municipality where service delivery takes place both through public provision as well as through a private concession with Siza Water. It includes interviews with the District Municipality staff, Siza Water staff and Glen Robbins, and Dudu Khumalo facilitated interviews in the community. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken Liane Greeff, and photographs came from a broad range of sources.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

3. The Water Dialogues-SA Ugu Case Study

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:12:56

This is the third chapter in the series based on the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. It is based on a visit to the Ugu District Municipality in March 2009 and interviews with the District Municipality staff and community members. It includes footage from the participatory video project undertaken by InSight eThekwini. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by both Roy and Liane. Year: 2009 Place: Ugu Distict Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year: 2009
Language: English

2. The Water Dialogues-SA Research Methodology

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:14:45

This is the second chapter from the DVD entitled "Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue" which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa. This chapter focuses on the research methodology including the choosing of case studies to reflect the varied institutional arrangements in South Africa, and the holding of Local Dialogues. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider - from public to private -�affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by both Roy and Liane, and photographs came from a broad range of sources. Place: South Africa.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

1. The Water Dialogues-SA Introduction

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:16:50

The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa/
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services providers from public to private-- affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? These chapters are based on the DVD entitled 'Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue' which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa, and visited six of the eight case studies where in-depth research was undertaken. This DVD was produced by Liane Greeff with all music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by both Roy and Liane, and photographs came from a broad range of sources.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year: 2009
Language: English

Flooded and Forgotten (Part 2 of 3)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:18:59

This is a tragic story where the Apartheid South African Government built Inanda Dam to supply the City of Durban with water. However, early floods resulted in the dam filling up and flooding out the communities who were still to be resettled. They lost everything and 22 years later they are still waiting for compensation and the restoration of their livelihoods.

Watch also part 1 and part 3

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group
Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group
Year: 2007
Language: English

Flooded and Forgotten (Part 3 of 3)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-29 22:21:38

This is a tragic story where the Apartheid South African Government built Inanda Dam to supply the City of Durban with water. However, early floods resulted in the dam filling up and flooding out the communities who were still to be resettled. They lost everything and 22 years later they are still waiting for compensation and the restoration of their livelihoods.

Watch also part 1 and part 2

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group
Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group
Year: 2007
Language: English

WSSCC Sanitation for all

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-31 09:56:18

UnknownA short descriptive film about the activities of the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). We're working to change what the world thinks, feels, knows and does about sanitation. Hurry up! 2.5 billion people want to use the toilet!!

More info: WSSCC
Produced by: Icyprod
Year: 2009
Language: English

Cow Sh*t to Clean Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-31 10:50:19

Over 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water. The LifeStraw Family uses nanotechnology (called hollow tubes) to filter water down to 25 nanometers and meets US EPA guidelines as a microbiological water purifier. They claim that one LifeStraw Family can purify enough water for a family of five for up to three years.

For more information about the LifeStraw Family: http://lifestraw.com�For technical info, here are the results from a study by the University of Arizona: http://tinyurl.com/LifeStrawResults This video is licensed under the Creative Commons.

More info: http://uncultured.com
Produced by: The Uncultured Project
Year: 2008
Language: English

GOOD:Drinking Water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-31 11:19:37

An animation video explaining the pathways to groundwater contamination, and simple ways to purify water. Animation & Design by Chris Weller Produced by Max Joseph Music by Jovian.

More info:www.good.is
Produced by: GOOD
Year:
Language: English�

CSE: Rainwater Harvesting Spot

TheWaterChannel — 2009-08-31 11:42:40

Television Spot by Centre for Science and Environment encouraging Rainwater Harvesting.

More info: www.cse.org
Produced by: Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi
Year:
Language: NA�

350 Islands for change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-20 03:24:31

People in the pacific islands are one of the first and worst affected by climate change.

More info: www.oxfam.org.nz
Produced by: Oxfam New Zealand
Year:
Language: English

Flood Children of Holdibari

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-01 12:35:50

Bangladesh is one of the most susceptible countries in the world to climate change. The rising sea levels are contributing to river and coastal erosion while higher atmospheric temperature and intense storms are causing widespread floods. One island that is severely affected by flooding is East Holdibari in North West Bangladesh. However, Holdibari's children are fighting back, and have created an action plan to prepare for future floods. This film is an entry to a micro-documentary film contest 'Vulnerability Exposed: Social Dimensions of Climate Change.

More info: Plan Canada
Produced by: Plan Canada
Year: 2008
Language: Bangla/English

Trapped on a rooftop for 18 days

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-01 14:41:46

A couple in India's eastern Bihar state recount their experiences while trying to survive the horrific floods of 2008.

More info: India Disaster Relief
Produced by: India Disaster Relief
Year: 2008
Language: English

Our School on the Watershed

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-01 16:29:55

The successful implementation of a Watershed Development Program not only improves local water resources and agricultural activity but also enhances social cohesion, helps women's development, etc., through the 'watershed plus' activities.
However, in Gunjalwadi, a small village near Sangamner, Watershed Development directly affected the lives of the students of its school! The students have not only learned about Watershed Development but had actively taken part in developing the area around their school. This film is funded by GTZ.

More info: Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by: Media Center
Year:
Language:

The Fringe Benefits of Food Aid

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-01 20:34:54

We are all too familiar with the image of the forlorn Ethiopian, carrying sacks of food grains/ cans of vegetable oil given out by aid-agencies. It continues to appear across media and minds as a visual representation of ‘aid-dependence.’ Less discussed—but equally common --- are sights of a variety of products, fashioned out of cans that much of the food aid comes in.

Made of aluminum/ tin-plated steel, these cans are easy to cut, flatten and fold (as can be seen in this video!). They are used in producing a wide range of consumer goods and appliances: buckets, watering cans, doors, windows, roofs, stoves, mousetraps…. there is much creativity involved!

More info:http://goo.gl/RJgyC
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Water for Future

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-02 13:36:41

This video touches upon a wide variety of topics related to water. It starts with a description of the history of our planet focussing on the important role of water. It describes the function of water within human bodies, but also explains the hydrological circle. Natural disasters like floods and droughts are briefly discussed before going into daily consumption in Lithuania and its distribution to household level. Treatment plants are discussed more in detail. After learning about pollution of the Baltic sea the video describes pollution of groundwater which is much less visible. Urbanization, industrulization are the main causes for pollution. It is time to change our attitude towards the use and protection towards water for future generations.

More info:�GWP-Lithuania/Vandens namai, Juozapaviciaus street 6/2, LT09310, Vilnius, Lithuania; e-mail: bernardas@iti.lt �
Produced by: Migle Greiciuviene and Vytas Jankevicius
Year: 2005
Language: English

Infiltration capacity permeable pavement

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-02 15:23:46

The municipality of Ede, The Netherlands, has started to manage its water resources in an integrated manner, also to adapt climate change impacts. Part of the strategy consists of redesign of pavement systems. To this purpose permeable pavement systems are constructed within existing and new neighborhoods. This video aims to show the high infiltration capacity of such systems.

More�info: Ede municipality (Dutch)
Produced by: Municipality of Ede
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Health and Sanitation in Armenia

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-02 16:51:34

Fantan is a small and isolated village. Three years ago there was an outbreak of the disease tularaemia caused by pollution of the water supply system.
This documentary shows the measures taken by the NGO "Armenian Women for Health and a Healthy Environment" to install a new, hygienic, indoor seperation toilet system for the village school of Fantan.

More info: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
Produced by: Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHE) and WECF
Year: 2007
Language: Armenian with English subtitles

Working for a Healthy Environment for All

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-03 11:49:52

WECF stands for Women in Europe for a common Future, a network that connects women from Ireland to Tajikistan and gives them a voice in health and environmental policy. WECF's uniqueness is in establishing links between the women, health and the environment, with a combination of grassroots work and influencing high level national, international and European policy and having a special focus on the entire European region, Central Asia and the Caucasus. This film shows the story of an organisation whose aim it is to create a healthy environment for all - for women, men and children.

More info: Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)
Produced by:� WECF
Year: 2009
Language: English

Professionalizing Manual Drilling Sector Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-03 12:50:33

Full title: Professionalizing the Manual Drilling sector in Africa
This video describes the professionalization of manual water well drilling for rural water supply in Africa. Manual drilling provides another method to increase access to safe water for rural communities. These techniques provide countries with a low cost way to increase coverage in order to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for access to safe water.
UNICEF, Practica and Enterprise Works/VITA have developed a toolkit for African countries wishing to embark on the professionalisation of manual drilling. This initiative builds the capacity of the local private sector in order to respond to the ever increasing demand for safe water in rural areas.

More info: www.practicafoundation.nl
Produced by: UNICEF
Year: 2009
Language: English

De Storm - the upcoming Dutch blockbuster

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-03 14:21:18

Set against the storms of 1953 in Zeeland, The Netherlands,�this film tells the story of a young farmer's daughter, Julia (Hoeks), who is rescued against her will from a storm by a young airforce sergeant (Atsma) and is forced to leave her baby son behind in the rising water. Julia is grief-stricken but the sergeant is determined to make amends and help her find her son.

'This film is set against one of the most pivotal moments in our country's history', producer Alain de Levita said. 'The events following the breaching of the sea levees in 1953 have become the Dutch symbol for the way in which a divided people were unified in a monumental effort to rebuild lives and protect the land in the ongoing battle against the sea.

More info: www.destormdefilm.nl
Produced by: Alain de Levita & Johan Nijenhuis
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Rock catchments

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-03 16:29:02

This video shows how to use natural�depressions in rocks for� harvesting rainwater. Construction of dam walls is clearly presented in this video.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year:
Language: English

Part 1 of 2 Straight Talk to Strengthen Delivery

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-05 21:51:19

Full Title: Straight Talk to Strengthen Delivery in the Water Services Sector.
This 15 minute video in two parts summarises the findings of The Water Dialogues - South Africa process, and is based on the synthesis report of the same name. Produced by Liane Greeff with editorial support from Mary Galvin, the Coordinator of The WD-SA. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa�
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider from public to private-- affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? These chapters are based on the DVD entitled 'Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue' which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa, and visited six of the eight case studies where in-depth research was undertaken. Producer and editor: Liane Greeff South Africa 2009 All music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by both Roy and Liane, and photographs came from a broad range of sources who are credited at the end of the video.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

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TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-05 21:59:31

Resettling Maguga 2 of 3

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-05 22:01:13

The video descibes in people's own voices the successful resettlement of Maguga Dam, Swaziland. Its an unusual case study as most people are devastated after being displaced from their land. This makes it important too share.

Watch part 1 here
Watch part�3 here

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group - EMG
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year: 2008
Language: English

Resettling Maguga 3 of 3

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-05 22:02:37

Part 3 of the movie illustrating successful dam resettlement where in the people's own voices they are better off after resettlement than they were before.

Watch part 1 here
Watch part�2 here

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group - EMG
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year: 2008
Language: English

Part 2 of 2 Straight Talk to Strengthen Delivery

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-05 22:07:39

This is the second of two parts and summarises the findings of The Water Dialogues - South Africa process, and is based on the synthesis report of the same name. Produced by Liane Greeff with editorial support from Mary Galvin, the Coordinator of The WD-SA. The Water Dialogues-South Africa (WD-SA) is a national multi-stakeholder dialogue process and research project analysing the role of the public and private sectors in the delivery of universal water and sanitation in the country. See: http://www.waterdialogues.org/south-africa
The aim was to examine how the choice of water services provider from public to private-- affected the delivery of water and sanitation in very different municipal contexts. Were they able to deliver effective, equitable, and sustainable water supply and sanitation, provided affordably to all? These chapters are based on the DVD entitled 'Enhancing Delivery through Dialogue' which captured the process, and outcomes of The Water Dialogues South Africa, and visited six of the eight case studies where in-depth research was undertaken. All music provided by Roy MacGregor. Filming was undertaken by both Roy and Liane, and photographs came from a broad range of sources who are credited at the end of the video.

More info: waterdialogues
Produced by: Liane Greef
Year: 2009
Language: English

Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-07 13:00:59

Full title: Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change, Sakai, Kenya.

Recognizing the high vulnerability of African countries to the impacts of climate change, the project "Integrating Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change into Sustainable Development Policy

Planning and Implementation in Eastern and Southern Africa" (ACCESA) was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme with the support of the Global Environment Facility.�
The project was implemented by the centre for science and technology innovations together with the arid lands resource management project II and the Sakai community.�
The project provided support for community-level actions that enhance resilience to climate change in the short- and long-term.

In this documentary, Sakai community members highlight the changes they have observed and related problems, their activities on the adaptation project, preliminary and expected results, as well as key messages to the national and international community.
This video was produced by Cynthia Awuor with financial support from the International Institute for Environment and Development's (IIED's), Capacity strengthening for Least Developed Countries for�Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC) Fellowship Programme.

More info: www.iisd.org
Produced by: Cynthia Awuor - CLACC
Year: 2008
Language: English

ECOSAN - Sustainable Sanitation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-07 19:02:10

Mythri Sarva Seva Samithi, Gram Panchayat, WASTE and the farmers have implemented 9 UDDT toilets in Nagasandra village in the year 2008 . On the 1st of September, 2009 the first composting/dessicating chamber was opened in the presence of the village leaders and farmers. The compost had no smell was excellently composted/dessicated and has been picked up for pathogen and nutrient analysis. In the same village the Arghyam- GKVK Centre of Excellence on productive sanitation runs a farmers field trial. The latest experiment has been on Ash gourd and this too has shown excellent results with human urine application in 3 split doses. Productive sanitation has a bright future if executed properly.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: zenrainman
Year:
Language: Kannada/English

Protecting Coastal Communities

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-08 16:07:55

"The Dutch Say Yes We Do - In America, We Can, Too." Levees.org has created a video documentary using footage captured by an Amsterdam-based filmmaker while in The Netherlands this past May HJ Bosworth Jr and Sandy Rosenthal were part of US Senator Mary Landrieu's Second Congressional Delegation (CoDel) excursion to Holland. Unlike the first CoDel which studied peripheral barriers (floodgates), the goal of the Second CoDel was to see how the Dutch live with - and manage - water in urban settings.

More info: http://levees.org
Produced by: http://levees.org
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch/English

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The Katrina Myth

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-08 20:20:38

"The Katrina Myth; the Truth about a thoroughly unnatural disaster." Few people understand what really happened in New Orleans or what caused it. Fewer still realize that they too may be living under a similar or an even greater threat. This video exposes the key myths and misunderstandings about the New Orleans flood

More info: www.areweatrisk.org
Produced by: http://levees.org
Year: 2008
Language: English

Vaiju Babulgaon a story of transformation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-10 18:07:23

Integrated watershed development brings with it a drastic transformation in the face of a village. It does not only regenerate natural resources, but it also brings alive the watershed community who have come together, often for the first time, to work unitedly for own development.

In Vaiju Babulgaon, India�despite three consecutive years of severe drought, the village still had sufficient water for drinking and for their animals. This is their story in their own words telling about the process they went through, their understanding and the transformation it brought in their lives. This film was funded by GTZ.

More info: www.wotr.org
Produced by: Shmmi Nanda
Year: 2004
Language: Marathi and English

Getting Ready for the Floods

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-08 21:02:12

This Practical Action film describes strengthening the capacity of communities to manage early warning systems (EWS) to reduce the impacts of floods in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts of Nepal. Flood is a seasonal hazard in Nepal blighting the lives of thousands annually and destroying lives and livelihoods throughout the hills and terai. The film showcases the use of theater and song for awareness raising and demonstrates how communities can build their own physical defenses.

More info: Practical Action
Produced by: Practical Action
Year: 2009
Language: Nepali/English

Pangra

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-11 10:08:41

This video shows the story of the village Pangra in Beed and Sampat Misal, where inhabitants travel at least 25 kilometres to avail of any medical, educational or civic facility.
In 2001 the neighbouring village started a water shed program. After observing the positive impacts of this program on the other village, Pangra villagers decided to adopt a watershed program as well. This video shows the�process of the water shed program. Gramsabha (common village meeting) plays an important role during this program as important rules can be set during these meetings (e.g. a ban on free grazing).

More info: Watershed Organisation Trust - WOTR
produced by: WOTR, supported by MISEREOR
Year:
Language: Marathi/English

'On Water' Music Video

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-11 11:11:28

Animation artist Dustin McLean choreographs crayon strokes to his own music. With additional lyrics by Cameron Long, this bubbly song is quite the 'water-anthem.'

More info: Dust Films
Produced by: Dust Films/Cookie Dough Records/NewGrounds
Year: 2006
Language: Englsih

Porous Pavements: StormwaterPA

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-11 20:11:58

Pervious pavement / porous pavement consists of a permeable surface course underlain by a uniformly-graded stone bed. Stormwater drains through the surface, is temporarily held in the voids of the stone bed, and then slowly drains into the underlying, uncompacted soil mantle. The Morris Arboretum, in Philadelphia, PA, has successfully integrated this BMP into its parking areas to control rainwater runoff and help improve water quality in the local creek.

More info: StormwaterPA
Produced by: StormwaterPA/Greentreks Network, Inc.
Year: 2009
Language: English

Community-led Total Sanitation in Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-14 10:27:10

Through what is now known as the CLTS approach, it is explained to communities defecating in the open that they end up eating each others sh*t! The resulting shock/shame results in the communities demanding for/adopting more hygienic sanitation practices. In 2004, Plan introduced CLTS in over 200 villages in the Dinajpur District of Bangladesh. �By 2007, all villages in Plan's target area had eliminated open defecation and the entire population has access to hygienic latrines.

More info:�Plan International / Community-led Total Sanitation Website
Produced by: Plan International

Year: 2009

Language: Bangla/English

Building a natural swimming pool

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-12 04:21:12

Swimming pools are excellent recreational areas but can they be energy minimum and chemical less? Here is one such swimming pool we built close to Bangalore city. We call it our lotus pool.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Azolla - Nutrient supplement for cattle

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-12 05:27:03

Azolla is a great free floating fern which grows very well in the right conditions and can be put to many uses. As cattle feed it increases milk production in cows, as chicken feed it increases weight of chicken and eggs, as a biofertilizer it provides nitrogen supplement to plants and it can also be eaten by human beings.

More info: rainwaterclub
Produced: by zenrainman
Year:
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop-8

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-12 19:40:04

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Tsoi Pik Ying, Tso Pui – Hong Kong
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

Water M'gement as Conflict M'gement:Geoff Dabelko

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-12 20:49:26

Geoff Dabelko is Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center. In this presentation, Dabelko describes how water quality and quantity are declining in many parts of the world, posing acute problems for communities and governments. This crisis, along with high levels of interdependence on shared water resources, has led many members of the news media and some politicians to warn of imminent "water wars" between countries. Yet such wars between nations over water have never occurred in modern history and are unlikely to take place in the future. Although tensions over water resources often lead countries to trade hostile words, such exchanges rarely escalate into full-fledged conflicts.

More info: Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars
Produced by: Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars
Year: 2008
Language: English

Rice on the roof: Using grey water to grow paddy

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-12 22:34:01

A simple reed system can clean washing machine and bath water enough to grow rice. What better place to do than the roof which in tropical India receives a lot of sunlight. Nutrition for the rice comes from a Ecosan unit on the roof again, which provides the urine for fertilizer. Finally a solar box cooker cooks the rice for consumption.Food and water Cycle complete on the roof.The water for the washing machine and bath comes from harvested rain falling on the roof but a slightly different part.

More info: Rainwater Club
Produced by: Rainwater Club
Year: 2008
Language: Englsih

Rooftop rainwater for rural drinking water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-13 09:53:55

A good rainwater harvesting system provides clean potable water to families at the doorstep of the house. Drudgery can be avoided and health improved. Especially where alternate sources are contaminated rooftop rainwater harvesting provides supplemental water for families. Can this solution be main-streamed as part of sustainable water delivery?

More info: Rainwaterclub
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:
Language: English subtitles

Waters Edge Ministries - Little Things

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-14 14:15:08

Water Purification in Ghana West Africa. Waters Edge Ministries use a unit that chlorinates water through electrolysis of a salt water brine. It runs off a car battery and can purify up to 55 gallons per minute.
Music by JJ Heller.�

More info: http://weministry.com
Published by:� Water Edge Ministries
Year: 2009
Language: n/a

The Gathering Storm: Swapping crops

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-16 08:35:40

For millennia the people of southern Nepal have grown rice - in a country where the grain is a symbol of worship, other crops are considered unworthy. But monsoon rains, which rice cultivation so desperately depends on, have become increasingly erratic, leading farmers to think, and in some cases implement, the unthinkable - bananas!

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2009
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Creeping Deserts

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-16 10:30:41

In West Africa, the Sahara desert is growing by thousands of square kilometres a year and the search for water for people and their animals becomes ever more desperate. When I was young it was easy to get water, but not these days, said Alioune Modhi, a Mauritanian nomad. Sometimes I dig 12 wells and still dont find water. Its our biggest problem.�

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Drip Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-16 10:38:25

Drip irrigation has become popular too in Senegal, where an Israeli NGO is teaching farmers the simple technique that gives them control over their crops and does not leave them entirely at the mercy of the climate.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Harvesting Rain

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-16 10:54:23

In the arid farmlands of eastern Kenya, a German NGO has been helping communities to harvest rain. Using the occasional rock features that interrupt the otherwise flat landscape, they are building simple reservoirs to catch rainwater as it runs down the rock face. The collected water is then sold for a token price. Some communities have invested in the stock market, others in drip irrigation - raising the real possibility that what started out as a survival technique may yet turn into a development tool.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

Highlights H2 09 forum

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-17 11:14:35

Highlights from the H2 09 Forum in New York, September 2009.

More info: NWP
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

The Future on International Water Policy

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-17 11:16:42

Interview/discussion with Ahmed Aboutaleb (Mayor of Rotterdam), Frank Heemskerk (Minister of Foreign Trade) and Richard Roper (Director of Planning, New York Port Authority)on the H2 09 forum in New York (September 2009).

More info: NWP
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

H�user die schwimmen

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-18 10:29:43

This documentary about floating houses in The Netherlands was broadcasted on the German television station ZDF.

More info: ZDF
Produced by: Ina D'hondt
Year:
Language: German

Weirs

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-24 09:53:44

this instructional video describes step by step the construction of diversion weirs in Kenya.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by:�ASAL Consultants Ltd.�
Year: 2009
Language: English

Bujagali - Six stories of resettlement

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-24 14:13:11

For the period from 2002 to the present time�the saga of the Bujagali Dam in Uganda was followed�which will have devastating environmental and social impacts. The dam will drown a large section of the Nile River as it flows out of Lake Victoria and the Bujagali Rapids will be a memory.
This video tracks six stories of resettlement based on interviews with people who were moved around 2001/2002 at the 1st�visit, and then again in 2006.

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group (EMG)
Produced by: Liane Greeff
Year:
Language:

INDUS not so mighty anymore

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-25 15:23:55

This film shows Swedish reporter Ragnar Hedlund's journey along the Indus. It is an attempt to understand the cause of the current problems, but above all a quest for possible solutions. Because, according to Hammad Naqi Khan, WWF Pakistan, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Camera and editing is done by Gustav Forsberg. Director and producer is Ragnar Hedlund.�

More info: WWF
Produced by: Filmf�nstret
Year: 2007
Language: English, for�Swedish version click here

Damalwadi Get the water pitcher off our heads

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-25 16:44:01

Damalwadi and Wazar were two drought prone villages of Maharashtra, where availability of drinking water was a perennial problem. The women were the most affected by this. The requirements to implement WOTR's clean and safe drinking water project were doable yet challenging. This film tells the story of Damalwadi. Click here to watch the story of Wazar.

More info: Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by:�WOTR
Year:
Language:

Wazar - Story of a Dream Come True

TheWaterChannel — 2009-09-25 16:46:34

More info: Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by:�WOTR
Year:
Language:

DIRT! The movie trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-06 13:46:57

DIRT! The Movie--directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow--takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.

More info: www.dirtthemovie.org
Produced by: Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow
Year: 2009
Language: English

Runoff: Slow it down, spread it out, soak it in

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-06 17:18:52

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Botanic Garden produced this 9-minute on-line video: Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It In, that highlights green techniques such as rain gardens, green roofs and rain barrels to help manage stormwater runoff. The film showcases green techniques that are being used in urban areas to reduce the effects of stormwater runoff on the quality of downstream receiving waters. The goal is to mimic the natural way water moves through an area before development by using design techniques that infiltrate, evaporate, and reuse runoff close to its source. The techniques are innovative stormwater management practices that manage urban stormwater runoff at its source, and are very effective at reducing the volume of stormwater runoff and capturing harmful pollutants. Using vegetated areas that capture runoff also improves air quality, mitigates the effects of urban heat islands and reduces a community's overall carbon footprint.

More info: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/video.html
Produced by: EPA Environmental Protection Agency
Year:
Language: English

SWITCH Interview with Kwaku Addo Sakyi-Addo

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-09 13:02:08

Interview with�Kwaku Addo Sakyi-Addo from Aqua Vitens Rand by Dzifa Azumah from Ghana News Agency�at the SWITCH summit in Delft.�

More info: http://switchwatersummit.wordpress.com
by: UNESCO-IHE
Year: 2009
Language: English

The AFRIDEV handpump: Community Management

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-12 12:00:54

Full title: The AFRIDEV handpump: Installed for Community Management

This is a training video for handpump technicians. Community involvement is discussed; before the technical implementation takes place, issues need to be resolved and everyone should agree on the proposal.
The technical process of the installation of the hand pump is described in detail with images from the field accompanied with�schematic illustrations.

More info:
Produced by: Media Production Studios, directed by Juliet Waterkeyn
Year:
Language: English

Journalism on environment and sanitation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-09 18:10:29

Interviews with Dzifa Azumah (Ghana News Agency) and Vishwanath Shrikantaiah (New Media Journalist) at the SWITCH summit in Delft about communication within their�specializations: environment and sanitation.

More info: http://switchwatersummit.wordpress.com
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE
Year: 2009
Language: English

Garamsur - tale of an unknown village

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-14 15:56:24

For a village so small, remote and relegated to eternal poverty, one would expect its inhabitants to welcome the Watershed Programme with open arms.
Yet, the village Garamsur chose otherwise. The 'power centres' of the village felt threatened by this programme which sought to empower common people. Ostensibly, the issue raised was charaibandi or ban on free grazing, but reality, the village sought to be divided on cast lines. A group of dedicated people from the village took up the challenge...

More info: Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by: Media Center, funded by GTZ
Year:
Language: English

Rewarding Ecosystems in the Middle East

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-21 12:52:52

This video was specially produced to be demonstrated in the IUCN Congress in Barcelona in October 2008. It shed lights on the situation of the ecosystem in the Middle East region, with its water, protected areas, business & biodiversity in addition to poverty, equity, gender and marine. It particularly emphasized the threats of which the region suffers.

More info: www.iucn.org
Produced by: IUCN WAME Regional office
Year: 2008
Language: n/a, English subtitles
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INDUS - floden som f�rsvann

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-16 12:28:46

This film shows Swedish reporter Ragnar Hedlund's journey along the Indus. It is an attempt to understand the cause of the current problems, but above all a quest for possible solutions. Because, according to Hammad Naqi Khan, WWF Pakistan, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Camera and editing is done by Gustav Forsberg. Director and producer is Ragnar Hedlund.

More info: WWF
Produced by: Filmf�nstret
Year: 2007
Language:�Swedish, for English version click here

Lake Tahoe Warming

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-16 12:56:27

Scientists warn that California's famous crystal-clear lake is seriously threatened by global warming.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Unesco/Switch Summit 2009 Interview

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-17 20:12:55

Interview with Steward, one of the participants of the 2009 Summit in Delft/The Netherlands. Interviewer:Joep Verhagen (IRC).

More info: http://switchwatersummit.wordpress.com
Produced by: Willem Tijssen�http://watersite.ning.com
Year: 2009
Language: English

Foiling weeds and restoring burned land

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-21 12:53:31

This video is part of the series 'Scenes of Science, videos from the Agicultural Research Service.' It shows�the use of native plants to help�prevent soil eroision, revegetation,�improvement of the�quality of water shed and improvement of�biodiversity.

More info: www.ars.usda.gov
Produced by:
Year: 2007
Language: English

Will he/she be a bossie or a bull?

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-21 12:54:09

This video is part of the series 'Scenes of Science, videos from the Agicultural Research Service.' It shows�a method�to predetermine the sex of the offspring of mammals.

More info: www.ars.usda.gov
Produced by:
Year: 2007
Language: English

Louisiana wetlands

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-20 17:06:13

With its coastal lowlands sinking, Louisiana pushes expensive plans to re-make the Mississippi River and allow the restoration of a self-sustaining delta.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

SWITCH summit part 2

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-20 15:44:59

Second series of interviews taken at the 2009 UNESCO/SWITCH Summit. Interview Joep Verhagen (IRC)

More info: http://switchwatersummit.wordpress.com
Produced by: Willem Tijssen�http://watersite.ning.com
Year: 2009
Language: English

SWITCH summit part 3

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-20 15:46:35

How Rivers Work: The Role of Groundwater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-21 16:20:53

This video, produced by the UK Groundwater Forum, helps explain the important role that groundwater plays in the environment. The video shows the contribution groundwater makes to the flow in Britain�s rivers and in doing so provides some basic information on groundwater, subsurface dynamics and the hydrological cycle as a whole.

More info: www.groundwateruk.org
Produced by: UK Groundwater Forum
Year: 2006
Language: English

Kainji Dam

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-22 15:20:12

This project is an experiment on how to tell the story of the Kainji Dam using video footage of an interview with Hope Ogbeide from SWAPHEP and photographs that he has taken on field visits. Whilst the result is not as engrossing as video footage of the Kainji Dam, it is useful in giving interested people an understanding of the issues and the terrein. Thanks to Hope Ogbeide for some photographs.

More info: Environmental Monitoring Group (EMG)
Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group
Year:
Language: English

Disaster reduction Japan's Global Contribution

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-23 12:01:01

This video explains measures Japan took to prevent natural disasters.
The video discusses barriers, embankments, dams, early warning systems, satellites, standard building codes, etc. Education plays an important role in disaster reduction in the future. Initiatives like community walks and children contests are shown.
The video ends by showing examples from all over the world where Japan worked together with�local disaster reduction teams.�
As the situation is alarming more�international�cooperation is necessary.

More info: Ministry of foreign affairs Japan
Produced by: Japan Center for Intercultural Communications
Year: 2005
Language: English

Savannah River Sturgeon

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-29 09:57:24

Restoring healthy flows of fresh water in dammed and polluted rivers can be monitored by tracking endangered fish with radio transmitters.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

CSIR Getting to grips with groundwater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-30 09:36:28

The CSIR studied the Cape's Table Mountain Group aquifer in an attempt to understand how it supports rivers and wetlands in the fynbos biome. The research confirmed that the ecological role of the aquifer is critical in terms of maintaining hydrodiversity in the fynbos. The research also helped the City Council of Cape Town understand the feasibility of using the resource for bulk water supply.
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More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Finding link between cholera & coastal fresh water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-30 09:45:26

Based on the last available statistics, Africa accounts for a staggering 99% of the global total of cholera-related deaths. And still, the burden of the disease is grossly underestimated. Most research in Africa has so far been incident based with no concerted effort towards long term suveillance in any of the cholera prone areas.

To fill this gap, a multidisciplinary team from the CSIR emarked on a three-year project on the coastal and fresh water sources around the Mozambican city of Beira.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English�

Brackish water purified with nanotechnology

TheWaterChannel — 2009-10-30 11:58:21

CSIR researchers, in collaboration with North-West University, are working to treat brackish groundwater using nanofiltration membranes.
The two organisations and a local industry partner, Malutsa, is forming a joint venture with a Greek consortium called Nanopure, and plan to develop various nanotechnology methods for the treatment of water.
The project will be funded by the European Union.
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More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English�

Water and sanitation: a partnership for change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-02 09:55:48

This video shows the International Federation Global Water and Sanitation Initiative (GWSI) in action at the Zambia Red Cross Society "Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion Project"

More info: IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)
Produced by: The Water and Sanitation Unit, Health and Care Department
Year: 2007
Language: English

Stream restoration

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-02 12:10:40

Ecologists try to transform ditches into natural streams needed to bring healthy hardwood forests back to the Mississippi Delta in Arkansas.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Up the Yangtze trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-02 15:39:53

Up the Yangtze is a dramatic feature documentary film on life inside modern China.
A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze�- navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history.
The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle�- provides the epic backdrop for this award-winning film about a family displaced by radical environmental and economic change.

More info: www.uptheyangtze.com
Produced by: NFB
Year: 2009
Language: English

Ecological Health in the Waterberg

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-03 09:40:39

The CSIR is studying the ecological health of two river catchments in the Waterberg in South Africa's Limpopo basin. Researchers are developing indicators that will tell the story of the area's current health, enabling them to predict future changes. During the study the researchers discovered a rare species of protozoa, never before cited in Africa, or in a river. This species is extremely sensitive to heavy metals in water and occurs only in water with very high light penetration.
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More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Human Right to Water in Los Angeles

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-04 18:10:46

An effort to move forward legislation for a Human Right to Water in the State of California. Los Angeles says YES!

More information: Urban Semillas
Produced by: Urban Semillas
Year: 2009
Language: English

El agua y el agricultura

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-05 12:29:08

Explorando las aguas de Guanajuato, es una serie que busca comprender y difundir la situaci�n de los usuarios, as� mismo promueve mejores h�bitos que ayuden a contruis un mejor futuro con agua.

More info: www.guanajuato.gob.mx/ceag
Produced by: Gobierno del estado, comisi�n estatal del agua
Year:
Language: Spanish

Recarga de acu�feros (MAR)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-26 12:14:54

Reportaje de Telemadrid sobre la la gesti�n de la recarga de acu�feros (MAR).
Este reportaje fue emitido en Telamadrid y relata aspectos relativos a gesti�n h�drica dentro de la CAM con especial atenci�n a medidas alternativas, entre ellas la gesti�n de la recarga de acu�feros (MAR).

More info: Dina-MAR
Produced by:
Year:
Language: Spanish

Winning ways with transboundary water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-09 11:23:07

Water has always been a critical driver to social and economic development. Decisions around the sharing of water are complex because water does not heed man-made borders. The CSIR and its African and international partners have developed a methodology to guide development and management of shared fresh-water resources. This framework is called the Trans-boundary Waters Opportunity Analysis and is proving to be extremely useful for governments of countries that share a river basin.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

El ciclo del agua

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-09 11:36:17

Wetlands: keeping our planet alive and well

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-09 13:58:40

This video tells a story about the importance of wetlands for human beings and issues that these most precious resources are facing. The Ramsar Convention helps people to work together and manage these vital ecosystems.

More info:�www.ramsar.org
Produced by: Ramsar
Year: 2008
Language: English, also available in French

A Climate of Change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-09 14:04:55

Climate change isn't something that's going to hit in the future. It's already changing the weather patterns and water supply in California; a dwindling snowpack, bigger flood flows, rising sea levels, longer and harsher droughts.
In a newly released mini documentary, "A Climate of Change", find out what adaptation strategies the Californian Department of Water Resources proposes. (Produced in conjunction with the Water Education Foundation)

More info: http://www.water.ca.gov/climatechange
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: English

Agua...M�s Que Un Tubo (part 1)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 10:46:49

In the mountains of northern Costa Rica, communities who had long thought of water as an inexhaustible resource have begun to see a reduction in quality and quantity of this vital liquid. The cloud forests have been continually destroyed to make room for farm land and urban growth. However, through the reforestation of lands surround their water sources, ecological loans to reclaim their watershed and the involvement of all members of the community, the people of R�o La Balsa are fighting to protect a quality of life they have enjoyed for generations. While these communities once only worried about the quality of their pipes and tanks, they are now all aware that the quality of the water itself can not be taken for granted. To ensure potable water for all, it will require much more than just a tube.

Watch part 2 here

More info: www.cavusite.org
Produced by: CAVU
Year:
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Agua...M�s Que Un Tubo (part 2)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 10:58:38

Watch part 1 here

More info: www.cavusite.org
Produced by: CAVU
Year:
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Solar Disinfection of drinking water

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 11:40:20

A multi-disciplinary team consisting of the CSIR, the Relief of Suffering and Starvation and the Institute of Water and Sanitation Development in Zimbabwe are finalising three health impact studies aimed at providing unambiguous proof that the solar disinfection of drinking water is effective against waterborne disease.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Changing Climate Water Wise

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 12:49:58

Watch Senior Meteorologist Elissa Lynn and Executive Manager of Climate Change John Andrew explain the impacts of climate change on California's water.

More info: http://www.water.ca.gov/climatechange
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Rivers on the Edge

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-12 11:51:40

As well as providing some beautiful scenery, the rivers that run through – and on the edge of – Britain’s towns and cities supply us with most of our freshwater, for drinking and washing, and take away our waste.
It can sometimes be hard to see the connection between the water that comes out of our taps and the water we see flowing along in streams and rivers.
But the fact is, the water you rely on at home will originally have been pumped from rivers (or underground aquifers that supply rivers), before being stored in reservoirs and processed at treatment plants.
Even in traditionally rainy Britain, the consequences of our wasteful overuse of water, particularly in heavily-populated areas, are now becoming clear to see.

More info:WWF Rivers on the Edge
Produced by: WWF
Year:
Language: English

Farming the Ancient Waters of the Desert

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 15:06:44

This film tells the story of oasis farmers who have moved to the Abu Minqar oasis, deep into the Sahara Desert, to create new livelihoods for themselves away from Egypt’s overcrowded Nile Valley.
The film shows how farmers strive towards a more sustainable use of finite groundwater for farming Egypt’s Western Desert. The documentary is based on data generated throughout a three-year participatory research project the DDC conducted in Abu Minqar. An interdisciplinary, international team researched the community’s resource management, irrigation and agricultural systems as part of a regional water initiative focused on community-based water management.

More info: International Development Research Centre
Produced by: the Desert Development Center/American University in Cairo
Year: 2009
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Swollen River Floats Roofed Structure into Bridge

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-10 17:03:20

March 19, 2008 - Rivers in Arkansas are exceeding their flood levels following extreme rainfall. While surveying rising waters in Izard County near the city of Calico Rock, Steve Franks with the U.S. Geological Survey in Little Rock captures this incredible cell phone video of a roofed structure floating down the White River and slamming into the bridge on Arkansas State Highway 5. Courtesy USGS Arkansas Water Science Center.

More info: Arkansas Floodplain Management Association
Produced by:
Year: 2008
Language: n/a

Heart of Dryness

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-11 21:20:46

This 4 min micro-documentary illustrates the story of how Bushmen have adapted to scarcity for 30,000 years, and what we can learn before it is too late for them...or us. Interview with author James Workman.

More info: www.heartofdryness.com
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: English

Trailer Garbage Dreams

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-12 12:10:09

“GARBAGE DREAMS is a moving story of young men searching for ways to eke out a living for their families and facing tough choices as they try to do the right thing for the planet.” -Al Gore

More info: www.garbagedreams.com
Produced by: Mai Iskander
Year: 2009
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

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Participacion social en el cuidado del agua

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-18 16:35:39

Monitoreo Lago Cachet-2, Glaciar Colonia, Chile

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-19 03:27:41

Direcci�n General de Aguas - Chile instala estaci�n meteorol�gica para monitoreo satelital en Lago Cachet-2 en regi�n de Ays�n, aprox. 1500 km al sur de Santiago de Chile. El lago es aleda�o al glaciar Colonia en Campo de Hielo Norte. Se cont� con el apoyo del Ej�rcito de Chile. El trabajo se realiz� en mayo de 2009.

More info: lillo.adrian@gmail.com
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: Spanish
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Bianca Jagger on a copernican revolution

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-24 15:04:46

In this video, Bianca Jagger, former fashion icon and actress, founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, chair of the World Future Council and Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador discusses moving from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable energy economy and the necessity of a copernican style revolution Planet Positive.

2020 Vision is a campaign to inspire people into action on climate change.�

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English

Les zones humides maintiennent notre plan�te vivan

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-18 17:20:01

Le film explique l'importance des zones humides pour les �tres humains et les probl�mes auxquels ces ressources si pr�cieuses doivent faire face. La Convention de Ramsar nous aide � travailler ensemble pour g�rer ces �cosyst�mes vitaux.

More info: www.ramsar.org
Produced by: Ramsar
Year: 2008
Language: French, also available in English
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Assignment Earth - Damming the Mekong

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-12 22:48:11

Assignment Earth travels to Thailand where we see the growing environmental troubles being faced as a result downstream, including lower water levels, less nutrient-rich sediment and degraded fisheries.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Making the most of Water: De Hoop

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-16 15:32:40

The De Hoop dam is being constructed at a cost of R 5 billion in one of the poorest areas of rural South Africa. The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry hopes to stimulate investment of R 15 billion and create opportunities for some 90 000 jobs.
This project aims to provide the necessary water resource infrastructure in the form of a storage dam, and a 300 km network of water pipelines, reservoirs and pump stations. CSIR scientists are investigating how the dam can promote development and growth in the area.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Sisters on the planet - Carterets

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-24 14:35:27

For Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands, seeing her ancestral homeland disappear is a hard reality. The Carteret Islands are a small group of islands off Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. Seawater is swamping the islands, making them uninhabitable. The community has built sea walls and planted mangrove trees, but they can not stop the erosion from eating away the shoreline and destroying their gardens.�
Sisters on the planet is a series of inspirational journeys of women fighting against climate change.

More info: www.oxfam.org.nz
Produced by: Oxfam new Zealand
Year:
Language: English

Sisters on the planet - Uganda

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-20 09:58:58

For Martina Longom in Caicaoan village in Karamoja, north eastern Uganda, the disappearance of the elele bird is yet another sign that strange things are happening to the weather. "In our parents'time", she says, "the elele bird would come and sing, signalling the rain. Everyone would then join together to turn to cultivation.
Sisters on the planet is a series of inspirational journeys of women who are fighting back against climate change.

More info: www.oxfam.org.nz
Produced by: Oxfam New Zealand
Year: 2008
Language: English subtitles

Kenyan Students' Innovative Approach

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-23 21:53:12

The young entrepreneurs at Ragen Elementary in Kenya discovered that they could purify the entire school's drinking water for only $16/year. To pay for it, they started a garden to sell vegetables to the local community.

More info:

www.globalwaterchallenge.org

Produced by: Global Water Challenge (GWC)
Year:
Language: English

Rivers to Oceans: Groundwater webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-19 20:26:31

The earth can be a wonderful filtration system, but some of the contaminated water that seeps into underground aquifers can't be cleaned up by mother nature. How can you help protect our drinking water?

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on Stormwater,�Wetlands, Surface Water,Wastewater and Conservation.

More info: riverstooceans.ca
Produced by: Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year:
Language: English, French and Spanish

Cultura del Agua

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-13 12:44:12

Recycling Realities In African Cities - Towards...

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-04 15:45:35

Full title: Recycling Realities In African Cities - Towards Safe Wastewater Use In Agriculture In sub-saharan Africa, where sanitation infrastructure does not keep pace with city growth, the use of polluted water for urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is a common reality. While UPA puts consumers at risk; it also plays an important role in food supply and job creation. The question is how to preserve the benifits while minimizing the risks? This short video clip gives voice to the people most closely involved, to ariculate their own solutions to the challenges they face. This video was produced by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and it's partners to aid in knowledge sharing.

More info: www.iwmi.cgiar.org
Produced by: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Year: 2005
Language: English with French subtitles

Do you speak SRI?

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-25 13:39:29

This video explains how System of Rice Intensification (SRI) works. It shows experiences in Cambodia. SRI is an alternative system of cultivating rice - meant to use less water.

More info: ciifad.cornell.edu/SRI/index.html
Produced by: Mind's Eye production for Oxfam America and CEDAC
Year:
Language: Khmer with English subtitles

Water Wars

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-25 14:15:14

In America's Southeast, growing population pressures are forcing states to compete for limited water supplies.

More info: Assignment Earth
Produced by: Assignment Earth
Year:
Language: English

Climate Change HAKA

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-25 23:44:28

Oxfam New Zealand is organising a massive HAKA to challenge the New Zealand government to take strong action on climate change.

More info: oxfam.org.nz/feeltheheat
Produced by: Oxfam
Year: 2009
Language: English

Assainissement ecologique a la MACO

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-26 13:39:29

More info: www.reseaucrepa.org
Produced by: CREPA (Centre R�gional pour l'eau potable et l'assainissement � faible co�t), sponsored by European Union, GTZ, l'ONEA
Year:
Language: French

Excellent development: Forest

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-26 14:02:08

This video describes the functions of the forest. The forest not only deliveres fodder, fuel wood and building material, it has also an important function as seed bank.

More info: Excellent!
Produced by: Excellent Development Limited
Year: 2006
Language: English

A wastewater irrigation system in urban Accra

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-26 16:24:16

This videos shows irrigation in urban areas. It shows the problems of using wastewater for irrigationas well as various risk reducing methods.

More info: www.iwmi.cgiar.org
Produced by: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and its partners as a knowledge sharing aid, supported by Google
Year: 2008
Language: English

Saving our freshwater ecologies

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-27 11:31:18

The extinction rate of species in freshwater ecologies is estimated to be almost five times higher than those on land.
A project led by�the South African National Biodiversity Institute and managed by the CSIR aims to identify a national network of freshwater conservation areas.
The research will focus on large river ecosystems as well as wetlands, estuaries and groundwater. When this research is completed, South Africa will have a national map of exact priorities for fresh water biodiversity.

More info: www.csir.co.za
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Constructed wetlands

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-29 12:03:44

Video on the process of building constructed wetlands.

More info: www.ecofyt.nl
Produced by: AVT
Year: 2001
Language: English

More time for development

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-04 13:35:35

Girls in Burkina Faso lose one to two years of lessons during their school life because of the time they spend collecting water each day. Improvements in the rural water supply are designed to bring about change and provide better development opportunities, especially for women and children.

More info: www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: English, also available in French

Green reactor for acid mine drainage

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-21 16:15:36

Vast quantities of acid mine drainage are generated in South Africa. This affects the water quality of the country's rivers and dams.
The CSIR has done various studies into acid mine drainage and can now demonstrate the biological process to clean up mine water using micro-organisms powered by grass cellulose.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Rise of a new dawn

TheWaterChannel — 2009-11-30 11:35:46

Women are the care providers, of all but their own self. The women empowerment program in 150 villages is about realizing their true potential. With Sampada Trust, they receive training in entrepreneurship to manage small scale businesses from selling bangles to dried fish, to preparing manure and selling it. It is the Self – Help groups that make the difference, in their confidence levels. As a collective group their outshine darkness all around them. It is like "The lamp is mine but the light is ours"

More info:�Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by: Crispino Lobo, funded by Andheri-Hilfe Bonn
Year:
Language: English�

Le vaccin du lait

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-01 13:06:11

Un douar au Tadla.
Men�e par un groupe de jeunes, une communcaut� d'irrigants r�ussit � cr�er sa propre coop�rative laiti�re. Avec les succ�s du lait, la coop�rative investit dans la domaine cosial; sant�, �ducation, aue potable, pistes urales... sont autant de sujets qui lient la coop�rative � la communaut�.

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv Cirad
Year: 2009�
Language:�French

System of Rice intensification

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-07 12:34:54

More info: ciifad.cornell.edu/SRI/index.html
Produced by: CEDAC
Year:
Language: Khmer

Improving food hygiene and safety in the urban...

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-07 12:36:15

Full title: Improving food hygiene and safety in the urban fast food sector in Ghana.
To reduce health risks at the level of food preperation�'hard ways'�like inspections, restriction, and fees can be used. But there�are also soft ways to�reduce health risks. Soft ways are based on mutual understanding. Eight essential rules�used in this method�are discussed in this video.

Cooperation between IWMI, KNUST, UDS and University of Copenhagen.

More info: www.iwmi.cgiar.org
Produced by: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Year: 2008
Language: English

Dr Rajendra Pachauri on Energy Sources

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-07 12:41:06

Dr Rajendra Pachauri - chairman of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - speaks about Energy Sources and the Developing World.

2020 Vision is a campaign to inspire people into action on climate change.�

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English

WWF: Peatland Swamps of Borneo

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-09 09:59:36

The peatland swamps of Borneo hold large stocks of carbon. Learn about WWF's work with the local communities to restore the peat swamps and the biodiversity in Borneo in a narrated tour in Google Earth. You can download the tour to Google on your computer at http://www.google.com/cop15

More info: http://www.google.com/cop15
Produced by:
Year: 2009
Language: English�

Las Aguas subterraneas (Spanish)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-09 15:07:53

Este v�deo narra la historia de las aguas subterr�neas: su aparici�n (hidrogeolog�a) la exploraci�n (geof�sicos y de perforaci�n) y el deterioro siguientes de la contaminaci�n. La importancia de la protecci�n de los recursos minerales m�s importantes de las fuentes contaminantes, como la agricultura, la industria y los desechos dom�sticos se explica y subrayado. Con unos gr�ficos claros y las im�genes de Niza este v�deo da una buena visi�n en el mundo de las aguas subterr�neas y su papel fundamental para la sociedad.

More info: www.igme.es
Produced by: Ministerio de Educaci�n y Ciencia, el Instituto Geol�gico y Minero de Espa�a
Year: 1984
Language: Spanish, also available in English

Las Aguas subterraneas (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-09 15:24:51

This video tells the story of groundwater: its occurrence (hydrogeology) exploration (geophysical survey and drilling) and deterioration following from contamination. The importance of protecting the most important mineral resource from polluting sources such as agriculture, industry and domestic waste is explained and underlined. With clear graphics and nice imagery this video gives a good insight into the world of groundwater and its pivotal role for society.�

More info: www.igme.es
Produced by: Ministerio de Educaci�n y Ciencia, el Instituto Geol�gico y Minero de Espa�a
Year: 1984
Language: English, also available in Spanish

Sir Jonathan Porritt, 'Energy equals Liberation'

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-10 09:27:52

Sir Jonathan Porritt, environmentalist and writer, discusses here limitless energy from 90% renewable energy resources.

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English

Recarga artificial en varias acequias

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-10 15:00:00

Full title: Recarga artificial en varias acequias de careo de la Alpujarra (Granada)

En estas secuencias multimedia se presentan instantes de la recarga artificial en varias acequias de careo de la Alpujarra granadina. Gran parte de estos dispositivos han sido restaurados por iniciativa del PN de Sierra Nevada a trav�s del Grupo Tragsa, empleando las mismas t�cnicas y materiales usados desde el siglo XII. Especial atenci�n requiere el tratamiento de la mamposter�a hidr�ulica tras siglos de tradici�n. Se adjunta adem�s un documental informativo emitido por Canal Sur.

More info: Dina-MAR
Produced by:
Year:
Language: Spanish

Lord Nicholas Stern on Travelling, deforestation

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-10 15:15:00

Lord Nicholas Stern, academic, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Professor and Chair of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and author of the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change, discusses powering his home with renewable energy, finishing his insulation, using electric cars and carbon neutral transport, eating less red meat and deforestation.

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English
�

The Rain Trappers

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-10 15:58:52

Watershed Organisation Trust, (WOTR), was established in 1993 in Ahmednagr, Maharashtra. The aim of WOTR is to support village communities in eradicating their poverty by regenerating their environment through watershed development. To achieve this objective, WOTR, together with its partners, seeks to mobilize the creative potential of the watershed dwellers making this a people’s movement. WOTR also assists NGOs and other VSHGs interested in watershed development by extending them support to build up their capacities. Today WOTR has come a long way from its specialization – trapping Rainwater. WOTR has programs for children, women, non-conventional energy and micro-finance through Sampada Trust, its sister concern.

More info:�Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by: WOTR, supported by GTZ
Year:
Language: English�

Learning by Doing

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-11 12:15:45

This short video tries to describe WaterAid Ethiopia works in one of its project areas, the Benishangul Gumuz Regional State. WaterAid Ethiopia takes proactive approach to improving the success of water and sanitation projects by a strong focus on learning lessons across multiple implementations. It tries to introduce technologies which are appropriate to the local context, easy to use, and maintained by the local community members.

More info: www.wateraidethiopia.org
Produced by: WaterAid Ethiopia�
Year: 2006�
Language:�English

Stephen Hale, Green Alliance, Climate of Control

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-11 12:19:43

Green Alliance is an organisation promoting sustainable development working to ensure the environment is at the heart of political decisions. Here, Stephen Hale, Director of Green Alliance discusses their new strategy Future Positive and moving from a climate of fear to a feeling of control.

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English

Mapping mercury

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-05 17:10:44

The toxic metal, mercury, occurs naturally in the earth's crust, but human activities contribute significantly to mercury pollution. To understand the dynamics of mercury in the South African environment, the CSIR - with partners such as the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Sasol and Eksom - has embarked on a series of mercury-related research projects. The project aims to assess the extent of mercury pollution, and the degree to which mercury may be a problem in the country.

More info: CSIR
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

44 pounds

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-23 17:31:38

This feature-length video documents one woman's twice-daily trek for clean water. The film opens as Birhane completes her morning chores and then, unedited, follows her on the nearly two mile journey to an open hand dug well in Ethiopia.

More info: water.org�
Produced by: Mike McCamon & Ashleig Reimer
Year:
Language: English

Changing Mindsets Changing Lives

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-22 16:14:33

Seva Mandir's Constructive work with the rural tribal communities of Udaipur Rajasthan India. The organization has been operational for more than four decades now. The short film attempts to resolve the assumption that the development work does take time and that working with communities needs the constructive approach of development.

More info: www.sevamandir.org
Produced by: Seva Mandir
Year:� 2007
Language: English

Koenders & Corton in Burkina Faso (Dutch)

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-23 17:01:00

Minister of development cooperation (The Netherlands), Bert Koenders, and 3FM Radio DJ, Eric Corton, visiting Burkina Faso and the work of the Red Cross.
Currently 3FM is hosting the Serious Request radio programme, which aims at mobilising money for the fight against Malaria.
Other participating radio stations include ’Studio Brussel’ from Belgium, in Switzerland‚ Jeder Rappen Z�hlt’, in Sweden ’Musikhj�lpen’ and in Kenya ‘Ghetto Radio’

More info: www.rodekruis.nl and www.seriousrequest.3fm.nl (in Dutch)
Published by:
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Julian Walker-Palin, Acknowledging Climate change

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-11 13:20:57

Here Julian Walker-Palin, head of coporate policy for sustainability and ethics at Asda discusses the role of business and individuals on effecting change.

More info: http://www.planet-positive.org/Vision2020�
Produced by: Planet Positive
Year: 2009
Language: English

The story of a painting

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-14 11:08:34

This docu-drama has been filmed in Naralewadi (Dist. Jalna, Maharashtra) where WOTR has implemented Renewable Energy based technologies such as biogas plants, solar LEDs, etc. The intervention was made to stop traditional fuel consumption in the village (fuel wood, kerosene lamp, cow dung, etc.) which has been adversely affecting the health of the inhabitants and their ecosystem. The impact and the transformation following this project have been brought out in this film through Rama’s painting.

More info:�Water OrganisationTrust - WOTR
Produced by: WOTR, funded by Swiss�Agency�for Development and Cooperation
Year:
Language: English�

Options for health risk reduction in wastewater

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-14 16:14:24

This video shows options for health risk reduction in wastewater irrigated urban agriculture in Ghana.

More info: www.iwmi.cgiar.org
Produced by: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Year: 2008
Language: English

Water & Sanitation Access Lake Victoria region

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-15 13:31:51

This video brings to light the situation of water and sanitation access in the Lake�Victoria region, with experiences from Kisumu in Western Kenya and Jinja in Eastern Uganda.
A cooperation of Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development, Kenya SusWatch Network, Tanzania Coalition for Sustainable Development.

More info: www.ugandacoalition.or.ug
Produced by:� Mystic Multi-Media, supported by Sida
Year:
Language: English

El Agua era un Sue�o

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-05 14:00:04

La pel�cula recorre el proceso de mejoramiento urbano implementado con el apoyo del IIED-AL en tres asentamientos informales del Municipio de San Fernando en la Regi�n Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, seg�n de la visi�n de 7 miembros de la communidad, del Presidente del Consejo Deliberante y de la directora del IIED-AL. Reflexiona sobre el trabajo realizado a lo largo de 20 a�os, explicando los desaf�os y las estrategias utilizadas para superarlos, y examina puntos clave relacio-nados al trabajo en colaboraci�n, el uso y la generaci�n de informaci�n como motor de cambio, mecanismos de financiamiento y el aumento de escala. La pel�cula intenta mostrat c�mo identificar y construir sobre iniciativas locales que mejoren en el acceso al agua y saneamiento en asentamientos informales.

More info: www.iied.org
Produced by: IIED, funded by SIDA, DANIDA and DFID
Year: 2009
Language: Spanish, also available in English

Water was a Dream

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-22 14:34:05

'Water was a Dream' is a film describing IIED-America Latina's involvement in the improvement of water supply and sanitation services in three low-income urban settlements of Buenos Aires. It illustrates the challenges and strategies, and examines the key issues related to working in collaboration, using information as a driver for change, finance mechanisms, and scaling up.

More info: www.iied.org
Produced by: IIED, funded by SIDA, DANIDA and DFID
Year: 2009
Language: English, also available in Spanish

The American Southwest: Are we running dry?

TheWaterChannel — 2009-12-22 14:37:34

“As in the rest of the world, significant water problems exist in the Southwestern states because of severe drought, urban development, agricultural uses and population growth. The overwhelming need to solve these issues in the United States and the world is crucial through education and planning. The severity of the American water crisis cannot be underestimated.” Jane Seymour, Narrator, “Running Dry”

More info: www.runningdry.org
Produced by: The chronicles group
Year:
Language: English

Don't wait for the rain

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-06 12:33:18

Since 1996 KickStart has been the leader in micro-irrigation technologies through the development and sales of its popularly known series of manually operated "MoneyMaker" pumps. Watch this video by Maasai rap artist Mr. Ebbo to learn more about this life-changing technology.

More info: www.kickstart.org�
Produced by: KickStart
Year: 2006
Language: English subtitles

Hope in a changing climate

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-06 14:15:04

Shot on location in China, Rwanda and Ethiopia, Hope in a Changing Climate is being broadcast globally by BBC World and screened in 19 nations. The film documents the uplifting story of how ecosystem restoration helps stabilize climate, reduce poverty, and support sustainable agriculture.

More info: www.hopeinachangingclimate.org
Produced by: Environmental Education Media Project
Year: 2009
Language: English

Low-cost rural water supply Tanzania

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-06 16:10:42

Full title: Low-cost rural water supply with hand drilled borehole and rope pump in Tanzania.

This video shows the installation of a rope pump, including preparation of the filter screen, installation of a gravel pack and the installation of the pump pipe. After the installation the cement is cured for one week before the pump is used. Total costs of this pump were 500 USD.

More info: www.connectinternational.nl or www.ropepumps.org
Produced by: Connect international
Year:
Language: English

Clean water for a better life

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-08 10:49:55

Obtaining drinking water is a great problem for many people living in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Many wells are polluted; public water sources are usually far awar, and mobile water sellers charge high prices. Setting up further public taps and water connections will give residents access to safe drinking water and thus lay the foundations for better health.

More info: www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: English, also available in German

Growing a community's health and wealth

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-11 14:11:45

The village of Mvungayane, like many villages in rural South Africa, still faces challenges such as unreliable water supply; poor sanitary facilities, poverty and HIV/AIDS.
In a project that addresses both social and economic impacts, the CSIR has helped the community establish a small-medium enterprise named Isulabasha, which trades in water and sanitation-related services. The new business is supported through a CSIR-developed handwashing dispenser and by assistance from the CSIR with its market presence and exposure.

More info: CSIR�
Produced by: CSIR
Year: 2009
Language: English

Ecosan in Kazakhstan

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-15 12:05:45

This video shows the sustainable sanitation project in Kazakhstan. As the traditional sanitation is not a viable option dry toilets are used.

More info: WECF - Empowerment and Local Action
Produced by: WECF, Elena Efimoua
Year: 2009
Language: Russian

El agua en los hogares y su uso responsable

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-18 17:17:22

Bujagali Dam: A Climate Sensitive Investment?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-21 10:26:37

The Bujagali dam should provide Uganda with the energy the country desperately needs. But problems have been surrounding the project ever since it started. Because of the dam, lands of the local people will be submerged, changing the local environment drastically and giving people fewer options to use their natural resources. At the same time the water level of Lake Victoria (that supplies the dam with water) is dropping because of global climate change. Therefore the dam will likely produce less power than projected and have a higher electricity price for the people of Uganda.

More info: www.bothends.org
Produced by: lokaalmondiaal and Both ENDS
Year:
Language: English

Des �pic�as aux tourbi�res

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-25 14:19:28

Peaty areas and wetlands play a very important role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating the soil’s water regime, providing habitats for animals and enhancing an area’s landscape value. On the Saint-Hubert Plateau many of these habitats have been greatly altered by the digging of drainage networks that were required for forestry (primarily spruce plantations) but upset the water regime on which peat bogs depend. The disturbance and draining of these fragile soils facilitated the subsequent spread of a particularly invasive plant species, purple moor grass.
So, the LIFE-Tourbi�res (peatlands) Project aims to restore these sites, which are scattered around the plateau, by felling the spruce trees and grinding up stumps, filling the drains, flooding certain areas and turning sheep out on other areas to control the spread of purple moor grass better.

More info: LIFE project website
Produced by: Unit� de Gestion Cyn�g�tique du Massif Forestier
Year:
Language: French

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The Kamburu Story: A community-led response to...

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-28 17:13:22

Full title: The Kamburu Story: A community-led response to climate change

This video shows the area in Kenya where tea is a cash crop and where it dominates the landscape. Crops depleted and market prices fluctuate which makes the community very vulnerable.
50 years ago the indigenous crops were replaced by the tea plantations. As the households grow less food for their oww use, farmers completely rely on the cash they make from tea. Food security has become a perennial problem for the community.
Training has been given by ICE through discussing problems and local solutions in order to let the community take control of their own food security.

More info: www.gaiafoundation.org
Produced by: The Gaia Foundation in collaboration with the institute for Culture and Ecology
Year: 2009
Language: English

Water on it's way

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-28 17:18:12

Water scarcity and extreme temperatures pose a constant problem in Burkina Faso. Increasing population growth and rural to urban migration are leading to an increased need for water - for everyday needs, hygiene, farming and industry. The Ziga dam reservoir to the north-east of the capital Ouagadougou is one of the largest water supply projects in Burkina Faso. The film shows how the water reaches the city and provides information about German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development projects in the field of water and sanitation.

More info: www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: English

Une seule main ne peut jamais applaudir

TheWaterChannel — 2010-01-28 17:23:05

Entre organisation de l'Etat et �mergence des organisations locales... Des t�moignages sur les succ�s et �checs de l'organisation professionnelle en p�rim�tre irrigu� (association d'usagers de l'eau agricole, coop�rative laiti�re, organisation des producteurs de betterave � sucre...).

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv
Year: 2009
Language: French

Students of the World visit to India

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-11 15:41:35

In conjunction with the Clinton Global Initiative, Students of the World and Water.org hosted seven students from UNC on project sites in India and Bangladesh. This video documents PepsiCo grant work being done in India and it's impact on local communities.

More info: water.org�
Produced by: Students of the World
Year: 2009
Language: English

What's a forest worth?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-03 17:14:28

A video made by Panos London for the Climate Change Media Partnership gives an insight into the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism from the perspective of local people in Indonesia, with journalists, scientists and critics giving their opinions on the proposed scheme.

More info: www.climatemediapartnership.org and �www.panos.org.uk
Produced by: Panos
Year: 2009
Language: English

Tofiga O Pili Aau

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-04 12:43:32

This video is the result of a participatory video project facilitated by InsightShare on behalf of the Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) Programme, which is financed by the Global Environment Facility and implemented by UNDP, in partnership with the GEF Small Grants Programme and the United Nations Volunteers.
This version features the initiatives of vulnerable communities to mitigate the impacts of climate change on their environment, livelihoods and infrastructure. The film was devised, planned, filmed, directed and in all other ways undertaken by a group of 12 community representatives during a workshop held in the villages of Fasito'otai and Fagamalo. The full version was edited on location with the participants by the InsightShare facilitator in accordance with a detailed edit plan created by the group and wider community.

More info: www.undp-adaptation.org/project/CBA and�www.insightshare.org�
Produced by:� InsightShare
Year: 2009
Language: Samoan with English subtitles

Community Forestry REDD in Cambodia (Khmer)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-05 12:11:02

Watch this video to learn about the unique and pioneering Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project in Cambodia, which links 13 community forestry groups in the province of Oddar Meanchey with the international voluntary carbon market. This project will lead to long-term protection of forest resources, improved livelihoods for forest-dependent communities, and effective sequestering of forest carbon to reduce global warming.

More info: www.pactworld.org
Produced by: pact
Year:
Language: Khmer, also available in English

Community Forestry REDD in Cambodia (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-08 10:12:57

More info: www.pactworld.org�

Produced by: pact

Year:�

Language: English, also available in Khmer

Sinking Paradise

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-08 10:16:35

In December 2008, the low-lying Carterets Islands were badly damaged by king tides and violent storm surges. Nicholas Hakata, a local youth leader and community representative, explains that he and his family have been surviving on mainly fish and coconuts, and battling the swamp mosquitoes that have brought malaria. With the local government's food aid ship coming once or twice a year, the relocation plans are equally as slow. Hungry and unwell, the islanders have set up a relocation team and have begun a series of urgent tasks to move families closer to security. Made in collaboration with Nicholas Hakata, Tulele Peisa and Ursula Rakmova. Camera/Editor by Luis Patron Producer/Editor by Citt Williams.

More info:�ourworld.unu.edu and www.unutki.org�
Produced by: UN University
Year:
Language: Local language with English subtitles

Spragg BagTM Waterbag Demonstration Voyage

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-09 11:11:28

Media Coverage of demonstration voyage towing two connected fabric bags containing six megalitres of drinking water 100 kilometres through Puget Sound to Seattle USA.

More info: www.waterbag.com�
Produced by: Spragg bag
Year:
Language: English

Autour du canal de Boumaiz

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-09 15:52:09

Le canal Bouma�z dans le p�rim�tre de Gharb a permis de relier quelques centaines de paysans aux am�nagements hydrauliques de l'Etat; une mise en valeur agricole importante s'en est suive. Des propositions pour consolider cet essor sont formul�es par les concern�s.

More info:�www.eau-sirma.net�
Produced by: Ena Cnerv
Year: 2009
Language: French
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Integrated Rural Water Management in Karnataka Ind

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-08 16:57:46

Integrated Rural Water Management will look to provide ecological security of water for both domestic and livelihood needs. There will be equitable access of water to all at affordable prices. The system will be maintained locally by the Village Water and Sanitation committee and there will be a legal framework in place for both water quantity and quality maintenance.
Sanitation and health will be available to every individual in the village...and groundwater will be clean and available easily.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainmain
Year:
Language: English text

Plus de temps pour le d�veloppement

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-12 12:47:11

Water Scarcity in Kijigari

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-14 05:31:16

Kijigari is a village in the Azawak of Niger, West Africa where a strong community has developed, in spite of the dire conditions caused by the lack of accessible water. In March, 2009, the Amman Imman team visited Kijigari to find out more about their water problems and assess whether or not the people want a borehole. In Kijigari they found a school, a community garden managed by women, and a sewing cooperative. But when the marsh runs dry, everyone abandons Kijigari to find water. What the people of Kijigari need to continue their progress is water. In February, 2010, Amman Imman returned to Kijigari and drilled a borehole, 180 meters deep. The borehole will be equipped with pump and engine, water tower, faucets and animal troughs with an expected completion by the end of March. Having water will not only save lives but it will also rebuild the villages economy: among other things, the women will be able to plant flourishing gardens, the children will attend school year-round, and the men will rebuild their livestock herds. The borehole will be named the Kijigari Montessori Well of Love, in honor of students around the world who have been helping bring water to the Azawak. It will be dedicated to the late Dennis Hamilton. Find out how you can help complete the Kijigari Well of Love borehole and support Amman Imman: Water is Life's work to bring water to more communities in the Azawak of West Africa.

More info:�www.ammanimman.org
Produced by: Amman Imman
Year: 2009
Language: English

An Oasis of Life

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-14 05:39:21

The site of Amman Imman's borehole in the village of Tangarwashane has become an oasis of life. Once dry and barren, with nothing more than the tents of nomads who had lost their animals due to the ever lengthening drought, Tangarwashane now has a school, a food program, a reforestation project and adult education classes. Health, education and income is beginning to flourish. None of these opportunities would have been possible without the provision of water, now adequately supplied by the Amman Imman's borehole. This is Amman Imman's vision, that these permanent water structures be the catalyst for an Oasis of Life. And so it has come to be in Tangarwashane. Many more boreholes are needed to meet the needs of half a million people. You can help build more Oases of Life in the Azawak of West Africa.

More info:�www.waterishope.org and www.ammanimman.org
Produced by: Amman Imman
Year:�
Language: English

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Tangarwashane Forest

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-14 05:43:52

Niger, West Africa Amman Imman's vision - that bringing water to the Azawak would encourage other development interventions - is happening! New staff member Julie Snorek captured this footage of International Relief and Development's recent progress in Tangarwashane.

More info:�www.ammanimman.org�
Produced by: Amman Imman
Year: 2009
Language: French with English subtitles

Neretva - Goddess -River In Peril

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-15 12:33:17

The Neretva river got its name from Celts, they called the river "Nera Etwa" which means the "Flowing Divinity", the "Divine River".
Today, Bosnian leaders and politicians are not satisfied with usage of the Neretva waters with 2/3 of the Neretva under an absolutely excessive utilization, so they call for more "sustainable" requisition of the Neretva head waters, the last untouched and unspoiled section of the Neretva.�

More info: neretva-riverinperil.blogspot.com, neretva-trout.blogspot.com, www.zeleni-neretva.ba, www.youtube.com/santasa99
Produced by: WWF
Year: 2008
Language: n/a English text

Neretva River, Water Divinity In Peril

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-15 12:51:54

The Neretva river got its name from Celts, they called the river "Nera Etwa" which means the "Flowing Divinity", the "Divine River" - they were right about this green beauty, �jewel of Bosnia-Herzegovina , Europe and world! Today Bosnian leaders and politicians are not satisfied with usage of the Neretva waters with 2/3 of the Neretva under an absolutely excessive utilization, so they call for more "sustainable" requisition of the Neretva head waters, the last untouched and unspoiled section of the Neretva.

More info: neretva-riverinperil.blogspot.com, neretva-trout.blogspot.com, www.zeleni-neretva.ba, www.youtube.com/santasa99
Produced by: WWF
Year: 2008
Language: Bosnian with English subtitles

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WWViews Info Video 1 of 4: Global Warming

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-15 15:32:07

On September 26th 2009, 4,000 citizens from 38 countries gathered to deliberate upon the central issues being negotiated at COP15. To help the citizens understand the complexities of the issues, 4 info videos were shown and written information materials handed out beforehand. This video is the first of the four and it concerns the science of global warming.�

More info:�www.wwviews.org
Produced by:�Master Media Denmark for�The Danish Board of Technology
Year: 2009
Language: English

Feeding & Greening the city

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-22 14:43:56

This video shows urban agriculture in Ghana.

More info: ileia.leisa.info
Produced by: Ileia, Mildred Samuel
Year:
Language: English

LIFE: Coastal Woodlands, film report spring 2005

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-22 14:44:42

This film report of the LIFE project Coastal Woodlands covers the period January 2005 - July 2005. Bo Thor, project leader, tells about the main events of this period. During this period a severe storm occured in Sweden and later in this period algae bloom occured in the Baltic sea.

More info: http://www.skogsstyrelsen.se
Produced by: Skogsstyrelsen
Year: 2005
Language: English and Swedish

Taking the Credit

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-23 12:10:55

Taking the Credit goes from the trading floors of London's financial district to the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique to look examine the contentious issue of carbon trading and it's effectiveness in combating global climate change.

More info: www.envirotrade.co.uk
Produced by: Rockhopper TV for BBC World
Year:
Language: English, also available in Portuguese

Taking the credit (Portuguese version)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-23 15:26:32

More info: www.envirotrade.co.uk�
Produced by: Rockhopper TV for BBC World
Year:
Language: Portuguese, also available in English

WWViews Info Video 2 of 4: UN & Kyoto protocol

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-24 09:54:24

On September 26th 2009, 4,000 citizens from 38 countries gathered to deliberate upon the central issues being negotiated at COP15. To help the citizens understand the complexities of the issues, 4 info videos were shown and written information materials handed out beforehand. This video is the second of the four and it concerns UN and the Kyoto protocol.

More info:�www.wwviews.org
Produced by:�Master Media Denmark for�The Danish Board of Technology
Year: 2009
Language: English

Michael Pritchard's water filter

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-24 12:08:44

Full title: Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable
Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.
Using a non-chemical nano-filtration hollow fiber membrane with 15 nanometer pores (it is designed to block viruses), the Lifesaver bottle can make the most revolting swamp water drinkable in seconds. Better still, a single long-lasting filter can clean 6,000 liters of water. Given the astronomical cost of shipping water to disaster areas, Pritchard's Lifesaver bottle could turn traditional aid models on their heads.

More info: http://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_pritchard.html
Produced by: TEDGlobal 2009
Year: 2009
Language: English

The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

TheWaterChannel — 2010-02-24 12:26:52

Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

To promote smart water management, Anupam Mishra works to preserve rural India’s traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.

Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.

Anupam Mishra travels across water-challenged India studying rainwater harvesting methods and learning from the people behind them. He presents his findings to NGOs, development agencies and environmental groups, pulling from centuries of indigenous wisdom that has found water for drinking and irrigation even in extremely arid landscapes through wells, filter ponds and other catchment systems.

More info: http://www.ted.com/speakers/anupam_mishra.html
Produced by: TEDIndia 2009
Year: 2009
Language: English

WWViews Info Video 3 of 4: Dealing with Greenhouse

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-03 12:14:40

On September 26th 2009, 4,000 citizens from 38 countries gathered to deliberate upon the central issues being negotiated at COP15. To help the citizens understand the complexities of the issues, 4 info videos were shown and written information materials handed out beforehand. This video is the third of the four and it concerns dealing with greenhouse emissions

More info:�www.wwviews.org
Produced by: Master Media Denmark for The Danish Board of Technology
Year: 2009
Language: English

WOCAT - Les connaissances font la diff�rence

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-23 16:42:41

Panorama mondial des approches et des technologies de CES. Les connaissances font la diff�rence. WOCAT est un r�seau international coordonn� par un Groupe de gestion constitu� des institutions suivantes: CDE, FAO, ISRIC, NDA, RELMA and WASWC.

More info:�www.wocat.net
Produced by: WOCAT/FAO
Year: 2001
Languange: French, also available in English

Mehr zeit fur entwickelung

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-05 09:45:40

More info: www.bmz.de
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: German, also available in English and French�

Working together with water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-08 10:22:51

This film was produced in support of the recommendations of the Delta Comission.
The Delta Commission reported in� 2008 their recommantation to the Cabinet. The recommendation is a long term vision on how the Netherlands can deal with the consequences of climate change to 2100 and beyond - with a view to 2200.

Meer info:�www.deltacommissie.com
Produced by: Hans Emans Mediaproducties on behalf of Deltacommissie
Year: 2008
Language: Dutch/English with English subtitles

The North Sea Canal

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-19 12:34:52

The North Sea Canal is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. Every year over 100,000 ships pass the canal.

More info:�www.rijkswaterstaat.nl
Produced by:�Alex Pitstra Media for the Dutch�Ministry of transport, public works and water management (Rijkswaterstaat)
Year: 2008

Smart roofs to harvest rain and grow food

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-08 17:24:42

In tropical India , where the roofs are flat RCC, it is important to design smart roofs. These roofs harvest rainwater, grow rice, reuse greywater, have an Ecosan toilet to recycle nutrients and use solar energy for cooking,water heating nd lighting. They foster bio-diversity and can make cities sustainable. Welcome to the smart roof city.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainmain
Year:
Language: English

Skogen Vid Kusten

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-11 09:34:39

The project "Coastal Woodlands" is demonstrating new and innovative ways to include the coastal woodlands in an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) by the Baltic Sea. The project is also aiming at the development of recommendations for a strategy related forestry and nature protection issues in an ICZM by the Baltic Sea, within the frames of the Union�s environment policies.

More info: http://www.skogsstyrelsen.se
Produced by: Skogsstyrelsen
Year: 2006
Language: Swedish

Aguas con el Agua

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-18 04:21:20

A small clip of water quality and injustice issues in Maywood CA.

More info: www.urbansemillas.com
Produced by: Urban Semillas
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish and English

L'agriculture des jeunes

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-18 10:36:11

Des jeunes restent ou reviennent � l'agriculture. Les combats des jeunes et la difficile rel�ve illustrent les contraintes et opportunit�s d'aujourd'hui en agriculture irrigu�e au Maroc.

More info: www.eau-sirma.net
Produced by: Ena Cnerv
Year: 2009
Language: Arabic with French voice over

World Water Day 2009: watervision film

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-18 12:53:37

Around the world, 900 million people have to wash with, bathe in and drink dirty water. This leads to diseases which kill around 400 children every day. It stands in the way of school, a job and a way out of poverty. The UK Government is supporting initiatives in developing countries all over the world to make this happen.

More info: www.worldvision.org.uk and www.dfid.gov.uk
Produced by: DFID
Year: 2009
Language: English

Climate Change in Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-22 12:21:15

This short film illustrates how people in Bangladesh are meeting the challenges of climate change.

More info:�www.dfid.gov.uk
Produced by: DFID
Year:�
Language: English

Welcome to World Water Day

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-25 18:06:52

Welcome to World Water Day by Shabhaz Khan, UNESCO. A special seminar linked to the theme of World Water Day 2010.
Additional (free)video + slideshare from this free Dundee UNESCO Centre event available at http://www.be2camp.com/page/world-water-day-workshop and then click on headings for Policy Context, the River Basins, and Water Quality and Flooding.

More info: www.be2camp.com
Produced by: UNESCO
Year: 2010
Language: English

WWViews info video 4 of 4: Economy of technology..

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-29 10:28:25

On September 26th 2009, 4,000 citizens from 38 countries gathered to deliberate upon the central issues being negotiated at COP15. To help the citizens understand the complexities of the issues, 4 info videos were shown and written information materials handed out beforehand. This video is the fourth video of the four and it addresses the economy of technology and adaptation.

More info:�www.wwviews.org
Produced by:�Master Media Denmark for�The Danish Board of Technology
Year: 2009
Language: English

From Kathmandu to Copenhagen - climate change

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-30 11:58:01

Full title: From Kathmandu to Copenhagen - climate change in Nepal.
Video report on the climate change challenges being faced by the people of Nepal, and why achieving an ambitious and equitable deal at the Copenhagen conference in December is critical. Featuring Dawa Sherpa and Ajaya Dixit.

More info:�www.dfid.gov.uk
Produced by: DFID
Year: 2009
Language: English

JointhePipe.org

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-30 13:54:00

JointhePipe.org is the first social network of tap water drinkers.
People from all over the world sharing the same dream: building the longest water pipe in the world. Long enough to bring clean and safe drinking water to all of those people who currently have no drinking water. And they are over a billion people! Join now. The more we are, the longer the pipe will become and the greater the chance for everybody to clean drinking water will be.

More info: www.jointhepipe.org
Produced by: JointhePipe.org
Year: 2009

Mohane. A new thought! A new direction!

TheWaterChannel — 2010-03-31 15:54:08

Four tiny tribal hamlets each struggling to survive independently. WOTR sees that they all belong to one watershed. Is there a way of bringing them together? Would they be prepared to come together?

More info: www.wotr.org
Produced by: WOTR, supported by Karl K�bel Stiftung f�r Kind und Familie and European Commission
Year:
Language: English subtitles

Siesta - Transience

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-01 13:45:09

Many human settlements are related to water. Their prosperous cultures were started in the picturesque old watertowns today. In quickly growing contemporary cities, lives are changing and slowness is vanishing. When the urban men and women look for some quiet moments and beautiful sceneries back in the old watertowns, their transient activities inevitably change the relaxed life style and visual landscape there...
“Siesta•Transience” is combined with two related short-documentaries from two old towns of the world’s different water cultures: Zhouzhuang in China and Venice in Italy. The camera narrates a hidden siesta of two boat women in the touristic Chinese watertown Zhouzhuang, as well as a slow travel through the water flow and green oases in Venice.
Maybe these scenes would arouse some sense of nostalgia, when we are getting back to the quick paced modern city life. In the travel of urban and nature spaces, close-ups of water and fog in Venice, visualize the world’s rising sea level by the continuing Climate Change.

More info:� naturearch.wordpress.com.cn
Produced by: Xiaoying Liu
Year: 2009
Language: English and Chinese subtitles

Het stroomt zoals het stroomt maar blijft dat zo?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-19 14:11:05

This film describes how water from rivers flows through the Netherlands. The Dutch Ministry of Water Management together with the Water Boards tries to regulate the water flow ensuring there's neither too little nor too much water anywhere.
The viewer will visit four locations used for water distribution in the Netherlands: a bifurcation point in the Rhine, a weir in Driel, a pumping station in Zutphen, and finally the Haringvliet sluice gates. Each location has its own role in the distribution of water. The infrastructure and the ground rules are still suffice, but the capabilities have been stretched to the limits. The question is, are we still familiar with the background, the operation and the rules of our water management?

More info: www.helpdeskwater.nl & www.nederlandleeftmetwater.nl (Dutch)
Produced by: Henkemans Film Productie. Realisation: Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst
Year: 2010
Language: Dutch with English subtitles

Khadkipada

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-02 14:39:01

A tale of development, an account of transformation. This is the story of the journey of a tribal village, from darkness towards the light. Distress migration, indebtedness to money-lenders, ill health and illiteracy was a way of life. The scenario changed with a self-help effort facilitated by WOTR.
Caring for the land that they once exploited suddenly brings in the returns. The well water level rises, land becomes more productive, horticulture is introduced and there is a reason to stop the migration. Women too find a space to come together meaningfully. Now they see a ray of hope.

More info: www.wotr.org
Produced by: WOTR, supported by Karl K�bel Stiftung f�r Kind und Familie and European Commission
Year:
Language: English subtitles

Colombia: The art of fishing with the wind

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-06 15:37:02

This video tells the story of Baranquilla's gate in Colombia where a unique community of fishermen has formed. As it became more and more difficult to catch fish immediately from the shore of the Magdalena River, they developed in the last thirty years a new technique - fishing with kites!
The video also described the past and possible future development on this mighty river.

More info: www.vjmovement.com
Produced by: Patricia Iriarte
Year:
Language: Spanish

Manantial (The Spring)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-20 14:00:55

Una humilde campesina y su nieto van a recoger agua. Despu�s de horas de caminar llegan a lo que ahora es un manantial entubado. El ni�o percible el dolor y la nostalgia de su abuela al ver la sucia y peque�a llave de agua. En un inesperado y po�tico final, decide revivir al manantial.

A humble country woman and her grandson walk together to get water. After a few hours of journey, they reach to what now is a piped spring. The boy feels his grandmother's pain and nostalgia when she sees the dirty small water tap. In an unexpected and poetic ending, he decides to bring the spring back to life.

More info: www.eltaller.tv
Produced by: Gabriel Govela
Year: 2009
Language: n/a

The story of Younus

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-07 13:21:30

This animated short film details the travails of a barefoot consultant who promotes sanitation in villages in Pakistan. The barefoot consultant prospers in his work and develops a working sanitation market, he achieves such success that he is soon asked to travel to other villages to help them become Open Defecation Free.

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)

More info: www.wsp.org, WSP YouTube Channel
Produced by: Gogi Studios for the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
Year:
Language: English

Groundwater in the Political Domain

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-07 14:13:30

This short film discusses conflicts, mediation and cooperation around the topic of groundwater. A source of water that has high potentiality but is often neglected or overexploited.

More info: www.sgmediation.eu and www.metameta.nl
Produced by: Rozemarijn ter Horst
Year: 2010
Language: English

Addressing Sanitation in Urban India

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-07 14:30:40

The film advocates the need for a holistic approach to urban sanitation, instead of focusing on fragmented approaches to the sanitation problem in urban areas. An approach which looks at creating open defecation free cities is advocated.

More info: www.wsp.org, WSP YouTube Channnel
Produced by: WSP (Water and Sanitation program)
Year:
Language: English

Gulf desalination plants harming the seas - 15 May

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-13 17:39:38

AlJazeeraEnglish - May 15, 2009. Most of the Arabian Peninsula is desert, and the people who live there have always struggled to find fresh water. Now, the region relies on desalinated seawater for most of its needs - from drinking water to irrigation. But as Steff Gaulter report, the dozens of fresh-water factories across the Gulf have a high environmental cost.

More info: english.aljazeera.net
Produced by: AlJazeera
Year: 2009
Language: English

What is water use like in an African city?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-14 03:17:56

Listen to four women from the cities Nairobi, Kampala and Jinja share experiences with their city's water supply.

More info: Hannah's Youtube Channel
Produced by: Hannah Doherty
Year: 2010
Language: English

Building community through public toilets

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-14 17:48:11

David Kuria is one of the Changemakers finalists, a competition sponsored by Ashoka and Global Water Challenge to find and support social entrepreneurs with innovative approaches to providing water and sanitation. David runs Ecotact Limited, a Kenyan company dedicated to bringing public toilets to an area where there were only two for 60,000 people.

More info: www.globalwaterchallenge.org
Produced by: Global Water Challenge
Year:
Language: English

Ciao Birds Ciao

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-15 09:27:56

Are we still embraced by the nature and the birds as our ancestors did between flowing streams and hidden gardens? This is a short documentary about water and green space in several cities and locations. It tells the need of nature in the growing cities through imaginary talks of people and birds, with a note to the upcoming World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

More info: naturearch.wordpress.com.cn
Produced by: Xiaoying Liu
Year: 2010
Language: English, Chinese

Running Dry - A Call To Action

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-16 11:12:13

This twenty minute synopsis of the “Running Dry” documentary highlights some of the issues facing our world.� Watch it now - and then decide how you can best be of help to yourself, your family - your world.� Consider this your “Call To Action”.
Watch also The American Southwest: Are we running dry?

More info: www.runningdry.org
Produced by: The Chronicles Group
Year:
Language: English

Dam Project Threatens 11,000-Year-Old Villlage

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-28 15:40:27

Full title: Dam Project Threatens 11,000-Year-Old Turkish Village.

Hassankeyf is an 11,000 year old village situated at the shore of the Tigris River, in the southeast of Turkey. A place that meets six of the eight criteria to be a World Heritage site. But the Turkish government hasn't applied for the UNESCO heritage. The plans are to build the so called Iliusu Dam, which would completely cover Hassankeyf.
In this video several people give their opinion about the project.

More info:�www.vjmovement.com/truth/594
Produced by: �VJ movement, Daniel Iriarte
Year:�
Language: Spanish and English

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Poissons eff�min�s et jardins d�tox

TheWaterChannel — 2010-04-29 18:32:43

Dans ce deuxi�me �pisode de � Le dire tout eau �, d�couvrez le pouvoir d�polluant des plantes aquatiques et la f�minisation des poissons d'eau douce touch�s par des micropolluants. Le magazine vid�o web d'Eauzone.TV vous dit tout sur l'eau, ou comment la pr�server et mieux la consommer!

More info: Eauzone.tv
Produced by: Alternative Channel
Year: 2010
Language: French

To the Mallku encounter (Al encuentro del Mallku)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-03 19:55:30

In the Peruvian Andes a peasant community has invested a lot of time, effort and money to complete and maintain their irrigation infrastructure. The Mallku feast is 30 days of work and devotion to the water spirits. It includes the cleaning of canals and reservoirs, water mayors, offerings and other rituals.

more info: www.wur.nl�and�Article
Produced by: Juana Vera Delgado
Year:
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Mountain Riders

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-06 11:42:06

Les mini films d'animation de Mountain-riders avec les hilarants Billy et Willy, exemple et contre-exemple de l'attitude � adopter pour pr�server l'eau en montagne et au quotidien!

Mountain-riders animated mini movies with the hilarious characters Billy and Willy. They show examples and counter-examples on how to conserve water in the mountains and in their daily life!

More info: www.mountain-riders.org
Published by: Mountain-riders
Year:
Language: French

Determining recharge rates for borewells in South

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-17 09:24:10

India has over 22 million bore-wells and its dependancy on groundwater is estimated at 65% of total water demand. Borewells are running deep and are running dry. Artificial recharge through rainwater harvesting is one approach to top up bore-well waters along with demand management. Rooftop rainwater harvesting, filtering the rainwater and then recharging it directly into the borewell is one approach. This experiment tries to understand how much rainwater can be directly fed into the bore-well during rains.

More info: www.biome-solutions.com
Produced by: Avinash
Year:
Language: Hindi & English

Eco-Cities, Sustainable Cities for the Future

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-18 09:47:15

In 2008 - for the first time in history - more than half of the world's population; 3.3 billion will live in urban areas according to the UN. This was announced in a documentary entitled "Eco-Cities, Sustainable cities for the Future" which was launched by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature - West Asia/Middle East Regional Office and Ministry of Environment during the Eco-Cities of the Mediterranean 2008 conference held in Jordan from 18-20 October, 2008.
This video sheds lights on the importance of the sustainable lifestyle in the cities concept and what does this concept mean, what we need it for, how this sustainability can be achieved. And the need to think about solutions for the pollution impact on the cities resulted by population big growth in the Mediterranean region.

More info: www.iucn.org
Produced by:�
Year: 2008
Language: English with Arabic subtitles

Rainwater harvesting from rooftops in rural India

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-18 11:39:35

Rooftop rainwater harvesting is picking up in rural Karnataka, India as people realise the advantages of a good, clean water source at the doorstep. Especially when there is no electricity to pump water from borewells, rainwater proves a boon. With a bit of care it can be made potable and used for drinking and cooking too.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org�
Produced by:�
Year:
Language: English

Tippy Tap - How to make one

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-18 13:12:14

An easy and fun water conservation device is a Tippy Tap. Here students of Shrishti Art and Design School show how one is made.

More info:
Produced by:
Year:
Language: English

Rainwater Harvesting in Tunisia

TheWaterChannel — 2010-05-28 17:35:44

La r�cuperation des eaux pluviales en Tunisie.

More info: www.sapiensproductions.com and www.centre.rnrt.tn
produced by: Sapiens Productions
Year: 2008
Language:�French

Ducktraps in Iran

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-01 13:17:58

The Fereydoonkenar Abandaan (traditional water reservoir) in Mazandran, Iran is a Ramsar wetland conservation site. In the Abandaan several ducktraps are operated.

More info: Wim Giesen,�wimgiesen@hotmail.com
Produced by: Wim Giesen
Year: 2010
Language: n/a English subtitles

Groundwater in the Political Domain

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-02 11:20:33

This short film shows the proposal elaboration workshop in Amman Jordan of the GP consortium: Mekele University, OWWDSE, PWA, WEC - Sana'a University, MetaMeta, TU Delft.
The GP consortium discusses how politics can be better engaged in challenges of groundwater resources management.�

More info: www.sgmediation.eu and www.metameta.nl
Produced by: Rozemarijn ter Horst
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Monitoring CEDAW implementation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-02 11:21:27

Funded by the EU, the Arab Women Organization – one of IUCN’s members and a partner in the Azraq Oasis Restoration Project - launched the “Monitoring CEDAW Implementation” for restoring the Azraq Oasis in partnership with the IUCN/ROWA with involvement by the local community in order to enhance water governance and improve women participation in water resources management.�CEDAW stands for �Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination at Women.
To ensure active participation of the local community, collecting and analyzing information was entirely carried out by the local community.

More info: www.iucn.org
Produced by: IUCN West Asia Regional Office�
Year:�
Language: Arabic with English subtitiles

Introduction to Water from Dry Riverbeds

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-02 16:29:30

How can the daily struggle for water be made easier for millions of people living in dryland?
This video shows 4 options, starting with the hund dug well, from where the yield of water can be increased by means of a subsurface dam, a weir or a sand dam.
The video gives clear schematic overviews on hydro-geology of river beds and it shows practical information on constructing sand dams.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants, Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year: 2010
Language: English (also available with French subtitles)

Rice Advice: Land Preparation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-03 16:36:43

How does land preparation and water management affect crop establishment, weed management and rice yields? And why does a field need to be perfectly levelled to have optimal effect of fertilizers?
To know the answers to these and other questions, watch this video.

More information: www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

Be water, My friend un film di Antonio - trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-04 15:51:53

What is today, is not what it was yesterday nor what it will be tomorrow.? The city of Moynoq on the coast of Uzbekistan on the Aral sea, now feels like a ghost town. Its former inhabitants the victims of an unstoppable environmental disaster that has has been ravaging the island and killing its residents for decades. This documentary explores the despair and resignation of the ex fishing families of Moynoq as they try to redefine their lives.

More info: www.antoniomartino.net and�www.videoinflussi.org
Produced by:�Serena Gramizzi,�Directed by:�Antonio Martino

Year: 2010

Language: Italian

Karez in Kurdistan

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-07 15:21:11

Ancient water tunnels called "Karez" in Iraqi Kurdistan are rapidly drying up, a clear sign that the recent regional droughts are hitting the villages hard. Climate change seems to be unfolding at a wider scale and the future for groundwater supply seems bleak. Dale Lightfoot, an american geographer, travels the northern provinces of Kurdistan to document the situation. It urges UNESCO to set up a major initiative to safe the karez tunnels of Kurdistan.

More information: www.sapiensproductions.com
Produced by: Joshka Wessels, Sapiens Productions - supported by UNESCO Office for Iraq
Year: 2009
Language: English

Conseils aux riziculteurs: Tri de la semence

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-08 11:10:54

There are many problems with poor seed, and spotted and discolored seed are some of the major ones. These spotted seeds could not be removed by winnowing or seed floatation. They can only be removed by manual sorting. By seeing this video you will learn how to clean seed as one of the interventions to produce and use healthy seed.

More information: www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: French

All that's good EMPOWERS Egypt

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-09 15:00:36

EMPOWERS is a regional partnership of fifteen organizations allied together to improve long-term access to water by local communities. EMPOWERS advocates stakeholder-led activities to empower local people in integrated water resources management and development.
EMPOWERS 4-year (2003-2007) project is mainly funded through the European Union's Regional MEDA Water Programme for Local Water Management. EMPOWERS is being implemented in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.�This video addresses local water governance in the MENA Region.

More info: www.empowers.info
Produced by: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC)
Year: 2007
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Rice Advice: The Seedbed

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-10 17:23:20

In this video, you will learn how to prepare a seedbed, as establishing a good seedbed is needed to obtain strong seedlings and give your crop a good start. Let’s look at it step by step.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

Za'bobeh

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-14 21:54:16

This EMPOWERS video addresses local water governance in�Jenin district (north of West Bank) and discusses water shortage, security and the political situation which all influences water governance.�This video shows interviews with the Palestinian Water Authority, villagers, farmers, Maithaloun clinic and EMPOWERS employees.

EMPOWERS is a regional partnership of fifteen organizations allied together to improve long-term access to water by local communities. EMPOWERS advocates stakeholder-led activities to empower local people in integrated water resources management and development.
EMPOWERS 4-year (2003-2007) project is mainly funded through the European Union's Regional MEDA Water Programme for Local Water Management. EMPOWERS is being implemented in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.�

More info:�www.empowers.info
Produced by: International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), directed by�Omar Nazzal
Year: 2007
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

The President's Dilemma

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-16 17:09:48

The Pacific islands of Kiribati were among the last places to be colonized by humans. But now, because of rising sea levels, they may be among the first to be abandoned. Should Kiribati President Anote Tong surrender to climate change and evacuate? Can anything be done to help him buy more time?

More info: www.ifad.org
Produced by: IFAD
Year:
Language: English

Manual drilling and pump installation, Madagascar

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-18 09:11:21

Vangaindrano village has been identified having a big potential for the use of low cost manual drilling after a mapping study realized by PRACTICA for USAID.
ESF has identified with CRAID the water needs of the beneficiaries with the agreement of local authorities.
CRAID will be trained in manual well drilling method and on the installation of low cost hand pump (canzee), in order to create local capacities. After the training CRAID will be able to construct appropriate and low cost water points in Vangaindrano commune.

More info: www.practicafoundation.nl
Produced by: Practica foundation
Year: 2010
Language: English

Water in a changing world

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-22 08:59:42

This video shows the Dutch perspective on water. It gives an overview on the history, the current approach and the international activities of the Dutch water sector.
This video was developed to show at presentations, on conferences, and on events. This video can be used by everyone.

More info: www.nwp.nl
Produced by: NWP
Year: 2010
Language: English and Chinese

World without Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-23 12:24:01

Public Service Announcement. Imagine a world without water. In Asia, 1 in 5 people don't have access to safe water. Working together we can give millions safe water to drink.

More info: www.adb.org
Produced by: ADB
Year:
Language: English

IWRM Hospital

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-23 16:35:24

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB),�shows the urgent need to implement Integrated Water Resource Management in the Sana'a basin.�

More info: IWRM group on Facebook
Produced by: IWRM group.�Idea and scenario by Eng. Abdulkhaleq Alwan. Sound by Mr. Saleem Alramah. Coordination by Eng. Saad Alhawsali Montaj. Editing by Mr. Adnan Almatari.
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic

Erik Nissen-Petersen: scope for water harvesting

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-25 14:16:17

In this interview with TheWaterChannel Erik Nissen-Petersen explains about the scope for rainwater harvesting in Eastern Africa.
He gives a short overview of the history of water harvesting structures and explains about simple techniques which can be implemented by farmers themselves.

More information: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English

Comparison between Flood and Modern Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-25 15:55:39

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB),�compares the flood irrigation system with the modern irrigation system.

More info:�IWRM group on Facebook
Produced by: IWRM group.�Idea and scenario by Eng. Abdulkhaleq Alwan. Sound by Mr. Saleem Al-Ramah. Coordination by Eng. Saad Alhawsali Montaj. Photo and editing by Mr. Adnan Almatari.
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic

Stop Illegal Drilling

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-25 18:11:15

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB), shows the Illegal Drilling Problem in the Sana'a basin.

More info:�IWRM group on Facebook
Produced by: Public awareness team. Idea and scenario by Eng. Abdulkhaleq Alwan. Sound by Mr. Saleem Al-Ramah. Coordination by Eng. Saad Alhawsali. Montage, Photo and Editing by Mr. Adnan Almatari.
Year:�
Language: Arabic

Irrigation Improvement Project

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-29 16:20:27

This video describes the Irrigation Improvement Project in Yemen - that rehabilitated two large spate irrigation systems - Wadi Zabid and Wadi Tuban. A systematic participatory approach was followed - starting with Water Users Groups that then came together in Water Users Associations (WUAs). The systems as a whole were managed by an Irrigation Council - bringing together WUAs and local government. IIP stated its work with strengthening local organization but also worked on the rehabilitation of infrastructure and on agricultural extension.

More info: IIP
Produced by: IIP�
Year:
Languague: Arabic

Even Water Drops have their Stories

TheWaterChannel — 2010-06-30 20:57:32

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB), shows that water is essential for our life and that we have to safe it.

More Information:��IWRM group on Facebook�
Produced by: Public awareness team
Year:�
Language: Arabic�

Living with floods

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-15 10:17:45

The people of Matmora and Majgaon villages in the Brahmaputra basin in Assam, India belong to the Assamese and Mishing communities. Both communities have mechanisms for coping with floods. However, in recent times floods have become more intense and have overwhelmed the traditional coping approaches. Increased deposition of sand and regular breaching of the embankments have disrupted the economic base. People must live with the floods, and while finding solutions for their problems, they are forced to challenge their traditional cultural practices.

More info:�www.icimod.org
Produced by: ICIMOD
Year: 2009
Language: English

Water Saving in the House

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-01 17:50:35

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB), shows the incorrect way people use water at home.�

More Information:��IWRM group on Facebook�
Produced by: Public awareness team�
Year: 2006
Language: Arabic�

Erik Nissen-Petersen: Infonet Biovision

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-08 17:29:48

In this interview with TheWaterChannel Erik Nissen-Peter�explains the importance of the right communicational methods.�
The latest development is Infonet Biovision which has a large section on water focusing on water as a business.�
Biovision is a web-based information tool offering trainers, extension workers and farmers mainly in Africa quick access to up-to-date and locally relevant information.
The information of Biovision which will be placed later on mobile phones because almost every farmer has a mobile phone, making it accessible to a large group.

More information:�www.waterforaridland.com�and�www.infonet-biovision.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English�

Save Water for the Next generation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-13 16:31:42

This short clip, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB), shows the inefficient way of water use during irrigation. It shows how farmers think that flood irrigation helps them to get higher yields and improved crop quality. This clip shows the need of water saving for the future generations.

More info:�IWRM group on Facebook
Produced by: Public awareness team
Year:�
Language: Arabic

Water Scarcity & problems in Sana'a Basin -Yemen

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-13 17:04:45

This Film, produced for the Sana'a Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) & National Water Resource Authority - Sana'a Basin (NWRA-SB), shows water scarcity problems in the Sana'a basin.�

More info:�IWRM group on Facebook
Produced by: Public awareness team
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic

Rice Advice: transplantation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-14 12:43:36

Yields are much higher when rice is transplanted. Compared to broadcasting, yields are two or three times higher.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

Touched by water - trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-19 10:33:33

Touched by water is a documentary on bathing traditions and water-rituals. Filmed in 13 countries, it conveys our complex relationship with water, its sensual pleasure and spiritual renewal. From ancient Roman baths to elite European spas, from Turkish hammams and the Ganges to a high-tech multimedia pool, the film explores the hidden meaning behind the simple and universal act of bathing.

More info: www.artesianfilms.com�
Produced by: Tam�s Wormser
Year: 2009
Language: English

Nissen-Petersen: sand dams vs subsurface dams

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-21 11:19:11

In this interview with TheWaterChannel Erik Nissen-Peter�explains�four different water harvesting techniques in a river bed�which should be considered before the actual development: hand dug wells, subsurface dams,�weirs and�sand dams.
Erik Nissen-Petersen tells about the advantages of subsurface dams compared to sand dams.

More information:�www.waterforaridland.com�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English�

Water from roads

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-22 17:11:51

How can�dusty roads provide water? The answer is: harvest and store the rainwater when it finally comes. A rainfall of 30 millimeters falling on 1 kilometer of road produces�about 100,000 litres of water.
Rainwater running off roads can be used for profitable ventures instead of letting it cause damage (runoff, gullies). This video gives some examples of harvesting rainwater from roads�

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants, Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year: 2010
Language: English (also available with French subtitles)

Rice Advice: Effective weed management

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-26 22:43:54

As we know that effective weed control could increase yields by more than 50%, it surely is worthwhile taking a closer look. This video explains how to control weeds most effectively.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

"Err- bane" Truth - Dharmambudhi Tank

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-29 13:04:14

"The Lost Lakes of Bangalore" is a project to document Bengaluru's many tanks and lakes which have vanished with unplanned urbanization and growth. This is the winning video of the contest in the "General" category In "Err-bane truth" ( a pun on our 'urbane' follies) Nishant Ratnakar and Badekkila Pradeep take on possibly the most strikinge of Bangalore's lost lakes - Dharmambudhi tank which is now the site of the Majestic Bus Station. Starting off on an imaginative note, the movie then traces the history of Dharmambudhi tank and the factors that lead to its demise in the mid-century. Dharmambudi Tank was built by Kempegowda, the chieftain who founded Bengaluru. A Hoysala dynasty inscription dating back to 1247AD mentions about Dodda kere. There are indications that Dodda kere was indeed Dharmambudhi Tank. Dharmambudhi Tank was so huge it spread its wings from Gandhinagar to Subedarchatram. Drawing on the knowledge of experts the movie explores more broadly the role of urban lakes, paints an ominous picture of the future and offers a ray of hope through the restoration work done in Seoul. For its overall coverage of the topic, research and high technical quality, India Water Portal is pleased to award the first prize in the General category of Rs 15,000/- to "Err-bane Truth" by Nishant Ratnakar and Badekkila Pradeep.
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More info: www.indiawaterportal.org
Produced by: Nishant Ratnakar and Badekkila Pradeep
Year: 2010
Language: English

Public-Private Partnerships in Water Sector

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-29 13:07:05

Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, a think tank on water issues in India talks about his book on PPP's in India - What it means for as a society? How do we engage all the stakeholders in analysing the impacts of these reforms? The book is available for download here: http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/9614

More info: www.indiawaterportal.org
Produced by: India Water Portal
Year:
Language: English

Which lake became Jaraganahalli layout ?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-07-29 13:09:31

The Lost Lakes of Bangalore" is a project to document Bengaluru's many tanks and lakes which have vanished or severely degraded with urbanization and growth. Here Syed Amjad Ahmed recalls a lake from the 70s that became Jaraganahalli layout 15-20 years later. See the location on Google maps here: http://bit.ly/9Pj9Nn. Which lake was this? Or was it a part of the nearby, still existing Puttenahalli lake, that was encroached. Help us find out!

More info: www.indiawaterportal.org
Produced by: India Water Portal
Year:
Language: English

Safe Water for Small Communities

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-05 20:23:15

See how small communities are being served with safe water in a sustainable, long-term solution. Water is a basic human right, nearly 1 billion people do not enjoy. Small communities worldwide don't have access to improved water sources, relying on unsafe surface sources such as ponds, streams, and shallow wells for their water needs. Today, EPA compact water treatment plants are serving the needs of water supply for more than 100,000 people. People served by EPAs noticed a positive change in their lives, as they now have easy, low cost access to safe water. They no longer have to walk long distances to fetch polluted water nor suffer from diseases that were previously caused by drinking polluted water.

More info: www.ibc.com.uy
Produced by: IBC
Year:
Language: English

Sauberes wasser f�r ein besseres leben

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-16 12:59:16

More info: www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: German, also available in English

Water from Rocks

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-16 13:01:06

There are millions of rock outcrops in the world. This video shows how millions of people are using rock outcrops as their water source in some of the driest parts of Kenya.�Different techniques are discussed in the video: rock pools, gorges between two rocks, rocks catchment dams, dam wall construction, earth dams and water tanks at rocks.

More info:�www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants, Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year: 2010�
Language: English

Ecosan for Sulitsa

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-20 11:22:21

A typical small mountainous village in Stara Zagora Municipality in central Southern Bulgaria. Sultisa has 260 inhabitants spread over 180 households, comprising mostly aged retirees. The Houses are connected to a local centralized water supply system.
During the 2,5 year project, Developing a Model for Sustainable Water and Waste Management in Rural Areas in Bulgaria, three complete EcoSan systems were built in this village to demonstrate effective, low cost alternatives to the conventional systems. The documentary shows the construction of the demonstration EcoSan systems and the inauguration event. The documentary illustrates that modern low cost approaches can provide an immediate solution to the health and environnemental problems related to sanitation in rural areas of Eastern Europe.

More info:�www.wecf.eu
Produced by: WECF
Year: 2008
Language: Bulgarian

Rada Water Supply Project

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-20 16:12:30

The Rada Water Supply and Sanitation project was conceived and implemented in 1986 in the town of Rada’a, Yemen.

A partnership between the Dutch and Yemeni governments, the project’s objective was to address the pressure of rising demand upon the existing infrastructure for water supply, sanitation, waste disposal and drainage.

This video provides and overview of the project design, and learnings from it.

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More info:�jvanhoorn1109@hotmail.com

Year: 1988

Language: Arabic

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Green Glaciers: the Melting Grasslands...

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-24 10:19:02

Full title: Green Glaciers: the Melting Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau.
WWF and ClimateChangeWater.org visited the Tibetan Plateau to see how climate change was impacting the herding livelihoods and ecosystems of these high-altitude grasslands.

More info:�climatechangewater.org
Produced by: ClimateChangeWater.org
Year: 2010
Language: English

Relief for Utror

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-26 17:49:12

This is a video on early relief operations in a remote northern part of Pakistan -�Utror�(in northern part of Kalam), cut off from the world, with very challenging logistics.

More info: www.serendip.tv
Produced by: Serendip, Huma and Dr. Farooq Beg
Year:
Language: Urdu�and�English

Muzafargarh Floods

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-26 17:59:29

Muzafargarh district in Punjab (Pakistan) suffered badly after the embankments protecting Taunsa barrage had to be broken�- to save this structure and flood water poured in to the area, forcing the breaking of more embankments within the area. Moreover wedged in between two rivers it received flood water not only from Indus but also from Chenab. As a result two weeks after the floods water is still pouring into this lowlying area.

More info: www.parc.gov.pk
Produced by:�Pakistan Agricultural Research Council/ Qurtaleen
Year:
Language: Urdu

Taking Lessons for Flood Recovery

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-26 18:03:27

Taking Lessons for Flood Recovery from the Post 2005 Earthquake Operations. Interview with Usman Qazi who was involved in the coordination of the largely successful recovery operation after the 2005 earth quake in Pakistan - what lessons to use and what to do better.

More info: www.serendip.tv and www.thewaterchannel.tv
Produced by: TheWaterChannel and Serendip
Year: 2010
Language: English

After the floods in Nowshera (Pakistan)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-08-27 11:30:32

The flood and the damage in Nowshera (KP), Pakistan. With houses three meters under water for several days Nowshera is one of the most badly hit areas in Pakistan. This movie describes the damage and the challenge for reconstruction.

More info: www.thewaterchannel.tv�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English

Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Mt. Everest swim

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-15 12:55:31

After he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. Then, he heard of Mt. Everest's Lake Imja -- a body of water at an altitude of 5,300 meters, entirely created by recent glacial melting -- and began a journey that would teach him a radical new way to approach both swimming and think about climate change.

(Watch Lewis Pugh talk about his swim at the North Pole)�

More info:�http://www.lewispugh.com/pages/default.aspx�
Produced by: TED
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Rice advice: managing soil fertility

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-15 13:42:20

In this video we will learn all about nutritients, soil structure, organic matter and how to maintain your soil fertile. All this will allow you to keep on cultivating your land and produce healthy crops.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

Floods hit Pakistan - video compilation per region

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-16 22:24:16

The 2010 Pakistan floods began at the end of July. Following heavy monsoon rains in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions.

More info:
Produced by:
Year: 2010
Language English

Key Insights on IWRM planning in 13 countries

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-16 22:32:20

The short video outlines the lessons of a five-year program to develop Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) plans in 13 African countries managed by the Global Water Partnership 2005-2010. The lessons learned centre around the importance of understanding the development context, having a strategic road map, ensuring sustainability and developing capacity.

More info: www.gwp.org
Produced by: Global Water Partnership (GWP)
Year:�
Language: English

Introduction to 3R Water by Sjef Ernes

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:07:35

As director of A4A and partner of the consortium, Sjef Ernes sets out the 3R initiative: how to create a break through, in fresh water sources availability to meet MDG’s and contribute to climate adaptation. This 3R Water introduction ends with an invitation to join the 3R family, setting out the role of the secretariat, how to participate and the rules of engagement.

More information: www.bebuffered.com
Produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

IWRM and 3R in Central-Northern Namibia

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:08:34

Presented by the Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE) and (BGR), Thomas Kluge, is Namibia’s north-central region that is shaped by the contrast of drought and floods, a lack of permanent rivers, saline groundwater in some places, and the consequences of climate change. Ongoing urbanisation, missing sanitation facilities and soil degradation cause severe stress for the ecological system. These challenges make water supply as well as water management difficult for the people. The project CuveWaters aims to further the conceptual development and practical implementation of an integrated water resources management (IWRM).

More information: info@bebuffered.com (and visit www.bebuffered.com)
Produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

Fresh groundwater buffering in Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:09:29

Mrs Sarmin Sultana of Dhaka University presents at SWWW2010 research into storing freshwater in saline environments. Highlighting current water access in Bangladesh and the prospect of Managed Aquifer Recharge for improving water access the action research of groundwater buffering in coastal area is explained (UNICEF supported programme). The way forward in scaling up the buffering of sweet water in saline environments is then set out.

More information: info@bebuffered.com (and visit www.bebuffered.com)
produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

3R Technologies at Work: The case of Rwanda

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:09:52

Dr Azene Bekele�Tessema� from ICRAF was invited to present on the Land-husbandry, Water-harvesting and Hillside-irrigation (LWH) project in Rwanda and the array of 3R techniques being used to tackle erosion, enhance agricultural productivity and improved water resources management.

More information: info@bebuffered.com (and visit www.bebuffered.com)
Produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

Gabion Weir - An alternate to sand dams

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:11:14

Richard Owen from the African Groundwater Network was invited to present an untested but potentially water reducing method of trapping water in which the aquifer system rather than the water is trapped, thereby aiming to reduce evaporative losses from the soil and subsurface, particularly in areas where alluvial fill is thin.

More information: info@bebuffered.com (and visit www.bebuffered.com)
Produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

3R Water and roundtable discussions at SWWW 2010

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:11:41

At the Stockholm World Water Week in 2010 the 3R Water Secretariat organised a session that aimed at learning and stimulating the discussion around the added value of buffer management (www.bebuffered.com). This video shows discussions and outcomes of the roundtables with the following topics: Institution building and policy development for 3R (chaired by Mr Lourdes Baptista, CE WaterAid in India), 3R and health (chaired by Mr Bruce Gordon , WHO), 3R and saline groundwater (chaired by Dr Arjen de Vries, Director of Acacia Water, member of the consortium) and Implementing and financing 3R (chaired by, Dr Azene Bekele-Tessema. The plenary discussion is then moderated and wrapped-up by Dr Richard Carter (WaterAid, UK).

More information: www.bebuffered.com
Produced by: 3R Water Secretariat
Year: 2010
Language: English

Bt cotton in Andhra Pradesh

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:12:17

Bt cotton is the first genetically modified modified organism (GMO) to have entered India. It was introduced in 2002 in Warangal District in the South Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. It has brought in its wake a trail of misery, destruction and death, particularly among small and marginal farming families.�

More info: �www.iied.org
Produced by: The DDS Community Media Trust, P.V. Satheesh and Michel Pimbert (2008). Affirming Life and Diversity. Rural images and voices on Food Sovereignty in sout India�. IIED, London.�
Year: �2008
Language: English
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Dalit food systems

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:12:41

The dryland of the Deccan Plateau in India support wide variate of agricultural crops including sorghum, a range of millets, pulses and oilseeds, all of which grow under rainfed conditions. This rich cultivated biodiversity enables small farmers to deal with the dynamic complexity of their drought prone environments.�

More info: �www.iied.org
Produced by: The DDS Community Media Trust, P.V. Satheesh and Michel Pimbert (2008). Affirming Life and Diversity. Rural images and voices on Food Sovereignty in sout India�. IIED, London.�
Year: �2008
Language: English
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Yemen Floods 2008

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-23 15:13:06

Visuals from the 2008 Yemen floods that left at least 65 dead and 20,000 without shelter.

More information:�
Produced by: Dr Sharafuddin Saleh
Year: 2009
Language: (None)

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Nahem: Protecting Wells and Water (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-28 11:20:36

Qat is grown over large areas in Yemen’s Sanaa Basin. The crop is highly water-intensive and has depleted groundwater levels across the area.

This pushed farmers in the Areesha valley to build a dam in 1995. Regardless, the water tables continued to dip. To improve the efficiency of water-use, the�Sanaa Basin Water Management Project�provided drip irrigation systems to Qat farmers. Its impact, however, was limited as well.

In response, the farmers renovated the dam in 2008 and formed a water users association. They mutually framed certain rules limiting groundwater extraction and use by individuals. It is hoped that this restrained use will strike equilibrium with recharge levels, and bring sustainability to water use in the area.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language: English
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Okavango Delta Management Plan Documentary

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-09 15:06:18

The Okavango Delta was declared a wetland of international importance when the Government of Botswana ratified the Ramsar Convention in April 1997. The Okavango Delta which forms part of the trans-boundary Okavango River Basin is one of the most exclusive tourist attractions of the world due to its relatively pristine condition and rich wildlife. Okavango River basin is shared by Angola, Namibia and Botswana, and terminates its flow in Botswana forming the Okavango Delta. In the basin there are many transboundary, national and local issues that needs to be addressed through collaboration, information exchange, sharing of experiences and lessons. The Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP) Project was formally established in April 2002 to integrate resource management for the Okavango Delta ensuring its long-term conservation and providing benefits for the present and future well being of the people through sustainable use of its resources.

More info: Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism
Produced by: Zimmedia, executive producer: Ase Johannessen
Year:�
Language: English

River Restoration on the Hampshire Avon

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-11 20:04:11

A once-beautiful chalk stream in Southern England was reduced to biological ruin in the early 1960s, as the post-war agricultural revolution ushered in.�

This is an account of how Cain Bio-Engineering designed and implemented a successful intervention,to rehabilitate this part of the River Avon, right from its physical form down to its ecology and bio-diversity.�

More info: Cain Bio-Engineering Limited
Produced by:�Cain Bio-Engineering Limited
Year: 2010
Language: English

Reducing Water Loss in Cities Around the World

TheWaterChannel — 2010-09-28 19:06:13

Water loss from water supply and distribution systems is a problem in almost all cities worldwide, but can have seriious consequences especially for regions where water is scarce. This problem deserves immediate attention and appropriate action to reduce avoidable stress on vital water resources. Numourous cities across the globe have already implemented programmes geared towords the step-by-step reduction of water loss and many water suppliers have developed effective strategies and applied technologies to control leakage and water loss.
In this DVD, water experts discuss the challenges of water loss faced every day and suitable solutions to increase efficiency in urban water supply systems.

More info: www.unwater.unu.edu
Produced by: UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC)
Year: 2010
Language: English

Bridging Waters promo

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-01 13:23:11

This promo introduces the four-part "Bridging Waters" documentary series filmed over a 15 months period in 2009 and 2010 in southern Africa. Each part is 25 minutes long. They highlight the importance of transboundary water management in the SADC (Southern African Development Community) region. Because more than 70 percent of all water allocated to the various economic sectors and uses in the SADC region emanates from shared river basins. Thus, the series recognises the strategic role of water as a vehicle for peace and regional integration, unlocking the potential for economic prosperity. The first part provides for a general introduction to transboundary water management in the fifteen SADC member states, while the other three focus on challenges and projects in three pivotal river basins, namely the Limpopo, the Orange-Senqu, and the Zambezi River basin.

More info: www.sadc.int
Produced by:�SADC Secretariat in Gaborone (Botswana) in cooperation with Germany (BMZ) and the UK (DFID), whose partnership programme is being implemented by GTZ. The filming was done by Nick Chevallier Video Productions (Cape Town, South Africa).
Year: 2010
Language: English

The Gareh Bygone Floodville

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-06 17:15:18

In the Gareh Bygone a fascinating series of experiments with flood water spreading for recharge, local forestry and agriculture have been undertaken that are currently upscaled.

More info: Fars Research Center for Natural Resources and Animal Husbandry

Produced by: Fars Research Center for Natural Resources and Animal Husbandry

Year:

Language: English

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Bridging waters: Water for Peace

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-08 17:35:06

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The availability and quality of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) surface and groundwater resources are intimately linked to the health and welfare of the region’s approximately 250 million people.�Access to clean water and proper sanitation are a basic development goal; healthy river ecosystems are central to potable water, food and energy security.�But the region’s watercourses are now under stress. Growing demands coupled with the ill effects of climate change in a region already vulnerable to floods and droughts is putting increasing pressure on a dwindling resource.�About 70 percent of the region’s water resources are in river basins shared by two or more countries. Water-related stress raises the potential for conflicts – within and across borders.�Today we know that cooperation around shared river basins can make all the difference between whether water becomes a source of conflict... or a motivation for cooperation and ultimately regional integration – as is the case in the SADC region.�The SADC Protocol on Shared Watercourses is one of the many agreements pioneered by the SADC Secretariat as the region seeks “Water for Peace”…

More info: www.sadc.int
Produced by:�SADC Secretariat in Gaborone (Botswana) in cooperation with Germany (BMZ) and the UK (DFID), whose partnership programme is being implemented by GTZ. The Australian Government's Agency for International Development joined the partnership in October 2010. The filming was done by Nick Chevallier Video Productions (Cape Town, South Africa).
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Restoring Indonesia's Peatland

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-14 17:26:25

Full title: Restoring Indonesia's Peatland. Rehabilitating and Revitalising Central Kalimantan's Ex-Mega Rice Project.

The Mega Rice Project began in 1996 with the construction of an extensive canal network. Despite local protests and warnings from experts, the project was taken forwards and implemented without adequate planning and knowledge of the system.The results were far from what was hoped for and in 1999 the project was stopped.
This video shows the effects of the project 8 years after the project was stopped. In March 2007, the president of Indonesia announced a programme to rehabilitate 1.1 million hectares of the area for conservation: the Master Plan.�

More info: www.water.mottmac.com

Produced by: The Master Plan Team for the Conservation and Development of the Ex-mega Rice project Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Year: 2007

Language: English

Historias del agua contadas por ni�os

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-14 13:37:53

Ni�os de tres comunidades diferentes, muestran sus vivencias con respecto al agua y escriben un cuento. Estos cuentos son editados dando lugar a un libro que servir� como apoyo a los docentes para ense�ar el ciclo del agua.

More info:�www.entereguladorsalta.gov.ar
Produced by:��rea Educaci�n del Ente Regulador de los Servicios P�blicos de Salta
Year: 2009
Language: Spanish

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Rice Advice: Well-dried seed is good seed

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-15 16:26:33

Farmers face great difficulties with drying their seeds because seed absorbs moisture from the soil. As a result, seed quality deteriorates, and no-one can expect good yields by using poor quality seed. In this video you can see how farmers of Maria village solved this problem by themselves. Now they are no longer worried about drying seed, even during the rainy season.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

Bridging Waters: Poverty reduction

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-21 16:46:13

The 1,700 km long Limpopo River flows though Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Along the way, 14 million people depend on its water to slake their thirst, feed their hunger, and support jobs and livelihoods.�But who owns this water? The rich, the poor? The farmers, the fishermen? The miners, the tourists?
Competition for this scarce resource can cause stress and conflict – and few know this better than the people living around the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park where the Olifants River sustains daily living and provides the potential to uplift the poor.�In 2008, sudden storms upstream of the Olifants river and its tributary inundated the Massingir Dam, causing severe damage with negative impacts on the communities downstream who depend on it.
The SADC Water Division – with support from a range of international cooperating partners – is working with Mozambique to rehabilitate this essential resource to enable water and food security in a region affected by floods and droughts.�By ensuring a reliable supply of water, the dam enables those living alongside it to establish agricultural initiatives that turn water into food and then into money. It is an area in which a famous wildlife showcase must co-exist with open cast mining�SADC’s Protocol on Shared Watercourses promotes the shared benefit of its waters being used wisely and equitably – a challenge set for Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM), which facilitates shared river basin management.�It not only governs its rivers but also its groundwater – seeking to ensure year-round water availability that makes poverty alleviation possible even far from the river course. And this is essential in a region promoting access to “Water for Poverty Reduction”…

More info:�www.sadc.int
Produced by:�SADC Secretariat in Gaborone (Botswana) in cooperation with Germany (BMZ) and the UK (DFID), whose partnership programme is being implemented by GTZ. The Australian Government's Agency for International Development joined the partnership in October 2010. The filming was done by Nick Chevallier Video Productions (Cape Town, South Africa).
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Lab test 3: pH and electrical conductivity

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-22 17:02:56

In cooperation with Cap-Net and NUFFIC, TheWaterChannel developed a series of instructional videos on water and soil laboratory tests. These videos introduce basic laboratory tests which can be watched prior to carrying out the tests in the laboratory.
In this video you will learn how to determine the pH value and electrical conductivity of a water sample.

More info: info@thewaterchannel.tv
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English

Bridging waters: Water for Economic Development

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-25 11:46:20

From villages to cities; from farms to factories; from schools to parks… competing demands for water in the water-scarce Southern Africa region calls for nations to work together towards economic development and regional integration.�Water quenches our thirst; washes us; supports our farmers and mines; offers a cheap and renewable energy supply for our homes and factories; and provides transport.�Uncertain access to water is a threat to economic development and social equity as growing numbers of people make increasing demands for a limited resource.�The transboundary nature of Southern Africa's watercourses highlights the importance of sharing this strategic resource, for example in the form of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which transfers water from the highlands of Lesotho to the economic powerhouse of South Africa's Gauteng Province. The SADC Water Division aims to create regional consensus regarding the management and implementation of water strategies to tackle the region’s escalating challenges of capacity building, infrastructure development, irrigated agriculture, food and energy security, and provision of drinking water and sanitation.

SADC’s Protocol on Shared Watercourses sets out the principles that guide river basin organisations such as the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) as they collect vital data, devise practical management strategies and coordinate integrated water resources management (IWRM) as we realize our goal of “Water for Development”…

More info: www.sadc.int
Produced by: SADC Secretariat in Gaborone (Botswana) in cooperation with Germany (BMZ) and the UK (DFID), whose partnership programme is being implemented by GTZ. The Australian Government's Agency for International Development joined the partnership in October 2010. The filming was done by Nick Chevallier Video Productions (Cape Town, South Africa).
Year: 2010
Language: English

Where does water go when it rains?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-25 16:23:02

This video introduces concepts from modern hydrologic science including flowpaths water takes through the landscape, residence time of water in the landscape, and the concepts of water stores and fluxes.

More info: www.cuahsi.org
Produced by: Linda Lilienfeld (executive producer), Insights International, Inc. (production)
Year:
Language: English

Bridging Waters: Water and Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-25 16:51:00

Increasingly volatile weather patterns due to climate change will impact hardest on Africa � and Southern Africa is exposed as the most vulnerable to floods and droughts.�The Zambezi River gathers rain falling in Zambia and Angola to begin a journey across the region - flowing along the borders of Namibia and Botswana, between Zambia and Zimbabwe through to Mozambique, touching Malawi and receiving inflow from Tanzania before flowing through Mozambique into the Indian Ocean.

It rises and falls in a seasonal pulse, sustaining and binding together the lives of 30 million people spread through eight countries. These communities, such as the Lozi people in Zambia, must learn to adapt even better to its changing rhythms. Climate change threatens the normal Zambezi flows � combining unprecedented stresses put countless lives at risk.�And climate change does not respect boundaries or sectors. It requires all our input and cooperation to take traditional systems of adaptation and resilience and scale these up with modern resources to generate broad-based impacts. Climatic changes are now inescapable; we have to put in measures to adapt and mitigate to its impacts.

The SADC Water Division brings together a cross section of water resources� stakeholders to ensure that the region�s citizens have the right information to make informed decisions about their lives as they tackle �Water and Climate Change��

More info:�www.sadc.int
Produced by: SADC Secretariat in Gaborone (Botswana) in cooperation with Germany (BMZ) and the UK (DFID), whose partnership programme is being implemented by GTZ. The Australian Government's Agency for International Development joined the partnership in October 2010. The filming was done by Nick Chevallier Video Productions (Cape Town, South Africa).
Year: 2010�
Language: English

How much water do we use?

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-25 16:53:45

Explores the concept of budgets and how they help us to understand water use.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by: Linda Lilienfeld (executive producer), Insights International, Inc. (production)
Year:
Language: English

Viva Tamaca Viva - We From Africa Support You

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-11 15:38:57

In support of the 10 November International Day of Action for the withdrawal of the El Zapotillo Dam project, EcoDoc Africa has produced a six minute video entitled “Viva Tamaca Viva - We from Africa Salute You!” �sharing messages of solidarity from members of the African Rivers Network to the people of Tamacapulin, Mexico.

More info:�www.internationalrivers.org

Produced by: EcoDoc Africa

Year: 2010

Language: English

Celebrating the Wild Rivers of the South African Lowveld

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-14 11:02:10

Hundreds of thousands of people live in the catchments orivers of the South African Lowveld and the Kruger National Park Game Reserve. They�depend on them for all their water needs. This video is intended as a celebration of wild rivers and all those who depend on them, in solidarity with global rivers. Viva Africa Rivers for Life!

More info:�www.ecodocafrica.co.za

Produced by:�Ecodoc Africa

Year: 2010

Language: Various

Promoting Farmer Innovation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-01 17:22:59

Promoting Farmer Innovation tells a fascinating story of what farmers can do themselves. Farmer innovators are a surprisingly creative source of ideas. They inspire others also. PFI is a project that builds on farmer innovation for better land management in the drylands of East Africa. This is an exciting new direction with an innovative methodology that is proving workable.

It helps put the word of the Convention to Combat Desertification into action. The video hopes to spread the message widely.�

More info: www.agriculturesnetwork.org
Produced by: �Camerapix productions / Technical Advisor (and script) William Critchley; funded by UNDP and RELMA
Year: 1999
Language: English

Neretva, River in Peril (compilation video)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-27 20:36:06

The Neretva river got its name from Celts, they called the river "Nera Etwa" which means the "Flowing Divinity", the "Divine River" - they were right about this green beauty, jewel of Bosnia-Herzegovina , Europe and world! Today, Bosnian leaders and politicians are not satisfied with usage of the Neretva waters with 2/3 of the Neretva under an absolutely excessive utilization, so they call for more "sustainable" requisition of the Neretva head waters, the last untouched and unspoiled section of the Neretva.

More info: neretva-riverinperil.blogspot.com, neretva-trout.blogspot.com, www.zeleni-neretva.ba, www.youtube.com/santasa99
Produced by: WWF
Year: 2008
Language: n/a English text

In the grip of drought

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-27 20:37:00

Panchkhal lies in a rainshadow area in the mid-hills of Nepal, forty kilometres east of the capital Kathmandu. As of 2009, Panchkhal has been suffering a drought for five years. What used to be Kathmandu's vegetable basket is turning into a wasteland. The Jhiku Khola (river) which used to irrigate the fields through canals is now a dry riverbed. As weather patterns change, traditional agricultural calendars are failing and farmers are responding in individual ways - by digging trenches in the dry riverbeds. But farmers need to turn these short term responses into long term adaptation practices. What are the options?

More info:�www.icimod.org
Produced by: ICIMOD
Year: 2009
Language: English

Youthorama

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-28 12:18:46

A youth democracy project regarding enviromental issues was implemented in Greece and Spain.

More info: www.youthorama.eu
Produced by: Youthorama
Year:
Language: Greek

Bio tech pear is a singular tree

TheWaterChannel — 2010-10-30 13:27:43

This video is part of the series 'Scenes of Science, videos from the Agicultural Research Service.' It shows a method to develop dwarf trees.

More info: www.ars.usda.gov
Produced by: USDA
Year: 2007
Language: English

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Water Wise Plants

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-17 12:47:12

The Santa Clara Valley Water District introduces some very colourful plants that demand very little water.

More info:�valleywater.org
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2008
Language: English

What's with the water?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-17 14:42:45

A public service fantasy. What life would be without water.

(Finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water, Climate and... Action!' video contest.)

More info:�Water, Climate and... Action!
Produced by: Douglas F. Williamson
Year: 2010
Language: None

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Support Childcare

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-11 14:59:00

The song was inspired by Childcare Canada's "Walk for Water" campaign. Video footage was supplied by OWENDO in Uganda. This music video tells the story of a boy's struggle to provide water for his family. He carries a heavy load, and not just the weight of the water. His Sister is dying from a water-borne disease, and cries for more water.

More info:�http://owendo.org
Produced by: Ken Richie
Year: 2010
Language: English

L'eau de roche

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-12 15:24:27

Pendant des centenaires les gens ont pris de la terre dans des d�pressions naturelles des rochers - pour en faire des mares dans le but d’y collecter de l’eau de pluie. Ces mares �taient souvent la seule source d’eau pour des caravanes voyageant � travers des terres arides comme le d�sert du Taru au Kenya. La capacit� de stockage d’une mare rocheuse peut �tre augment�e par la construction d’un muret.
Ce film montrera comment des millions de personnes utilisent des rochers comme source d’eau dans les r�gions les plus s�ches du Kenya.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants
Year: 2010
Language: English with French subtitles (also available without subtitles)

C?nh tranh T�i nguy�n N??c - Khi ??i t??ng s? d?ng n??c m?i xu?t hi?n

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-12 15:33:01

? r?t nhi?u n?i tr�n th? gi?i, s? xu?t hi?n c?a c�c ??i t??ng s? d?ng n??c t?i c�c v�ng n�ng th�n ?� l�m thay ??i ?�ng k? m?c ?? c?nh tranh s? d?ng n??c ? nh?ng v�ng n�y.

D?a tr�n tr??ng h?p nghi�n c?u v? khai th�c ch� t?i huy?n Con Cu�ng, t?nh Ngh? An, Vi?t Nam, b? phim t? li?u n�y ??a ra m?t v� d? minh h?a v? nh?ng v?n ?? c� th? x?y ra khi nh?ng ??i t??ng s? d?ng n??c m?i xu?t hi?n. B? phim c?ng cho th?y r?ng nh?ng ng??i ??a ra quy?t ??nh cho ph�p c�c ??i t??ng s? d?ng n??c m?i n�y ho?t ??ng th??ng kh�ng ph?i l� nh?ng ng??i tr?c ti?p ch?u nh?ng t�c ??ng c?nh tranh khi c� s? xu?t hi?n c?a h?.

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B? phim n�y l� m?t trong ba b? phim t? li?u minh h?a cho nh?ng k?t lu?n ??a ra t? Ch??ng tr�nh “C?nh tranh T�i nguy�n N??c”. Ba b? phim t? li?u n�y c� th? ???c xem t?i vimeo.com/?channels/?competingforwater.

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Ch??ng tr�nh “C?nh tranh T�i nguy�n N??c” (diis.dk/?water) l� m?t ch??ng tr�nh h?p t�c nghi�n c?u nh?m t�m hi?u v? m?c ??, qui m� v� b?n ch?t c?a m�u thu?n v� h?p t�c trong s? d?ng n??c t?i ??a ph??ng trong th?i gian 10 n?m t?i 5 huy?n ? 5 qu?c gia: Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vi?t Nam v� Zambia.

More info:�www.diis.dk/water/videoreports
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder
Year: 2010
Language: English with Vietnamese subtitles

Water for Cities: Urban Supply and Sanitation

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-05 14:05:16

Through this video, the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) shares its experiences with its strategy of improving urban water management in Yemen by investing institutional development of the sector. As part of this approach, the agency invested in building the management capacity of local-level water service providers, facilitating dialogue between stakeholders and assisting government bodies in tackling the problem at the policy level.

More info:�www.tc-wateryemen.org
Produced by: GTZ, The Yemeni-German Water Program
Year: 2010
Language: English, with German Subtitles

Beit al-Faquih

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-05 14:13:34

The video chronicles Yemeni town Beit-al-Faquih�s experiences with Water Utilities, or local-level corporations. Water-service delivery was decentralized to these Utilities, run commercially and free to set their own tariffs, as part of water-sector reforms initiated in the mid-1990s. While the measures are widely believed to have had positive effects on child health, sanitation and even education, corruption has led to public dissatisfaction and threatens the continuation of the Utilities.

More info:�www.tc-wateryemen.org
Produced by: GTZ, the Yemeni-German Water Program
Year: 2010
Language: English

When children come running, it makes my heart drop

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-05 16:05:41

Two months ago, the Indus flooded, killing 1,700 Pakistanis and displacing millions. In the first of a four-part series, The Guardian's Foreign Correspondent Declan Walsh travels the river, and asks whether the country can survive.

More info:�www.guardian.co.uk
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: English

The new island villages of Sindh province

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-06 14:45:45

The Guardian's Foreign Correspondent Declan Walsh travels to Sehwan, home to Pakistan's largest Sufi shrine, where the flood waters are draining slowly and illness and malnourishment are rife.

More info:�http://tinyurl.com/3y7slf6
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: English

Development comes to Zabid

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-09 13:06:17

Zabid is one of the oldest towns of Yemen and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of late, the city of 23,000 has been suffering from poor sanitation infrastructure—a health hazard and a physical threat to historical buildings. In 2003, a Yemeni-German project put in place modern sanitation infrastructure that has improved the situation considerably. Its maintenance, however, has been full of challenges that the government and people of Zabid have been trying to negotiate together.

More info:�www.tc-wateryemen.org
Produced by: GTZ
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Feudals Under Fire in Punjab

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-09 16:15:16

The Guardian's Foreign Correspondent Declan Walsh travels through Punjab where the swollen waters of the Indus river have devastated the breadbasket of Pakistan and the livelihoods it supports.

More info:�http://tinyurl.com/2e4apk6
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: English/ Punjabi

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Gwydir Wetlands October 2010

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-10 04:11:51

Reseason monitoring shows a positive outlook for Gwydir Wetlands, Moree, NSW, Australia this season. Good rainfall & riverflows since August 2010 has replaced drought, bringing life to the Ramsar wetlands. Post season monitoring will be undertaken in March 2011.

More info:
Produced by:�
Year: 2010
Language: not applicable

Battling Mosquitoes and Malaria in La Bomba

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-11 13:38:51

With help from The Carter Center, people in La Bomba barrio, a subdistrict of Dajab�n, Dominican Republic, are battling malaria with education and bed nets. The effort is part of the Center's Hispaniola Initative, in partnership with the Dominican Republic and Haiti, to help the two countries and their other partners accelerate the elimination of two devastating mosquito-borne infections—malaria and lymphatic filariasis—from Hispaniola.

More info:�http://www.cartercenter.org/
Produced by: The Carter Center
Year: 2010
Language: English

Guinea Worm Eradication: Countdown to Zero

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-11 14:06:45

When The Carter Center began leading the campaign to eradicate Guinea worm in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases of the disease in 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Today (as of 2009) less than a fraction of one percent of Guinea worm cases remain in a handful of endemic countries: Sudan, Ghana, Mali, Ethiopia, Niger, and Nigeria.

More info:�http://www.cartercenter.org/
Produced by: The Carter Center
Year: 2008
Language: English

Agua es Vida. Informe Planeta Vivo 2010

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-12 17:45:23

Agua dulce: necesitamos gestionar los sistemas dulceacu�colas para satisfacer las necesidades humanas y los ecosistemas de agua dulce. Esto significa mejores pol�ticas para mantener el uso del agua dentro de los l�mites naturales y evitar la fragmentaci�n de los sistemas dulceacu�colas. Tambi�n proveer a todo el mundo de agua como un derecho humano b�sico, creando sistemas agr�colas que optimicen su uso sin impactar sobre las cuencas, y proyectar y construir presas y otras infraestructuras fluviales pensando en un mejor equilibrio entre la naturaleza y las necesidades humanas.

More info: www.panda.org/lpr
Produced by: WWF
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish

Into Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-13 15:48:54

A film about the African Medical and Research Foundation

More info:�http://www.amref.org/
Produced by: African Medical and Research Foundation
Year: 2010
Language: Various (English subtitles)

Pakistan Floods: The Indus Delta

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-13 17:50:46

Two months after the biggest floods in living memory, Declan Walsh, the Guardian's Pakistan correspondent, travels down the Indus river. He now reaches the sea at its delta. While the flooding has meant destruction elsewhere, here it means renewal, with fish returning to the area and mangroves being cultivated again.

More info:�www.guardian.co.uk
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: English

A Machine for Millet

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-14 15:16:56

An example of participatory technology development, this is a story of how a community in Southern India helped develop the ‘Millet Machine,’ customizing technology to fulfil their unique needs. The Machine has improved food security in the region and given a news lease of life to a food crop almost on the verge of extinction.

More info:�http://www.diversefoodsystems.org/publications.html
Produced by: Deccan Development Society/International Institute for Environment and Development
Year:�2010
Language: English

River Blindness Part 1: Trip to Abu Hamad

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-14 15:27:49

Abu Hamad, a vast and isolated desert community 500 kilometers from the Sudanese capitol Khartoum, is on the verge of disproving a long-held belief among public health professionals that river blindness (onchocerciasis) cannot be eliminated in Africa due to poor health care delivery and the disease's prevalence.

In this three-part video journal, join Carter Center expert Dr. Moses Katabarwa and his colleagues from the Sudan Ministry of Health and Lions Clubs International Foundation in the field as they guide and support the pioneering community-based approach that has brought this debilitating and potentially blinding parasitic skin disease to the brink of elimination.

Until 2008, the only way to reach Abu Hamad was to use the Nile River as a compass and drive across unmarked, unpredictable desert tracks. Even today, there is only one paved road. In this segment, take an adventurous journey with Dr. Katabarwa and the Sudan river blindness team more than 500 kilometers up the Nile and through the desert to Abu Hamad.

More info:�www.cartercenter.org
Produced by: The Carter Center
Year: 2010
Language: English

River Blindness Part 2: The Education of Jeref

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-14 15:32:57

Jeref, a village in Abu Hamad locality, has made significant strides against onchocerciasis, but Carter Center and Sudanese health experts know that educating people about how to prevent the disease is crucial to permanently eliminating it. Follow the team as they work side-by-side with community members learning new health care approaches.

More info:�www.cartercenter.org
Produced by: The Carter Center
Year: 2010
Language: English

River Blindness Part 3: Women and Biomedicine

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-14 15:36:39

Traditionally, women have been the primary health caregivers in Abu Hamad, but their roles were diminished by the introduction of modern medicine, a male-dominated field. Today, local attitudes are changing again. Women make up half of the community's population, and therefore, their participation in the elimination effort is crucial. The team is excited to see women participating in the river blindness program like never before.

�More info:�www.cartercenter.org
Produced by: The Carter Center
Year: 2010
Language: English

Competing for water: When more water leads to conflict

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-23 09:27:26

Making more water available, for example through the construction of public boreholes, can make a big difference to rural people in developing countries. In many places the poor lack reliable supplies of drinking water. But the better-off may also benefit from an improved water supply, using it to water more cattle and cultivate bigger gardens. Therefore competition over water often intensifies rather than weakens when more water becomes available.
This video report takes us to the Namwala district in Zambia. It shows how local power relations rather than the need for water are what determine who gets access and who draws the benefits when more water is made available through new public infrastructure. This project is funded by DIIS and�Danish Development Research Council.

More info: www.diis.dk/water/videoreports�
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder�
Year: 2010
Language: English

Pakistan Floods: Refugees in Karachi

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-18 17:03:15

Declan Walsh travels to a former rice warehouse in Karachi that is acting as a temporary home for refugees left homeless by last month's floods. With low food supplies, poor sanitation and reports of corruption in the compensation system, the provincial government is struggling to provide for the victims.

More info:�www.guardian.co.uk
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: Punjabi/English

Living on a Poisonous Stream

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-19 15:37:47

The residents of Permisan village (East Java, Indonesia) have harvested fish from the ponds for generations, but since an environmental disaster at the Lapindo Brantas gas mining site in May 2006, the area has suffered vast eruptions of volcanic mud, burying nearby villages and displacing thousands.

They tell their story through this video, that they produced themselves.

More info: www.insightshare.org
Produced by: InsightShare
Year:�2008
Language: Bahasa (English Subtitles)

Swat Valley after the Floods

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-19 16:37:19

Two months after the biggest floods in living memory, Declan Walsh, the Guardian's foreign correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan, travels down the Indus river. Hhe goes to the source of the Indus, high in the Swat valley

More info:�www.guardian.co.uk
Produced by: The Guardian, UK
Year:�2010
Language: Various (with English subtitles)

Waiting for Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-22 11:32:14

When people living near the small tea estate in Inanda saw water pipes being laid in October 2004, they were overjoyed. Standpipes would soon be spouting water, they were told…but they waited in vain. Three years later, Inanda residents planned, directed and filmed 'Waiting for Water' as a local lobbying tool...and the impacts were immediate.

More info:�www.insightshare.org
Produced by: InsightShare
Year:�2007
Language: Zulu/English

Catching Raindrops

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-22 16:42:07

This film is about learning and unlearning the best possible low cost, long term solutions by trusting and having faith in the knowledge, skills and wisdom of rural communities. 'Catching Raindrops' shows the wisdom in India's century old water collection structures and how these must be revived to harvest rain and recharge the groundwater.

More info:�www.barefootcollege.org
Produced by: The Barefoot College/ Durga Khote Productions
Year: 1999
Language: Hindi/English

Water from the Dawn of Civilization

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-23 12:51:33

Water is the mainspring of civilization. This was recognized at the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Water was conceived as the source of all things, eternal and primeval. This early recognition of the link between water management and civilization is the subject of this documentary.

Civilizations are constrained directly by the quality and quantity of available safe drinking and subsistence water. They are also constrained indirectly by the influence of water on food, energy, transportation, and industry. Human societies have throughout history found new means to secure availability of water where they settled. They have devised ingenious methods to harvest, transport, and store rainwater, spring water, groundwater, and even air moisture. Human societies will thus continue to search for new sources of water, but the cost of procuring water is a function of the combined cost of extraction, harvesting, transportation, treatment, storage, and delivery. There is thus inevitably an economic aspect of water availability.

This film documented and researched the technology and rehabilitation of thousand-year old underground water tunnels called 'Qanats' in countries like Syria, North Iraq, Oman, Algeria, Morocco and Spain.

More info:�www.unesco.org�and www.sapiensproductions.com
Produced by: Sapiens Productions�for UNESCO
Year: 2009
Language: English

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Climate Change in Dumba Village

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-25 16:19:20

In Dumba village, the seasons have changed beyond recognition. When rains are meant to come, villagers are facing drought, when harvest traditionally used to occur, floods from the river nearby sweep everything away. People are resorting to traditional foods, migration, old and new crop varieties and community support to survive.

This video was produced by members of the Dumba community. It also served as a Monitoring and Evaluation exercise looking at adaptation to climate change in Malawi. In partnership with CURE Malawi and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), funded by IDRC and IIED under the CBAA programme.

More info:�www.insightshare.org
Produced by: InsightShare
Year:�2010
Language: Chichewa/English

Mundo Museo

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-26 04:26:58

The extenuation and adaptation of climate change, is something that must be achieved today, no to be proposed for tomorrow.

More info:
Produced by:
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish, English, French

The Dove, the Duck and the Camel

TheWaterChannel — 2010-11-26 15:17:44

Few other countries have had to bear the brunt of Climate Change as much as Bangladesh. Extreme weather conditions bring about floods and cyclones. Unpredictable, extreme precipitation causes floods and droughts. Rising sea levels cause salination of land. While much damage has already been done, much more threatens to follow.

Drought is a constant factor for many communities in Ethiopia, due to which traditional ways of living are in danger. Droughts also serve as recurring hazards, as disasters. In order to survive, communities need to take adaptive measures and steps that reduce risk.

Parts 2 and 3 in this video highlight the situation in the two countries and interventions that seek seek to prepare communities better for floods and drought. The ‘Caritas Bangladesh DRR Program’ focuses on constructing cyclone shelters and building awareness. Cordaid adopts the ‘Drought Cycle Management’ approach in its work in Ethiopia, integrating drought in the planning and implementation of all development work.

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More info:�www.cordaid.nl
Produced by: Humanitarian Productions
Year:�2009
Language: Various (English Subtitles)

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Gambella's Hidden Treasure

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-06 11:53:57

Gambela - Ethiopia's wet western most region - shelters an important wildlife population - including the world's second largest migration of mammals (white-eared kob). It is also the scene of intense agricultural investment. Efforts are afoot to integrate wild life conservation and large scale agricultural development into land use planning and restore the national park on a sound economic footing.

More info: www.hoarec.org
Produced by: John Purdie, Virtue in partnership/HoA-REC
Year: 2010
Language: English

Carpa Diem (2nd Prize-Water,Climate & Action)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-07 09:56:21

The video by Sergio Canella (Italy) is the Second Prize winner of the ''Water, Climate and... Action'' video contest. Organised by the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme and TheWaterChannel, the contest was supported by CONAGUA and Consejo Consultiva del Agua, Mexico.

More info: Water, Climate and... Action
Produced by: Sergio Canella
Year: 2010
Language: English (No Dialogues)

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Climate Theatre (Winner-Water,Climate & Action)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-07 10:10:51

South African rural communities have turned to theatre in a creative effort to respond to the challenges of climate change. Resource Africa, a Not-for-Profit organization working on natural resource management, is leading the way.

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The video is the Winner of the ''Water, Climate and... Action'' video contest. Organised by the United Nations�World Water Assessment Programme�and�TheWaterChannel, the contest was supported by�CONAGUA�and�Consejo Consultiva del Agua, Mexico.

More info:�Water, Climate and... Action
Produced by: Max Edkins
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Modern Day Uab (3rd Prize- Water,Climate & Action)

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-07 10:16:28

A film combining animation and interviews about traditions and local beliefs about climate change, and actual local actions for climate change adaptation.

The video �is the Third Prize winner of the ''Water, Climate and... Action'' video contest. Organised by the United Nations�World Water Assessment Programme�andTheWaterChannel, the contest was supported by�CONAGUA�andConsejo Consultiva del Agua, Mexico.

More info:�Water, Climate and... Action
Produced by: Roll'em Productions Palau
Year: 2010
Language: English

Competing for water: The challenge of local water governance

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-10 13:16:17

In many countries it is the task of district and other local authorities to authorise and monitor the use of water for small-scale irrigation, and to ensure that enough water is left for human and animal consumption alongside irrigation.

Taking the case of Condega district in Nicaragua, this video report illustrates the magnitude and complexity of this task. Despite its crucial importance, local water governance institutions are often grossly neglected in the implementation of reforms intended to ensure effective and equitable water governance.�This project is funded by DIIS and Danish Development Research Council.

More info:�www.diis.dk/water/videoreports
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder
Year: 2010
Language: English

Youth and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-09 22:48:37

Short film prepared by Jordanian youth, supported by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and BGR (Federal German Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources).

More info: www.jordanyouth.org
Published by:�
Year:�
Language: Arabic

Youth and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-09 23:12:24

Short film prepared by Jordanian youth (National Forum for Youth and Culture/NFYC), suppoted by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and BGR (German Fderal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources).

More info:�www.jordanyouth.org
Published by:
Year:�
Language: Arabic

Youth and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-09 23:32:32

Short filn prepared by Jordanian youth (National Forum for Youth and Culture/NFYC), supported by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and BGR (German Federal Institute for Gesosciences and Natural Resources)

More info: www.jordanyouth.org
Published by:
Year:�
Language: Arabic

Youth and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-10 00:10:34

Short film prepared by Jordanian youth (National Forum for Youth and Culture/NFYC), supported by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) and BGR (German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources).

More info:�www.jordanyouth.org
Produced by:
Year:
Language: Arabic

Groundwater - Our Most Reliable Water Source

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-17 10:09:55

This video by the Santa Clara Valley Water District explains how "one of our greatest local assets is beneath our feet."

More info: www.valleywater.org
Produced by: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2010
Language: English

Competing for water: when new water users emerge

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-20 15:38:16

Economic growth is often accompanied by new uses of water.The advent of new and often powerful water users into a rural area - such as companies that grow maize for bio-fuel, process agricultural products, extract minerals or establish tourist enterprises – often radically changes the level of competition for water. Based on the case of the arrival of a lead mining company in a rural commune in Con Cuong district in Vietnam, this video report illustrates that those who make the decisions to allow new water users to start operating tend to be different from those who bear the costs of the new types and levels of competition for water which emerge. Often local-level authorities do not have the necessary legal and administrative means to protect the interests of the local population. This project is funded by DIIS and�Danish Development Research Council.

More info: www.diis.dk/water/videoreports�
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder�
Year: 2010
Language: English and Vietnamese with English subtitles

N�m, or the Fresh Water Sinner

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-23 09:43:58

"Twenty years ago, our parents lived well, there were trees, there was water, but now things have changed...." Mensah Zakari Bawa is from Atakora, a dry region in northern Benin. He undertakes a journey which will bring him all the way to Oiudah, where he will meet the "chief of waters". A human adventure on the road toward water, during which we will discover a spiritual Africa, musical and enchanting. Note: "N�m": water, in Biali dialect.

More info:�www.cultureunplugged.com
Produced by: Lesclauze
Year: 2009
Language: French, Biali dialect, English subtitles

Laundry Tips for a Better World!

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-30 13:44:48

Are you a laundry day procrastinator? Good! Wait until you have a full load, and you can save 20 gallons of water per wash!

More info: www.save20gallons.org
Produced by: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2009
Language: English

Shower Etiquette for a Better World!

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-30 13:59:35

Contrary to popular belief, longer showers do not make you cleaner! Bathe smart, bathe responsibly.

More info:�www.save20gallons.org
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2009
Language: English

Lawn Care Secrets for a Better World!

TheWaterChannel — 2010-12-30 14:11:22

Your grass is not as thirsty as you think. Just a little lawn know-how can save 20,000 gallons of water a year!

More info:�www.save20gallons.org�
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2009
Language: English

Collecte d'eau dans des lits de rivi�re secs

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-06 22:58:34

Comment est-ce qu’on peut all�ger cette lutte quotidienne pour des millions d'habitants des r�gions s�ches ?
Ce film montre 4 options, en commen�ant par un puits creus� � la main dont le rendement peut �tre am�lior� avec un barrage souterrain, un seuil ou un barrage de sable.

More info: www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants, Erik Nissen-Petersen
Year: 2010
Language: English with French subtitles (also available: complete English version)

The Last Drop

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-07 09:10:10

The Last Drop takes viewers on an interesting 12 minute tour around different Arab countries, located in the world's driest region and known to have the poorest fresh water supplies. It shows how Arab countries are increasingly vulnerable to disastrous impacts of climate change, mainly due to fast population growth, increasing demand on water and lack of sustainable water management strategies. It also highlights the decline of annual per capita availability in the Arab world to one-quarter today, compared to 1960 levels.

More info: www.afedonline.org
Produced by: AFED (Arab Forum for Environment and Development)
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

L'eau des routes

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-13 11:10:18

L’eau de pluie qui coule sur les routes peut �tre utilis�e pour des fins productives au lieu de la laisser causer des d�g�ts.
Ce film donnera quelques exemples de collecte de l’eau de pluie � partir des routes. Des chantiers routiers peuvent facilement �tre transform�s en r�servoirs d’eau. Des chantiers secs peuvent devenir des r�servoirs d'eau en creusant un ou deux petits canaux. Des points d’eau et autres creux peuvent aussi servir de r�servoir d'eau de pluie, � condition qu'elles soient connect�es aux routes par un foss�.�

More info:�www.waterforaridland.com
Produced by: ASAL consultants
Year: 2010
Language: English with French subtitles (also available�without subtitles)

Water is Power

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-13 13:14:00

A Canadian perspective on Climate Change effects. Finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water Climate and ... Action' video contest.

More info:�www.waterclimateaction.org
Produced by: Megan Duncan
Year: 2010
Language: English

Melting Glaciers

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-13 14:01:49

Nepal Himalayas >> Climate Change >> Vanishing glaciers >> Taps running dry. A young Sherpa steps up to the crisis at hand.

(Finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water, Climate... and Action!' video contest.)

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: UNOCHA-IRIN
Year: 2010
Language: English

Lab Test 9: Calibrating a Weir

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-18 16:40:03

TheWaterChannel developed in cooperation with Cap-Net and NUFFIC a series of instructional videos on water and soil laboratory tests. These videos introduce basic laboratory tests which can be watched prior to carrying out the tests in the laboratory.
This video shows how to determine the discharge rating curve of a weir.

More info: info@thewaterchannel.tv
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2010
Language: English

Responsible Coffee Practice: Keep Water Clean

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 15:11:00

Water that's been used for washing coffee beans is acidic. If the coffee has been grown with pesticides, it could even be toxic. Releasing the water back into the source untreated is a serious health hazard.

More info: Conservation International & Starbucks
Produced by: Conservation International �
Year: 2010�
Language: English

'Gharats': Vanishing Water Mills

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 16:04:37

‘Gharats’ or water flour mills run on a stream’s kinetic energy to turn the shaft of the grinding mill.The water is diverted from the stream or river along a channel or canal to the water wheel. The force of the water’s movement drives the blades of a wheel or turbine, which in turn rotates an axle that drives the mill.

The Gharat abounds in remote villages in the Indian Himalayan region.�Communities that currently use them are concerned that the clean, low-cost technology might vanish altogether as it hasn't managed to capture the attention of policymakers.�

The video has been produced by Luxmi Nautiyal, who is part of India Unheard's network of community video producers. ��

More info:�indiaunheard.videovolunteers.org
Produced by:�India Unheard��
Year: 2010�
Language: Hindi/ English subtitles

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The Day of Life: Goodbye to the Thirst

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 16:11:22

On the day the faucets opened and the water began to flow in Kijigari village, the villagers gathered in celebration. School children read letters, sang songs and danced, expressing gratitude for this first "Day of Life". Amman Imman's founder and director, Ariane Kirtley, and Niger Program Director, Denis Gontero, attended the celebration. The residents of Kijigari expressed their gratitude to Amman Imman: Water is Life for bringing water, quenching their thirst, and ending their suffering. Support Amman Imman's mission to bring water to the entire Azawak region, http://www.ammanimman.org/donate.

More info: www.ammanimman.org
Produced by: Amman Imman
Year:�
Language: English

The Reception in Kijigari

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 16:14:59

Tele Sahel TV reports on the occasion of the reception of Amman Imman's borehole in the village of Kijgari in the Azawak region of Niger in June 2010. Local government officials and the head of the Kijigari water management committee commend Amman Imman in providing water and attending to the needs of the most impoverished. Denis Gontero, Amman Imman's Niger Program Director, was on location to supervise during the construction of the borehole. He accepts an award on behalf of the organization. Denis recognizes the efforts of children in the United States who gave of their time to raise the funds that helped build the Kijigari Montessori Well of Love.

More info: www.ammanimman.org
Published by: Amman Imman
Year: 2010
Language: English

The Boyd School A Walk for Water 2010

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 16:29:42

Student in schools across the world have participated in A Walk for Water. They walk to bring attention to the water crisis in the Azawak of West Africa, to raise funds, and to save lives by building permanent water sources. In May 2010, students in Virginia at all seven Boyd School campuses became advocates for the people of the Azawak. These 600 students raised over $4,000 through A Walk for Water and Amman-a-thon events. The money will be used to complete the borehole at Kijgari, drilled by Amman Imman: Water is Life. This borehole, named the Montessori Well of Love, is dedicated to students like these at the Boyd School who have been working to bring water. Find out how you can help complete the Kijigari Well of Love borehole and support Amman Imman: Water is Life's work to bring water to more communities in the Azawak of West Africa.

More info:�www.ammanimman.org
Published by: Amman Imman
Year: 2010
Language: English

A Walk for Water 2010, Lake Frank, Maryland

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-19 16:32:57

Amman Imman: Water is Life held the 4th annual A Walk for Water at Lake Frank in Derwood, Maryland. Students and families walked over 3 miles around the lake in solidarity for the children and families in the Azawak who walk over 30 miles in a day for water. This year Ariane Kirtley and her son Fassely joined the Lake Frank Walk. Through sponsorships for every mile, over $7,000 was raised. The money will go towards finishing the Kijigari borehole, named the Montessori Well of Love, under construction in the Azawak of West Africa. This borehole structure will supply water to 25,000 people and animals. For more information about Amman Imman: Water is Life, go to http://www.ammanimman.org, or write info@ammanimman.org

Lab Test 8: Calculating chloride-ion concentration

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-20 14:26:09

TheWaterChannel developed in cooperation with Cap-Net and NUFFIC a series of instructional videos on water and soil laboratory tests. These videos introduce basic laboratory tests which can be watched prior to carrying out the tests in the laboratory.�
This video shows how to calculate the chloride concentration in water using titration.

More info: info@thewaterchannel.tv�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel�
Year: 2010�
Language: English

Turning the Tide

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-20 16:10:13

Life on our planet originated in the sea; today, the oceans continue to provide countless benefits for all life on Earth. This marine video shows just how much we owe to these vast habitats, and why we must act to save them before its too late.

(Finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water, Climate and... Action!' video contest.)

More info:�www.conservation.org
Produced by:�Conservation International��
Year: 2010�
Language: English

Dam999 (3D): Trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-21 12:26:15

DAM999 is a tribute to the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in China that claimed 250,000 innocent lives.

After many years two mariners return to homeland with the hope of a new beginning,little did they know about a disaster that would change their destiny.

The story revolves around nine characters portraying nine variants of emotion (Navarasa) and an obsolete dam. Each character holds a dam of emotions which eventually explodes along with the collapse of the mammoth edifice, replicating the worst man-made disaster witnessed in history. The question of survival rises!

Directed by Sohan Roy, a Mariner, the film showcases the beauty of the maritime world and will soon be released worldwide in 3D.

More info: Movie Website, Movie Blog
Produced by: Biz Television Network��
Year: 2011 (Upcoming) �
Language: English

Mines Deplete Water Supply

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-26 17:31:59

Goa is mostly known for being a top tourist destination. Away from its famous beaches, however, mining is a major industry, and is severely impacting water quality and availability.

The video has been produced by Devidas Gaonkar, who is part of�India Unheard's network of community video producers. ��

More info:�indiaunheard.videovolunteers.org
Produced by:�India Unheard��
Year: 2010�
Language: Hindi/ English subtitles

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'The Four Elements' framework

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-28 08:51:52

Following its 'Vision 2050,' the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is inviting all to think through the Four Elements framework ; to quantify and better understand the links between Energy Security (Fire), Water Security (Water), Climate Change (Air), and Land Management and Food/Fibre Security (Land). �

More info: Joppe Cramwinckel
Produced by: WBCSD /�MetaMeta
Year: 2011
Language: English

The Tulip Water Filter - Mozambique

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-28 12:51:03

The Tulip water filter is an innovative filter, significantly effective and lower in cost than other ceramic filters.

It is a candle-type water filter which uses gravity siphon pressure to force water trough a high-quality ceramic filter element. The innovative usage of the siphon results in a high flow rate of 4-5 liters per hour. The filter is impregnated with silver in order to increase the bacterial removal efficiency of the filter and to reduce the recontamination risk of stored filtered water.

More info: www.tulipwaterfilters.com
Produced by: Connect International
Year: 2011
Language: Portugese with English subtitles

The Forgotten Cycle

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-31 10:45:26

The video tells the story of mismanagement of the water cycle in a blue planet sustained by water. Problems of over-use, pollution and leakage of water are highlighted. A paradigm shift in thinking is advocated.

There are plenty of technologies available to clean dirty water and finance is hardly a constraint. The only missing ingredient is political will and viewers are urged to push their political leaders to take action. Ultimately, the video makes a call to manage the water cycle as a whole.

Santoor, a musical instrument, highly evocative of water plays in the background.

More info: Asian Water Magazine�
Produced by:�Sahana Singh
Year: 2011
Language: English

Wet and Dry in Mauritius

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-31 11:55:48

An explanation of effects of climate change on water resources in Mauritius and some local solutions.

Finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water, Climate and... Action!' video contest.

More info: Water, Climate and... Action
Produced by: Matthew Gray
Year: 2010
Language: English

INNOCENCE, Medium: Water Colour

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-31 17:54:27

A visiting child's account of river water pollution in Bangladesh.

The video was a finalist in TheWaterChannel's 'Water, Climate and... Action' contest.

More info:�Water, Climate and... Action
Produced by: Al-Haseeb Nomanee
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Water Education Program - Mapping video

TheWaterChannel — 2011-01-31 17:56:27

By helping children map their water resources, the Santa Clara Valley Water District seeks to establish a firm connection between the two.

More info:�valleywater.org
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2010
Language: English

Agua y Vida

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-03 11:04:57

A group of children from Sierra Nevada, Spain, describe how drought has been affecting the local river, and the local biodiversity in general.

They get involved in a river shed recuperation program as part of their Environment Education activity. In this video, they describe what they did and the outcomes, and encourage other children to engage in similar activities.

More info:�arturomenor@gmail.com
Produced by: Arturo Menor Campillo
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish

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The Guadalupe River

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-03 14:59:41

The Guadalupe River in Santa Clara Valley is thought of as one that overflows during rains, floods towns and cities and causes damage.

While designing development works along the river, the Santa Clara Valley Water District tries to remind people that the river's rich legacy is an important part of the valley's history and culture.

More info:�valleywater.org
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2010
Language: English

Groundwater Management in the Santa Clara Valley

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-04 10:32:33

The Santa Clara Valley Water District explains what goes into managing the area’s groundwater and water supply systems, in order to meet current needs and account for future uses. �

The District is expanding recycled water use to reduce pressure on its Groundwater resources.

More info:�valleywater.org
Produced by:�Santa Clara Valley Water District
Year: 2010
Language: English

Soil Erosion Measurement

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-07 12:28:25

In many tropical countries, the landscape appears lush and green - like a rich and fertile farmland. But this vegetation often covers a fragile soil and if the land is carelessly farmed, heavy rains can cause severe erosion leaving the soil dry and lifeless.

Nevertheless, erosion can be controlled through a variety of soil conservation measures, and it is now possible to access the relative benefits of these by using accurate filed measurement techniques. This video explains some such techniques, that take the 'drainage basin approach' to measure erosion.

More info:�www.hrwallingford.co.uk
Produced by: HR Wallingford Ltd
Year: 1989
Language: English

Buzz and Bite - Bed Nets

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-08 14:53:32

Buzz and Bite is a multiple award-winning malaria prevention campaign based on a series of 30 animated short spots (PSAs) in 40 languages featuring two animated talking female anpheles mosquitoes.

The PSAs are available to any television broadcaster, radio station, NGO, hospital, doctor, community group, university, school, educator or other user, free of charge, anywhere in the world.

More info: Buzz and Bite Malaria Campaign�
Produced by:�Firdaus Kharas
Year: 2008
Language: English

Water will come, waste will vanish

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-08 16:29:46

The Rada Water Supply and Sanitation project was conceived and implemented in 1986 in the town of Rada’a, Yemen. A partnership between the Dutch and Yemeni governments, the project’s objective was to address the pressure of rising demand upon the existing infrastructure for water supply, sanitation, waste disposal and drainage.

This video captures the process of project design, implementation and communication; and reflects upon the learnings.�

More info:
Produced by: Marc Matze
Year: 1994
Language: English

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Traditional Paddy to the Rescue

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-10 10:09:47

'Traditional Paddy To The Rescue' was made by Sri Lankan farmers in 2007 to document the re-introduction of traditional varieties of rice, which grow successfully in their heavily salinated soils. InsightShare trained staff from Practical Action' Communications and Markets & Livelihoods teams from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh in using Participatory Video as a tool for Monitoring & Evaluation. As a result, Stories of Change are currently being collected by communities using Participatory Video techniques in all 3 countries, and are being submitted to an internal contest hosted by the Markets and Livelihoods Programme. The videos made in Wanduruppa on the south coast of Sri Lanka are being edited by InsightShare's Sri Lankan media partner Digital Dreams, based in Colombo. One of the films, made by handicraft producers, is already being used, and was taken by a local project manager to a meeting for stakeholders and donors in India.

More info: www.insightshare.org
Produced by: InsightShare
Year: 2007
Language: Sinhala, English subtitles

Wereld Water Dag 2010 - Rotterdam Schoon

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-10 10:35:05

Op Wereld Water Dag 2010 maakten wij Rotterdam Schoon door vanaf de Rottebrug tot aan de Erasmusbrug de Rotte schoon te maken. Volgens de reporter liep de halve stad uit.

(On World Water Day 2010 part of the Rotte river in Rotterdam was cleaned to raise awareness on water pollution. This video shows interviews with children, inhabitants and cleaners in the city.)

More info:�http://www.stichtingaquarius.nl/wwd/
Produced by: Stichting Aquarius
Year: 2010
Language: Nederlands (Dutch)

Soil erosion and conservation in West Punjab

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-15 15:55:51

Historically, a variety of factors—intensive irrigation, heavy rainfall, inappropriate farming practices, overgrazing etc.—have worked in tandem to make soil erosion a serious concern in rain-fed areas of the region. This 1985 documentary chronicles the various dimensions of the problem at that time, and what communities/ the government had been doing to cope. ��

More info:�Michael Zoebisch
Produced by:�Science Film Institute, G�ttingen, Germany
Year: 1990
Language: English, with German titles

Journey of the Soil

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-16 12:18:41

Shot in Kenya, the video provides a bird�s-eye-view of how uncontrolled run-off eroded soil and degraded a fertile landscape. It also provides a worm�s-eye-view of practices that caused this, and how some farmers could keep their land�s top soil in good health through terrace-farming.

More info:�Michael Zoebisch
Produced by:�Overseas Film and Television Centre (in co-op with John Low)
Year: 1981
Language: English

37 Million and Counting

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-16 16:40:49

37 million people suffer from African river blindness, also known as Onchocerciasis. The disease is caused by a parasitic worm carried from person to person through the bite of a black fly.

The worms travel underneath the sking causing severe itching and inflammation. After many years they make their way into the eye, scarring the tissue and causing blindness.

In the past, African river blindness ravaged throughout Africa, leaving blindness, poverty and disfigurement in its wake. In 1987, an unprecedented effort by pharma giant Mereck & Co. made Ivermectin, a drug that could prevent the symptoms of river blindness, available to all who would need it... for free.

Why does this scourge continue to be such a burden despite the availability of a free, effective treatment for over two decades? This documentary tries to answer the question.

More info: '37 Million and Counting' Homepage
Produced by:�Aim�e Peck (Directed by: Aaron Edell)
Year: 2009
Language: English

(Click here to purchase the DVD)

Lab Test 4: Measuring Sodium & Potassium

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-17 09:23:05

TheWaterChannel developed in cooperation with Cap-Net and NUFFIC a series of instructional videos on water and soil laboratory tests. These videos introduce basic laboratory tests which can be watched prior to carrying out the tests in the laboratory.
This video shows how to measure sodium and potassium concentration in water with a flame photometer.

More info: info@thewaterchannel.tv�& www.thewaterchannel.tv
Produced by: TheWaterChannel�
Year: 2010�
Language: English

Nor Any Drop to Drink

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-17 09:23:36

Four filmmakers from�Jordan,�Egypt�and�Palestine�find out how local people and institutions on the ground work together in solving the water scarcity. The film is made in close collaboration and with support of the International water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) and the Empowers partnership and Zer0-M project.��It is distributed by the Television trust for the Environment (TVE).

More info:�www.sapienproductions.com
Produced by: Sapiens Productions
Year: 2007
Language: Arabic and English, English subtitles

Simple Methods of Check Dam Construction

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-21 17:27:21

Formed due to excessive soil erosion by runoff, gullies further aggravate erosion with each successive rain as they act as channels for the water to flow through.

This video is a visual guide to managing gullies; or how to put them back into use by retaining water and soil. This can be done by making ditches and check dams, using locally available material such as stone and brushwood. The video also touches upon how check dams should be maintained.

More info:�Michael Zoebisch
Produced by:�Overseas Film and Television Centre (in co-op with John Low)
Year: 1981
Language: English

Tal-Ya Tray

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-21 17:44:36

The Tal-Ya tray is a rigid polypropelyne square that covers a plant’s root system, on the ground, directing water to the roots. Each and every drop of water reaches the right place.�

Agriculture traditionally uses rainwater or irrigation to grow crops. Tal-Ya maximizes water-utilization by using dew, condensation and a more efficient use of irrigation and� rain water.� Dew collects during the night and is channeled down to the plant's root system. Evaporation is reduced, and the Condensation that builds up beneath the product during the day keeps the soil moist, and is also directed back down to water the plant roots. Irrigated water is directed straight to the plant's root system, in each and every plant, reducing water consumption.� Rainwater is more efficiently collected and directed to the plant's root system.�

More info:�http://www.tal-ya.com/articales/eng/Overview%20Eng.pdf
Produced by: Tal-Ya Water Technologies Ltd.
Year: 2011
Language:

Rehat- traditional water lifting device (India)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-22 14:30:00

This Persian wheel locally called the Rehat is a technology which may be more than 1300 years old. Bullock driven, it provides water for irrigation without the need for diesel or electricity.

More info:�www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year: 2011
Language: (English titles)

Simple Techniques of Terrace Layout

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-22 17:50:15

In semiarid areas, terracing land can significantly improve rainfall infiltration. In East Africa, the 'Fanya Juu Terrace' is a very popular terrace type. It is easy to design and construct. The video shows how farmers can do the terrace design and layout by themselves, using simple line-level equipment.

More info:�Michael Zoebisch
Produced by:�Overseas Film and Television Centre (in co-op with John Low)
Year: 1981
Language: English

Water-based Adaptation to Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-23 18:34:22

The video explains the concentrated, collective efforts being made by specialised organisations, multilateral bodies, educational institutions and national governments in the Latin America-Carribean region to put Water at the center of Climate Change adaptation efforts.

More info: 'Challenges and Opp. for Water-based Adaptation...' (document)
Produced by:�CONAGUA
Year: 2010
Language: English

Water...Life or Death

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-24 11:36:02

The video illustrates the water-shortage faced by Jordan, one of the ten most water-deprived countries in the world. Water is scarce, and getting scarcer in the wake of Climate Change, an expanding population, intensive agriculture and industrial growth. The less well-to-do are, naturally, the worst-affected. Every day, they conceive/employ ways to save from the water they get to use for their day-to-day needs. Increasingly, these household-level measures are proving inadequate.

An EMPOWERS intervention looks at the scarcity issue as one of governance. By decentralizing management to the local-level, better decisions can be taken regarding the design/ maintenance of the water supply system, and more water supplied, less wasted and more saved.

More info: EMPOWERS Thematic Group
Produced by: CARE International (producer) IRC, Sapiens Productions - UK (executive producers)�
Year: 2007
Language: Arabic, with English subtitles

These guys are extremely liquid

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-24 15:53:28

This video highlights the difficult working conditions of sanitation entrepreneurs in peri-urban areas and demonstrates the importance and opportunities of professionalizing the work and financing this critical business sector.
This short video has won the second place in the USAID Environmental Health Sanitation Video Contest 2010.

The movie is commisioned by WASTE and produced by Africa Interactive.�The movie was made possible through contributions of: the ROSA project, funded by the European Union under the EU 6th Framework Programme and the SPA project, funded by DGIS, the Directorate-General of Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

More info: www.waste.nl

Produced by: Commissioned by WASTE, produced by�Africa Interactive

Year: 2010

Language: English

Traditional water lifting device from India- Chada

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-28 11:00:50

This is a very old and traditional water lifting device from India perhaps more than a 1000 years old.

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More info:�www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year: 2011
Language: (English titles)

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Traditional water lifting device from India- Aragh

TheWaterChannel — 2011-02-28 11:26:09

Called 'Rehat' locally, and a;sp known the Persian wheel, this traditional water lifting device was probably developed around the area of Rajasthan and Sind perhaps 1300 years ago.

Ara-ghatta - literally means spoke-pot. The old devices were made from wood with earthen pots. Slowly they have given way to the use of iron wheels and sprockets and tin buckets to lift the water.They lift water from the dynamic water table only and hence are ecological not depleting the static aquifer.�

Such water heritage devices and areas could perhaps be designated as water heritage zones and farmers incentivized to protect them. They could form part of the local tourism being living heritage structures.

More info:�www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year: 2011
Language: (English titles)

Mary Go Round Water Pump

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-01 16:25:23

This video shows the innovative PlayPump� Water System used by children in communities in sub-Saharan Africa.

More info: www.playpumps.org
Produced by: playpumps
Year: 2007
Language: English

Women and rainwater - harvesting for household use

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-02 11:49:18

Rainwater tanks built to harvest rooftop rainwater are taken care off usually by women since they appreciate household water needs the most. This is village Arjunabettahalli where before the rains systems of rainwater tanks are getting cleaned.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:�
Language: English titles

A River Runs Through Us

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-02 20:54:17

The documentary offers a personal and hopeful introduction to one of the biggest threats facing our world's lifelines, as told by the people at the forefront of the global movement.

Filmed at the Rivers for Life 3 meeting -- a gathering of 350 river activists from 50 countries, held in rural Mexico -- this documentary touches on issues such as how climate change will affect rivers and dams; what happens to communities displaced by or living downstream of large dams; and what kinds of solutions exist that both preserve our life-giving waterways while meeting our needs for energy and water.

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More info:�International Rivers

Produced by:�International Rivers

Year: 2010

Language: English/ Spanish (English subtitles)

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Women and the Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-07 17:12:16

�Women have traditionally played an important role in almost all agriculture and livestock activities of the farm. They also have a key role in securing the household food and water availability through fetching and collecting water and water rational use at farm and household level. However, women participation in water resource management is still hampered by their lack of decision-making power.�

It is necessary to establish a special knowledge base related to this issue. It is equally necessary that the knowledge base exists not only as a specialized, vertical thematic, but as a common, horizontal case of study into all information management and knowledge generation activities. These activities connect to the gender dimension as an important element in Integrated Participatory Water Management (IPWM), and ensure the interests and need of women as well as men. In the Mediterranean countries, particularly in the developing ones, we are still in need of a hard work and great efforts to bridge the gap between women and men in order to bring women into the mainstream of the decision making processes, and the creation of this knowledge base will be very useful towards achieving this objective.

The growing momentum of women entrepreneurs and their contribution to the GDP have proved in most countries on the Mediterranean to be a driving force in supporting the emerging of the region’s economy. The MELIA project �has created a debate around an analysis of the factors, the organizational structures and the legal frameworks that can confer to IPWM and gender-dimension implementation.

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More info: www.meliaproject.eu

Produced by:�Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management

Year: 2010

Language: English

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Voices From Temacapul�n

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-02 20:58:23

Take a visual tour of the town of Temacapul�n (Temaca), guided by the voices of the global anti-dam movement. Temaca is threatened by El Zapotillo Dam and would be flooded by hundreds of feet of water if the dam is built. In October, 2010 Temacapul�n hosted Rivers for Life 3, where activists from around the world convened to share information and strategize about the next phase of the global anti-dam movement.

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More info:�International Rivers

Produced by:�International Rivers

Year: 2010

Language: English

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Plantation Trees & Water Use

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-03 15:20:12

�Plantations use significant amounts of water and South�Africa is an arid country. In this documentary Arthur Chapman from OneWorld Sustainable Investments (previously CSIR) takes us on a tour and�shares with us the background of seventy years of hydrological research�in the Jonkershoek Valley and how the paired catchment experiments work,�and how much water trees really use.

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More info: A. Chapman on CSIR Research Space

Produced by: Ecodoc Africa/ GeaSphere

Year: 2010

Language: English

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Water-Source of Conflict

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-08 12:42:41

Water-related conflict can be mitigated based on scientific evaluation, participation, public dialogue and integration.�

Water scientists and policymakers widely believe that knowledge/ awareness must be built within a conflict-prevention framework rather than a conflict-resolution one.�

For cultural and historical reasons, institutional partners from different South Mediterranean countries face quite often the reality of possible trans-boundary water conflicts and are reluctant to dialogue. The MELIA Project, with participation by stakeholders from various categories across the Mediterranean countries (a total of 45 partners) is an important milestone and essential to help the EC towards affirming proper Euro-Mediterranean co-operation.

More info:�www.meliaproject.eu

Produced by:�Mediterranean Dialogue on Integrated Water Management

Year: 2010

Language: Arabic, Spanish, English (English subtitles)

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Protecting Rivers and Rights 10 Years Later : Promise of The World Comm. on Dams

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-09 11:04:58

Ten years after the World Commission on Dams (WCD) report, the WCD is still our best roadmap towards ensuring that future dams minimize social and environmental impacts, the legacy of existing dams are addressed, and affected people directly benefit from the projects. Watch this video to learn more about the promise of the WCD.

More info:�www.internationalriver s.org

Produced by:�Ecodoc Africa/�International Rivers

Year: 2010

Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Coastal erosion

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-25 17:01:50

In the Senegalese town of Saint Louis, rising sea levels means that every year the sea gets closer to peoples homes and it is now just a matter of when, not if, their houses are swept away.

More info: www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

Kharabat- Protecting Springs and Groundwater Resources (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-21 11:48:59

The community in Kharabat, Bani Matar (sana'a) in Yemen has taken extraordinary measures to protect its springs. Among other steps, it has set up a water-users' association with ever expanding ownership. The association covers all the wells in the area.

The video is the third in a series called 'Building on Practice,' documenting case studies in local water management from Yemen. Other videos in the series (and English versions of all) will be coming soon on TheWaterChannel.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�,�Levert Communications and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:Arabic�
(Click here for the English version of the video)

Cycle for water: Project in Oaxaca

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-22 09:58:37

Two Dutch friends trying to bring attention to the global water crisis by cycling 30.000 km down the Americas on bamboo bicycles.�After having come into contact with the World Bank during their stay in Mexico City, they visited a water project in the mountains north of Oaxaca.

More info: www.cycleforwater.com
Produced by: cycle for water
Year: 2011
Language: English

Republic of Palau National Water Summit Promotion

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-22 10:26:38

Republic of Palau National Water Summit Promotion Oceania Television news story featuring Ms. Gwendalyn Sisior, Palau�s National Water Policy Support Officer and Mr. Tiy Chung of SPC/SOPAC.

More info: www.pacific-iwrm.org and www.sopac.org
Produced by: Oceania Television
Year: 2011
Language: English

World Water Day 2011 - Walking Tour of Estero de Paco, Manila, Philippines

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-22 12:59:55

ADB celebrated World Water Day 2011 by visiting the Pasig River Environmental Rehabilitation Project in Metro Manila, Philippines.
The field visit was selected in line with this year�s World Water Day theme - �Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge.� The Pasig is Manila's major river. Estero de Paco is one if its main tributaries. Participants took a walking tour of the Estero (or stream) and witnessed a community, private sector and government partnership in action, restoring water bodies and promoting ecological balance. This partnership, a project of ABS-CBN Foundation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, involves local communities, and aims to bring the Pasig River back to life in 7 years. Estero de Paco was once infamous for its garbage-covered surface, mostly household waste from the hundreds of makeshift homes of informal settlers that lined its banks.
The Estero was restored through the concerted efforts of various local community groups. The River Warriors, a volunteer group, was organized to rehabilitate, protect and defend the Pasig River, one of the most polluted and toxic river systems in the Philippines. These volunteers, mostly from the communities near the Estero, underwent training and attended lectures to help them prepare for the task. Today, the River Warriors safeguard the Pasig River and its waterways through community mobilization and cleanups.

More info: www.adb.org
Produced by: ADB
Year: 2011
Language: n/a

Modrine Alumasa: the water crisis

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-25 11:39:04

Modrine Alumasa Explains in this infomercial on the effects of water crisis in Kenya.

More info: www.waterandyouthafrica.org
Produced by: Practical Ads
Year:
Language: English

Groundwater: A Sustainable Resource

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-28 11:15:44

Groundwater is the worlds largest store of freshwater, and the primary source of drinking water for nearly half the worlds population. It gets little attention its out of sight and out of mind. Aquifers have enormous storage capacity and can be replenished hence can play a tremendous role in preventing terrible situations that will arise more frequently with climate change. Interviewees: Amb. Chusei Yamada, UN International Law Commission Dr. Alice Aureli, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) Dr. Shaminder Puri, UNESCO - International Hydrological Programme (IHP) / International Association of Hydrologists (IAH).

More info: http://iwlearn.net
Produced by: The 20/20 Group for GEF IW:LEARN
Year: 2009
Language: �English

Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays (part 1)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-28 09:24:50

The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems/or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity/poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.

Research has been carried out in the areas where the video was shot. Some of the research results are shown in the film (graphs, tables). �The research has been published (link to amazon)

More info: www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2008
Language: English

Hidden activities in the Kamjan wetland

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-28 12:46:15

Aftab: Nearly three decades ago in the rural region at the North East of Shiraz "Korbal", there was a large pond called "Kamjan". There were pools listed in the International Ramsar List of rural areas and a village was registered with the same name on the sides of the wetlands. The story of wetland restoration Kamjan is a strange story. The local people decided to name it "Kamjan", the first Wetland of International Iran, and it was revived after nearly three decades of drought. The government did not help them, but even sued them when the re-organization of regional water caused damage to the judiciary drainage system. Sirus Zare one of the local organizations members of regenerative pond "Kamjan" says: "hidden hands act against the revival of this wetland and then asked this question: why does the restoration of a wetland cause so much opposition?

More info: aftabnews.ir�
Produced by:�
Year:�
Language: Farsi

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Water and Justice: Peri-urban Pathways in Delhi

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-28 13:14:06

This film tells the story of three people and their relationship with water in the towns and villages on the edge of Delhi, India. The landscape of these "peri-urban" zones has changed dramatically in the past 15 years. Poor people often do not have good enough access to water, and have to find different ways of getting and using it. This film shows the ingenuity and determination of three people - a grandmother, a farmer and an activist - who have taken action to get better water for themselves and their families.

More info: www.steps-centre.org
Produced by: Steps Centre
Year: 2011
Language: English

Rainwater harvesting: Another chance in safe drinking water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-01 15:43:14

This video shows several project sites where rainwater harvesting techniques are applied. The main reasons to start these projects were a lack of safe drinking water in dry periods and contamination in wells.�
Interviews with organisations and users show the impact of harvesting rainwater on daily routines. Advantages as well as challenges are described.�

More info: www.rainfoundation.org & www.wateraid.org
Produced by: WaterAid (Sansan Dongo Kambou)�
Year: 2009
Language: French with English subtitles

Hans Rosling & the Magic Washing Machine

TheWaterChannel — 2011-03-30 14:54:01

What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading.

More info: http://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling.html
Produced by: TED: Ideas worth spreading
Year: 2011
Language: English

Wat gaan ze met de IJssel doen?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-01 13:06:15

"What are they doing to The IJssel?" This is a question many inhabitants of Deventer ask themselves.
This video explains how extra space is given to the river�by developing secondary channels and by lowering several parts in the area. These measures make sure that the inhabitants of Deventer city keep their feet dry!

More info: www.wgs.nl and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by: Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten for Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2010
Language: Dutch

Water harvesting in Nepal

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-01 12:59:46

In this video people are interviewed while fetching their water. They explain the consequences of spending a large amount of time to this activity. In the end of the video several water harvesting techniques are shown.�

More info: www.rainfoundation.org
Produced by: RAIN foundation
Year:�
Language: Nepalese with English subtitles

Sisters on the Planet - Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-04 09:58:36

Sahena Begum, president of the local women's committee in Kunderpara village (Bangladesh), is a strong case for putting women at the centre of disaster-preparedness efforts. Like most women in her community, she is the one who grows & prepares food, collects water and fuel and takes care of children, in her household. So, "if women are aware then families can be saved from many losses," she says. Sahena completed a course in disaster protection run by Oxfam and its local partners. She has now taken it upon herself to prepare other women in her community as well.

More info: www.oxfam.org.uk
Produced by: Oxfam GB
Year: 2008
Language: Bangla/ English

The Gathering Storm: Highland malaria

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-04 17:09:32

Malaria already kills a million Africans a year and warmer temperatures means that the malarial mosquito can now survive in highland communities that were previously immune. In Kenya, children and the elderly have been worst hit.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Vietnam's Mangrove

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-04 17:18:40

This film highlights the threat to Vietnam's coastal mangrove forests.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2009
Language: Vietnamese with English subtitles

Using 'Steripen' to Purify Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-05 10:13:23

David Zetland demonstrates how the Steripen Adventurer, a pocket-size water purifying device, works.*

More info: http://www.steripen.com/products
Produced by:�
Year: 2010
Language: English

*The presence of this video on TheWaterChannel should not be construed as TheWaterChannel's, or its partners', endorsement of this product or its manufacturer.

Sisters on the Planet- Australia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-06 19:05:53

Climate change affects all of us- women, men and children.�Whether its reduced rainfall in Australia and Uganda, increasingly severe cyclones in Bangladesh, or sea level rise and storm surges in the Pacific, we are all starting to feel the impact of climate change.

This is Helen's story. Mother, farmer AND climate activist, she is a role model who proves that adaptive planning is not a realm solely of experts. Every person's action counts.

More info:�www.oxfam.org.au
Produced by:�Oxfam Australia
Year: 2008
Language: English

Sisters on the Planet- UK

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-07 10:18:12

Melissa Davies Oliveck �realised that since children are the future, their actions will be crucial to Climate Change adaptation and mitigation. Therefore, she quit journalism and started a career in teaching. Her students discuss climate-related issues and convey their concerns to lawmakers.

More info:�www.oxfam.org.nz
Produced by:�Oxfam Australia
Year: 2009
Language: English

Mr Blue Energy

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-08 17:01:32

Recently Jan Post has won the SENSE PhD Award for his PhD research "Electricity production from salinity gradients by reverse electrodialysis�. Besides the research he carried out on the effectiveness of the Blue Energy system in practice, he also tries to engage the society with his practical solutions. �The best part of doing scientific research is being able to explore things that fascinate you while not losing sight of practical applications�, is one of his quotes.
The Blue Energy project at the �Aflsuitdijk� is one of the projects he is currently involved with.

More info: www.sense.nl
Produced by Mug Media for SENSE
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch with English subtitles

The Man Who Stopped the Desert: Trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-11 18:30:54

From a harsh, uncompromising land comes a story of hope...

Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from Africa has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last twenty years he has successfully battled against nature, and man, to become a pioneer in the fight against desertification. But Yacouba's struggle is not simply an agricultural story, it is pure drama. It is about one man's conviction that now has the potential to benefit many thousands living in the Sahel region of Africa.

"Yacouba's story is both incredibly timely and important given the current crisis in many parts of the world with desertification. It is also rare to find a conservation story with such an upbeat and inspirational ending," says National Geographic Channels, International.

More info: http://www.1080films.co.uk/Yacoubamovie/zai.htm
Produced by: 1080 Films UK
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Collective Action in Groundwater Management in Yemen (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-12 14:20:41

The video showcases an example of community-run groundwater management system.

Faced with increased scarcity of water an declining groundwater tables, the village of Wadi Dhella (Hamdan, Sana'a) responded by putting their house in order themselves-- by setting minimum distances between wells; connecting wells through shared pipeline network and investing in groundwater recharge. The approach has brought about much improvement in the situation. The community has even been able to develop and successfully run its own piped drinking water supply.

The video is first in a series called 'Building on Practice,' documenting case studies in local water management from Yemen. Other videos in the series will be coming soon on TheWaterChannel.

(Watch the Arabic version)

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by: MetaMeta,�Levert Communications and�Water&Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic/English

An Eye on Water Scarcity in Yemen (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-12 15:59:22

Yemen is one of the five most water-stressed countries in the world. Climate Change is set to deplete further its limited water resources, which could even lead to conflict among users. Water service-delivery and rural and urban areas leave much to be desired, despite decade-old reforms carried out by the government.

Abdulrahman F. Al-Eryani, former Yemeni Minister of Water and Environment, acknowledges the challenges. He, however, frames them with an eye on solutions.�Alongside Yemen's water-scarcity, its people have developed a rich culture of efficient water-management practices. This heritage, along with international co-operation and tough domestic decision-making, will provide the basis for a water-sustainable future for the country, says Mr. Al-Eryani.

The former minister speaks on a wide range of related issues, in this interview exclusive to TheWaterChannel.

More info: loukielevert@hotmail.com
Produced by:�Levert Communications
Year: 2011
Language: English
(Watch the interview in Arabic)

Rainwater Harvesting & Food Security- Part 1

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-14 17:02:23

"Since I started gardening we have no hunger in this house!" The words of Thabane Madondo from Potshini. In this series of three videos EcoDoc Africa visits rain water harvesting case studies at Potshini and Phuthaditjaba where the RWH is being implementedas a way of increasing food security for rural households, especially during the dry winter months.

The novel approach using JoJo tanks was pioneered by Rural Integrated Engineering and is combined with intensive training in food gardening, tank maintenance and water management, led by Erna Kruger. Part 1 covers the short introduction.

Also, watch Part 2 and Part 3

More info: www.ecodocafrica.co.za
Produced by: EcoDoc Africa
Year: 2010
Language: English

It's in Your Hands

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-15 07:30:08

The tippy tap is a low cost, low tech, low water, hands-free device to promote hand washing with soap.
Diarrheal and respiratory infections kill over 3.5 million children under the age of five every year. Hand washing with soap is the most effective and an inexpensive way to prevent these deaths. It can save the lives of 1.2 million children every year.

More info: www.tippytap.org
Produced by: Sowmya Somnath and Jared Buono
Filmed and directed by: Andrew Hinton at Pilgrim Films
Year: 2011
Language: English

Rainwater Harvesting & Food Security- Part 2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-15 10:27:42

EcoDoc Africa visits rain water harvesting case studies at Potshini and Phuthaditjaba�where the RWH is being implementedas a way of increasing food security for rural households, especially during the dry winter months. The novel approach using JoJo tanks was pioneered by Rural Integrated Engineering and is combined with intensive training in food gardening, tank maintenance and water management, led by Erna Kruger.

Also, watch Part 1 and Part 3

More info:�www.ecodocafrica.co.za
Produced by:�EcoDoc Africa
Year: 2010
Language: English

Rainwater Harvesting & Food Security- Part 3

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-15 10:42:35

The novel approach using JoJo tanks was pioneered by Rural Integrated Engineering and is combined with intensive training in food gardening, tank maintenance and water management, led by Erna Kruger.

Also, watch�Part 1 and Part 2

More info:�www.ecodocafrica.co.za
Produced by:�EcoDoc Africa
Year: 2010
Language: English

EcoFilm Festival 2011: Shorts - Omar Vidal, Simon Bross, Emmanuel Acha

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-18 06:13:36

Testimoniales campa�a de sensibilizaci�n EcoFilm Festival 2011 Agua.

More info: www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Eco Film Festival 2011
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Al-Sinah: The Remarkable Groundwater Story of a Co-operative Society (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-18 08:28:29

This is the inspiring story of the Al-Sinah cooperative in Almaafer (Taiz governerate). The cooperative has undertaken many important development projects, including the development and maintenance of their own water supply system. At the core of the initiative was the will to protect the area's less-than-abundant groundwater resources.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:Arabic (Watch the English version)

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Ultrasonic Algae Control

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-18 16:56:00

Ultrasonic Algae Control - Algae control LG Sonic�. LG Sound is the leading international manufacturer of innovative ultrasonic algae control systems. The LG Sonic� controls algae and reduces the formation of biofilm and some other micro-organisms in lakes, ponds, irrigation reservoirs, pools and all other situations where water is stored. Many of the traditional methods to fight algae are either insufficient, cumbersome, environmentally unfriendly, or all of these.

More info: www.pollutionsollutions-online.com and www.lgsonic.com
Produced by: MultiMedia
Year: 2010
Language: English

Deventer in Water - Trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-19 09:58:09

Since man started to construct dikes, room for the river decreased. That's why we don't try to higher the dikes, but to give room to the river. Trailer for a documentary which has its premi�re on May 15, 2011.

More info: www.wgs.nl and www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by: Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

AZUL

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-20 15:50:25

La historia trata de la vida de un personaje a trav�s de los a�os. Lo escuchamos narrando algunos pasajes de su vida, y siendo ahora un anciano, nos habla en realidad del agua. Con esta historia quiere dejar legado este mensaje a sus nietos, mostrarles lo tanto que el agua significa para el mundo, y lo mucho que deben cuidarla todos los habitantes de este planeta. A lo largo del corto, vemos grandes sucesos y vivencias de esta joven, (el agua) que el anciano ha presenciado a lo largo de su vida, altas y bajas, algunas gratas y otras desafortunadas. Poco a poco nos daremos cuenta, que todo lo que tiene que ver con este personaje, es una cuesti�n que afecta directamente al mundo, al hombre, y a su entorno de manera dram�tica.

More info: www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by:�Fundaci�n Hombre Naturaleza AC
Directed by: Hugo Arizmendi
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

World Water Day At Nellore - India by REMEDE

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-19 13:25:43

REMEDE a non profit NGO organized World Wayer Day event with Net work women members on water and sanitation programs

More info:
Produced by: REMEDE
Year: 2011
Language: n/a

Improving Livelihoods with Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-19 16:23:10

This video explains IWRM at the local level, where it is often linked to water services. It shows how communities use multiple water sources for multiple uses, and how holistic external support according to people�s own priorities improves people�s access to water for more livelihood benefits. SADC, supported by Danida, implemented this approach in IWRM Demonstration projects in five countries.

More info: www.sadc.int
Produced by: Active Blue Production
Funded by: Danida
Year: 2009
Language: English

Beni Hushaish-Effective, innovative groundwater recharge (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-22 14:28:14

Faced with dwindling groundwater levels - several remarkable things happened in Beni Hushaish (Yemen). A successful cascade of checkdams in the riverbed has improved recharge. Also, the water users' association has set restrictions on development of new wells. As a result, an imminent.

The video is the fourth in a series called 'Building on Practice,' documenting case studies in local water management from Yemen. Other videos in the series (and English versions of all) will be coming soon on TheWaterChannel.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:Arabic
(Watch the English�version)

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Conflits et usagers de l'eau au Maroc

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-09 11:39:48

La vall�e des A�t Bouguemez au Maroc est une enclave du Haut Atlas s'�tendant sur une trentaine de kilom�tres � 2000 m�tres d'altitude o� vivent 13000 habitants Berb�res Tachelhits. Pour subsister dans cet espace montagnard difficile, les habitants ont mis en place une multitude de r�gles et d'institutions coutumi�res visant � r�guler l'utilisation de l'eau d'irrigation, ressource instable et � l'origine de nombreux conflits. Aujourd'hui, le recours aux institutions moderne (AUEA)introduites par l'�tat pour r�soudre les conflits se g�n�ralise mettant en danger les pr�rogatives ancestrales des organisations coutumi�res.

More info: www.isiimm.agropolis.org
Produced by: Agropolis International�
Year: 2007�
Language: French

Looking after our land

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-22 14:35:26

This video is about the main lessons to be learnt from new approaches to soil and water conservation in sub-Saharan Africa. Six case studies are covered, two each from Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mali. They show how, in the wake of many failures, some success has been achieved in projects where the participation of local people has been recognized as crucial issue.

More info: www.iied.org
Produced by: North South productions / Technical Advisor (and script ) William Critchley; funded by IIED and Oxfam.
Year: �1990
Language: English�

Rivers to Oceans- Stormwater Webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-26 10:08:36

There are 3 sets of pipes under our streets; drinking water, waste water and storm water. Excess water and rainfall flushes yard chemicals or oil and gas from the street untreated into our rivers and lakes. How can you help keep our waterways clean?

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on�Groundwater,�Wetlands, Surface Water, Wastewater�and Conservation.

More info:�riverstooceans.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2009

The Way Forward - Voices from GWOPA

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-26 10:50:15

Delegations from Reclaiming Public Water Network and Public Services International participated in the Global Water Operator Partnerships (GWOPA) Congress held on 20-21 March in Cape Town, South Africa. The video features unionists, activists as well as public water managers from Spain, Morocco, Netherlands and Uruguay who present their vision for Public Public Partnerships in the water sector. The video is a Transnational Institute / Public Services International Production and was filmed and edited by Liane Greeff of EcoDoc Africa, with music provided by Roy MacGregor. Please note the last credit should be Reclaiming Public Water Network, not Reclaiming Public Water Alliance.

More info: www.tni.org
Produced by: EcoDoc Africa
Year: 2011
Language: English�

Rivers to Oceans- Wastewater Webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-26 11:21:42

What we put down our sinks and toilets goes through a series of treatments, but some things we put down the drain can't be cleaned up and end up in our lakes and rivers. What can you do to keep our drinking water clean?

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on�Groundwater,�Stormwater,�Wetlands,�Surface Water and Conservation.

More info:�riverstooceans.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2009
Language: English

Rivers to Oceans: Wetlands Webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-28 10:29:00

Wetlands play an important role in sustaining biodiversity in our world. These ecosystems are critical for the survival of wildlife, water purification and reducing carbon in the atmosphere. See how you can help conserve this valuable resource.

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on�Groundwater,�Stormwater,�Wastewater, Surface water�and Conservation.

More info:�riverstooceans.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2009�
Language: English

Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays (part 2)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-29 09:55:25

This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems /or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity / poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
Research has been carried out in the areas where the video was shot. Some of the research results are shown in the film (graphs, tables). The research has been published (link to Amazon) Watch also part 1.

More info: www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2008
Language: English

Rivers to Oceans: Surface Water Webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2011-04-29 09:59:48

Half of North America gets drinking water from rivers and lakes also known as surface water. It is also being used as a dumping ground for municipal, industrial and agricultural waste. What can you do to help keep our rivers and lakes clean?

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on�Groundwater,�Stormwater,�Wetlands,�Wastewater�and Conservation.

More info:�riverstooceans.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2009�
Language: English

Rivers to Oceans: Conserve and Protect Webisode

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-02 12:08:26

The quality and quantity of fresh water resources in Canada are in jeopardy. In some parts of the country waterways are dwindling while in others they are becoming so polluted that the water can't be consumed. What can you do to help conserve and protect our fresh water?

Click here for Rivers to Oceans Webisodes on�Groundwater,�Stormwater,�Wetlands, Wastewater and Surface Water.

More info:�riverstooceans.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2009�
Language: English

Drop By Drop

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-03 10:32:32

The video demonstrates how irrigation technology is not just an agricultural tool, but a factor that affects all dimensions of rural well-being. For farming communities near Kitui, Kenya, installation of �family drip systems� helped them (1) save water, (2) save time and energy, (3) increase productivity and incomes, (4) create new jobs,� (5) improve public health. Achieving this, however, required that the implementing agencies (Netafim/ Agrosphere) invested in capacity building, and ensuring that the technology was integrated holistically within the target community.

More info: www.netafim.com, www.agrosphere.org �
Produced by: Cultural Video Foundation
Year: 2010
Language: Various/ English�

Tanzania: Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-04 12:14:49

More info: www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2008
Language: Swahili

The Nile Basin Environment: Endangered Lifeline

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-04 16:16:28

The Nile Basin is host to the longest river in the world - the Nile River. It is a source of livelihood to over 160 million people who reside in the ten Nile Riparian countries that extend from Central Africa to the Northern African States. Due to various environmental factors, the nile River basin is under threat. This educational video documents the key threats that the Nile Basin environment is facing across the borders of the ten countries. It also profiles some of the interventions pioneered by the Nile Basin Initiative to arrest the threats across borders through the Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Project (NTEAP).

More info: www.nilebasin.org
Produced by: Nile Basin Initiative
Year: 2007
Language: English

The Gathering Storm- Cambodia's Lake

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-06 13:27:53

Tonle Sap is the largest lake in South East Asia and thousands of fishermen make their living from its waters. But irregular and erratic rainfall patterns are putting these livelihoods at ever greater risk.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2009
Language: Khmer with English subtitles

Ocean Story - A Race for the Oceans

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-09 12:14:28

From 2011 - 2014 The Ocean Story Boat will be undertaking a voyage to rally support for change and campaign for the creation of A Race for the Oceans. It is easy to be a part of it, you can : add a message Share a story; send in a song donate sponsor an ocean story; come on a sailing adventure; be involved in one of our film projects; become or connect us with a resonant corporate sponsor or advertiser. Please help spread the word. Be a Beautiful Wave Maker!

More info: www.oceanstory.org
Produced by: Ocean Story
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Long Term Time Lapse for Colorado River Film

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-09 13:05:39

The Colorado River is the life blood of 30 million people making it one of the most dibbled, diverted and dammed body of water on earth. Filmmaker Forrest Pound plans to make a a "stylish documentray" about the Colorado River Basin using�time-lapse footage.�

There has been an incredible snow fall in the Rockies this year and all that water is going to become apart of a intricate system stretching for thousands of miles and integral to the fabric of life.�It is �going to melt, rush down the river, surging and rising in its banks, filling the many reservoirs that halt its flow for human use, and maybe, just maybe, reach the Gulf of California. With your support, Forrest can document this process in a way no one ever has before.

More info:�http://ow.ly/4Q8Cl

Produced by: Kontent Films

Year: 2011

Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Boat Schools

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-10 10:18:15

Every year millions of school children in Bangladesh miss countless school days when their schools are flooded. But now a local NGO has come up with a simple solution – building schools that float.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2009
Language: Bangla with English subtitles

SODIS/WATSAN project introduction/ Helvetas Vietnam

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-10 11:11:03

An Giang is a province in the Mekong Delta in the South of Vietnam. A province with more than 2 millions inhabitants of which only 45% have access to pipe water. The rest use water from rivers or drilled water.

The second group carries out most of the daily activities on the river such as washing clothes, washing dishes, and preparing food. They also�have a�mobile toilet on the river. They earn their living through farming, fishing and trading along the river. Very often, this group lives in more remote areas and belongs to the very poor segment or close to poor. As a result, they do not have access to clean water, cannot afford clean water before using or even to boil water before drinking, and they do not have a latrine. The knowledge on water and sanitation�is very minimal.

The bad habit of defecating to the river has affected greatly the living environment and life quality of the whole commune area. After a survey about health and hygiene problems of the two provinces in Long An and An Giang, Helvetas Vietnam implements the project Clean water with Solar energy and awareness raising for hygiene sanitation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.

The short name of the project is SODIS/WATSAN. With the amount of 300,000 USD, Helvetas Vietnam has worked alongside with Provincial Women's Union of Long An and An Giang and Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment- Ministry of Health to implement activities in some selected communes of the provinces.

More info: www.helvetas.org.vn
Produced by: HELVETAS Vietnam
Year:
Language: English

Down with Pre-Paid Meters Down

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-10 17:17:21

Whilst the United National World Water Day Celebrations took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 23 March 2011, community organisations and members of the Cape Town Water Caucus and the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) held a demonstration to say that the people from the townships and poor areas of Cape Town are not getting their human right to water. The demon they say is the pre-paid water meter which has been renamed as a water management device that "cuts" off people's water supply automatically and turns it into a trickle. "Why?" they question is it only being targetted to the poor areas. Another issue they raise is the question of crippling water payment arrears which they can never pay. In Cape Town, no money = no water.

More info: www.ecodocafrica.co.za
Produced by: EcoDoc Africa
Year: 2011
Language: English

How to Professionalize the Manual Drilling Sector in Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-12 09:41:42

The need for water is increasing but the costs for conventional drilling remain high. This is the most obvious rationale for promoting manual drilling. This video describes what goes into establishing a professional manual drilling sector in a country, and also takes a look at 4 manual drilling techniques.

More info:�www.practicafoundation.nl
Produced by: UNICEF
Year: 2009
Language: English

Of Open Ponds and Water Fasts

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-12 12:40:27

The Suru Reservoir in Adami Tuli district of Ethiopia is an open pond with over 15,000 people dependent on it for their water supply. First developed in 1970, it had shrunk over over the years due to excessive silting. Also, its waters mixed with impurities and neigbouring ponds during incessant floods.

This made the neighbouring communities water-stressed, as the nearest river is 15 kilometeres away. 'Water-Fasts'--drawing water only on alternate days-- became widespread.�

Since early 2011, a group of Ethiopian and Dutch organisations are trying to improve the situation through a combination of strategies- desilting, encouraging water-treatment in households and promoting easily manageable maintenance techniques. It will be a while before these measures start having visible effects. It is certainly hoped, however, that the Suro communities will not have to water-fast anymore.

More info: metameta.nl
Produced by: MetaMeta
Year: 2011
Language: English

Honeysucker

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-12 11:18:36

Bangalore generates 720 million liters of sewage everyday. How is it managed? This is a story of the honeysuckers.�A film by�Celine Thizy�Gautam Vishwanath.

More info: www.rainwaterclub.org�
Produced by:�Celine Thizy, Gautam Vishwanath
Year:�
Language: Kannada with English subtitles

The Gathering Storm: Flooding Rivers

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-16 09:57:51

All along the banks of the Zambezi river in Mozambique, vulnerable populations are being moved to resettlement sites, where they are safe from the floods but no longer have access to their farms and livelihoods.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN
Year: 2008
Language: English

The World of Water: Cenotes of Mexico

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-16 10:59:06

Sarah takes Yves along for a trip though the underground ‘Cenotes’ of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). Cenotes, or water sinkholes, dot the Yucatan peninsula and are the only source of freshwater for the people there. They also form 24% of all of Mexico’s freshwater.

Keeping them pollution-free is critical. And difficult, as any pollution in these waters will go undetected until they reach the ocean.

More info:�c anchange.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2010
Language: English and Francais

Integrated Renewable Solar Oases

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-16 13:43:09

Some appealing concepts for fostering rural development imply the systematic exploitation of locally available renewable sources of energy. In this perspective, Integrated Energy Farms, or Integrated Energy Settlements, can be thought of as sustainable power centres, supplying local markets comfortably with electricity and fuels, while at the same time covering their demand for food crops and soft commodities.

As different ecological, and socio-cultural settings may require specific types of design for locally adapted Integrated Energy Farms, AfriSolar�intends to devise basic features for a couple of such types, and translate them into a set of screen-play scripts, in the style of this recent film illustrating a solar oasis, featured by their partner IFEED.�

More info: www.afri-solar.org
Produced by: IFEED
Year: 2011
Language: English

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The World of Water: Mangroves

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-17 10:14:53

This video explores the mangroves in Cancun, Mexico. Mangroves play a critical role in preserving the aquatic eco-system, maintaining water quality and sequestering carbon. Today, however, the mangroves of Cancun are threatened by the enormous growth of the city. � �

More info:�c anchange.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2010
Language: English and Francais

The World of Water: Mesoamerican Reef

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-19 10:02:52

The Mesoamerican Reef provides food to 2 million people and supports the economy across four countries. It is also an important site of marine biodiversity. Today, it is threatened by Climate Change and tourism activities in the area.

More info:�canchange.ca
Produced by:�Canadian Wildlife Federation
Year: 2010
Language: English and Spanish with French subtitles

SRI: Le p�pini�re du fr�re Hubert

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-19 15:57:03

Le Syst�me de Riziculture Intensive (SRI) (System of Rice Intensification en anglais et Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) en espagnol) est un syst�me 100 % naturel, d�couvert et mis au point � Madagascar en 1983 par le P�re J�suite fran�ais Henri de Laulani� et qui permet de multiplier les rendements entre 2 et 6 fois ( 4 � 12 tonnes / hectare au lieu de 2 t/h) tout en consommant 2 fois moins d'eau et 10 fois moins de semence. Il "suffit" de repiquer le riz plus jeune, en lignes, plus espac�, de contr�ler l'apport en eau dans la rizi�re (le riz n'est pas une plante aquatique) et de faire une rotation des cultures (haricots, pommes de terre, riz la m�me ann�e). Le SRI respecte la biodiversit� et limite le d�gagement de gaz � effet de serre.

Le SRI est d�sormais pratiqu� dans plus de 35 pays, gr�ce, notamment, aux efforts du Professeur Norman Uphoff du Cornell International Institute for Food Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) de New-York.

Une vid�o sur la mise en oeuvre des p�pini�res rizicoles...

More info: www.srimadagascar.org
Produced by:�Corinne Lalo, Jean Yves Clavreul, Nicolas Duriez
Year:� 2008
Language:�French

Innovations for Food Security: The Business of Sustainable Land and Water Management

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-20 00:26:24

At the first of TheWaterChannel Webinars, Dr. Frank van Steenbergen presents an overview of “where we are” in terms of land and water management, in the context of water & food security. From eight case studies-- from Burkina Faso, Niger, Ethiopia, China, Yemen, Iran, Thailand and India—he draws four main lessons:

Large scale transformation of landscapes is possible, even as concerns of resource degradation abound almost universally.
There is a need to develop better land and water buffers, in order to extend the chain of water uses.
More people and more livestock could mean more food security (and not necessarily depletion of land and water resources)
On-field innovations offer hope that it is possible to meet the great challenge of food and water security.

Organised by TheWaterChannel along with its partners Cap-Net and UNESCO-IHE, the webinars are being facilitated by IFAD and EU FP-7 WAHARA project. Click here to access resources related to this particular webinar.

More info: thewaterchannel.tv/webinar
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

'Crude' Trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-20 13:03:18

'Crude' is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits on the planet. The inside story of the infamous “Amazon Chernobyl” case, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama, set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures.

While the environmental impact of the consumption of fossil fuels has been increasingly documented in recent years, Crude focuses on the human cost of our addiction to oil and the increasingly difficult task of holding a major corporation accountable for its past deeds.

More info: www.crudethemovie.com
Produced by: Entendre Films
Year: 2009
Language: English and Spanish

Click here to buy the DVD

Anthony Giddens: The Mistakes about Green Growth

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-23 02:27:36

Renowned Sociologist Lord Anthony Giddens, known for his seminal work on Climate Change, cautions that the way towards green growth is obstructed by the lack of understanding of mechanisms behind it. ”At lot of mistakes are being made at the moment by the people speaking about green growth”, he says, pointing out four areas of inadequacy or mistakes.

Giddens argues that we do not really know that what a low-carbon economy will be like. According to him, our current understanding of such an economy lays too much emphasis on technology and we need to invest more in political, social and economic innovation.

Giddens' speech was the keynote address at Northern Europe's biggest annual clean tech event, World Climate Solutions 2010. The conference and exposition was arranged by Scandinavian think tank Monday Morning and NIDAB Networking.

More info: greengrowthleaders.org
Produced by: Mandag Morgen (Monday Morning)
Year: 2010
Language: English

WSP: Successful Water Reform in Senegal

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-23 12:00:22

The management of water supply services in Ndiass, Senegal have been successfully transfered to the local community. There have been significant improvements in service and quality due to increased community ownership.

This video was produced by WSP in partnership with the Ministry of Rural Hydraulic, Senegal and the Millenium Water and Sanitation Program of Senegal.

More info: www.wsp.org
Produced by: Waterand Sanitation Program, & Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Hydraulic and Food Security, Senegal
Year: 2009
Language: English

Use of BioSand Filters in Cambodia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-24 09:38:44

The BioSand Filter (BSF) is a robust water treatment technology for use in rural Cambodian households. It is capable of effective removal of indicator bacteria, specifically E. coli. BSF performance is comparable to other recommended household water treatment interventions.

More info: www.wsp.org
Produced by: Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2010
Language: English

The Gathering Storm- Mountain Drought

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-24 10:29:43

The last mountain road you drive through en route to the village of Ha Tsui is called the God Help Me Pass, and after a few days in the village it is easy to see why. The mountains of Lesotho have seen declining snow and rainfall in recent years, and for the people of Ha Tsui, poor harvests have become the norm leading many to migrate to South Africa in search of work.

More info: www.irinnews.org
Produced by: IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Year: 2008
Language: Various

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Ethiopia: Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 09:03:13

More info:�www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2009
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Shifting Sands

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 15:48:27

In Madagascar, an estimated 65 percent of the population of 19 million live on little more than US$1 a day and the country has long been plagued by political crises. Climate change adds insult to injury. Farther south, communities are under siege from the relentless march of sand; dunes sweep in on the wind and claim the void left by farmland choked dry by years of drought. In villages such as Androka, the sand and floods have forced hundreds of people to flee. Some have taken refuge in new towns, but remain hostage to the ravages of climate.

Just outside New Androka, a farmer sweats over the rather pathetic looking maize crop that he has managed to coax out of the sand.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by:�IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Year: 2011
Language: English

Let's change their future

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 15:54:07

From a child's point of view, this video portrait the findings of a behavioral study on sanitation. The study was conducted as part of the baseline research for the Creating Sanitation Markets Initiative in Peru in 2007, aimed to strengthen public and private partnerships to improve supply chain of sanitation to the population without access.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Escaping Floods

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 16:02:40

For tens of thousands of Mozambicans, the pattern of flooded rivers is becoming all too familiar, resulting in heavy loss of life and livelihood. But in Chokwe district, the Red Cross is teaching people to build grain silos in the trees to keep seeds safe when floods strike.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by:�IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Year: 2008
Language: Various

Marketing Sanitation in Rural East Java

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 16:06:03

In a country where rural sanitation access rates remained stagnant at under 40% for recent decades, sanitation has suddenly become a profitable, fast growing business. This video features small-scale sanitation entrepreneurs serving households in Indonesia's East Java province, one of the most densely populated places on earth (38 million people).

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2010
Language: English

Listen to the Language of Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 17:27:28

On 12 December 2009, WWF-US CEO Carter Roberts spoke to a distinguished group in Denmark's Kronborg Castle at an event organized by TERI and the Yale School of Forestry and sponsored by Coca-Cola.

In a session moderated by Rajenda Pachauri, head of the IPCC, Roberts spoke about the importance of water and water security for people and nature and the fundamental need for viewing climate change adaptation practice through the lens of water, ecosystem-based approaches to community adaptation, and sound climate-resilient water management.

More info: climatechangewater.org
Produced by: WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate: Jim Jarvie

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 17:34:08

In early November of 2009, WWF convened the 4th annual Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium. This year’s event, titled “Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate,” provided a state-of-the-science review of climate impacts on freshwater systems, challenges to freshwater ecosystem conservation, the role of adaptation in water management, and provided a platform for the development of an adaptation based "conservation agenda."

Jim Jarvie of Mercy Corps spoke powerfully about how climate change is exacerbating humanitarian crises in poor, urban centers and how current trends are necessitating a new partnership between humanitarian and environmental organizations. Watch him deliver some of his key messages here.

More info:�climatechangewater.org
Produced by:�WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

Making it Easy: Sanitation Marketing in Cambodia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 17:48:48

The Sanitation Marketing Project was launched in Cambodia in early October 2009, aiming to have over 10,000 toilets installed by households in rural villages over a period of 18 months through market force and demand creation activities. Unlike conventional approaches to sanitation improvement, which usually provide hardware subsidies to households and overlook the market as a driving force to sustainable sanitation, the current approach focuses on market-based solutions and the sustained behavior change of sanitation practice within communities.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2010
Language: English

The Gathering Storm: Sinking Islands

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 17:57:00

In the south of Bangladesh, one of the countries most at threat from climate change, entire islands are being washed away by tidal surges and storms leaving their inhabitants in increasingly desperate straits.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by:�IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Year: 2009
Language: Bangla and English

The Gathering Storm: Holy Forests

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 18:15:48

The Prey Koki forest in the south east of Cambodia was devastated during the Indochina wars of the 60’s and 70’s and latterly by loggers. But an army of Buddhist monks in search of a place to meditate are replanting the forest to the benefit of farmers.

More info:�www.irinnews.org
Produced by:�IRIN Humanitarian News and Analysis
Year: 2009
Language: Various, English subtitles

Water History

TheWaterChannel — 2011-05-25 23:56:06

In this short lecture, Senior Irrigation Engineer L�szl�Hayde introduces UNESCO-IHE’s Special Short Course on World History of Water Management. This lecture and also the Short Course underline the importance of water history in water education.
Dr. Hayde outlines some interesting historical points in the evolution of hydraulics, particularly in connection with the time-line of European development. �The development and decline of water management systems has invariably marked the rise and fall of great civilizations and empires. Nevertheless, diverse cultures separated by time and distance have shared many basic ideas and practices.

Did you know that:

Agricultural production depended on irrigation as early as 3^rd Millennium BC in Sumer?
The world’s oldest dam was probably built as early as 2850 BC?
Urban water management in the Roman Empire was as sophisticated as present day systems?
One of the purposes of the world’s oldest large-scale dam (Egypt, 2700 BC) could have been to wet the land to transport giant sculptures by sliding them across?
The first gravity dam was probably constructed as early as 7^th century BC?

(The 2011 course will be organised from September 12-16. Deadline for applications is August 12, 2011.)

More info:�www.unesco-ihe.org/Education/Short-courses/Regular-short-courses/World-History-of-Water-Management�
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE
Year: 2011
Language: English

L'eau c'est la vie

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-01 11:48:01

This video shows the problems related to accessing safe (drinking) water in Senegal. The RAIN Foundation works in close collaboration with ASRADEC (and other NGO's) since 2007 to solve this problem by using rainwater harvesting storage tanks on household and communal level. It shows the technology used, interviews with beneficiaries and different bodies involved in realising this project.

Cette vid�o montre les probl�mes li�s � l'acc�s � l’eau (potable) au S�n�gal. La Fondation RAIN travaille en �troite collaboration avec ASRADEC (et d'autres ONG) depuis 2007 pour r�soudre ce probl�me en utilisant le captage de l'eau de pluie dans des citernes au niveau m�nage et communautaire. La vid�o montre la technologie utilis�e, des conversations avec les b�n�ficiaires et les diff�rents organismes impliqu�s dans la r�alisation de ce projet.

More info: www.rainfoundation.org
Produced by: RAIN Foundation and ASRADEC
Year: 2010
Language: French

Scientific Bias in Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-03 12:13:03

A group of students from UNESCO-IHE produced a 10 minute documentary on the�bias of climate change as part of their course.�
Are results presented too strongly? What is the influence of large scale funding? how to move forward?�The students tried to discover answers to their questions by internet research, interviewing fellow students and asking the experts.

More info: www.unesco-ihe.org�
Produced by:�
Year:�2011
Language: English

Rwanda: Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-03 13:04:34

More info:�www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2009
Language: English

Malawi: Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-07 11:53:43

This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems/or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity/poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.
Research has been carried out in the areas where the video was shot. Some of the research results are shown in the film (graphs, tables). �The research has been published (link to amazon)

More info:�www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2009
Language: English

Kenya: Investment in Agricultural Water Management Pays

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-07 16:21:37

This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems/or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity/poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.
Research has been carried out in the areas where the video was shot. Some of the research results are shown in the film (graphs, tables). The research has been published (link to amazon)

More info: www.imawesa.info
Produced by: Bancy Mati
Year: 2009
Language: English

SRI au Cambodge

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-07 12:18:25

Le SRI est d�sormais pratiqu� dans plus de 35 pays, gr�ce, notamment, aux efforts du Professeur Norman Uphoff du Cornell International Institute for Food Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) de New-York.

Une vid�o sur la pratique du SRI au Cambodge.

More info:�www.srimadagascar.org
Produced by:�Corinne Lalo, Jean Yves Clavreul, Nicolas Duriez
Year:� 2008
Language:�French

Sanitation:...a great deal

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-09 18:30:35

Business opportunities on sanitation for small retailers, medium wholesalers and large-scale sanitation and construction suppliers, as well as local providers of plumbing and masonry services, communal sales promoters and micro-finance institutions are presented in this video produced by the Creating Sanitation Markets Initiative in Peru.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: English and Spanish

Good Water Neighbors

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-08 22:20:11

Despite limited cooperation between the region's governments on some aspects of water allocation, sustainable management of water resources has not been achieved in the Middle East peace process. Lack of sewage treatment, over-pumping of aquifers, excessive diversion of surface water flows, and difficulty in implementing critical water-demand management policies threaten scarce water resources. These circumstances pose environmental and health hazards to communities, and can be a significant source of cross-border tension and pollution.

The "Good Water Neighbors" (GWN) project was established by EcoPeace / Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) in 2001 to raise awareness of the shared water problems of Palestinians, Jordanians, and Israelis. The GWN methodology is based on identifying cross border communities and utilizing their mutual dependence on shared water resources as a basis for developing dialogue and cooperation on sustainable water management. The approach has created real improvement within the water sector by building trust and understanding that has led to common problem solving and peace building among communities even in the midst of conflict.�

More info:�http://foeme.org/www/?module=projects&project_id=32
Produced by: EcoPeace/ Friends of The Middle East
Year: 2011
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew and English

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Integrated Flood Management: Challenges of the Holistic Approach

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-10 11:27:00

The traditional approach to flood management involves focuses on flood protection—on fighting the waters and keeping them out. Today, the cutting edge of flood management strategies comprises of holistic approaches that also take into account socio-economic considerations.

This video investigates challenges to holistic approaches. The case in point is the ‘Room for the River’ project commissioned by the Dutch federal government. The project focuses on working on landscapes to increase the discharge capacity of rivers during times of flood, when they have extra water. At times, this involves asking some households to relocate, a step usually met by some resistance. Consultations between stakeholders—governments, media and floodplain residents—reflects a complex effort to arrive at a mutually agreeable trade-off between present inconvenience and future security.

This video was produced by students of UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands.

More info:�http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Flood-Management-Education-Platform
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE
Year: 2011
Language: English and Dutch

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Women in the Dutch Water Sector

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-14 23:08:43

The Dutch Government’s Emancipation Policy (2007) acknowledges that women’s careers in The Netherlands are fraught with a number of obstructions. In that context, this video tried to explore the status of women in the Dutch water sector. A variety of views is captured: some women argue that the sector is still quite inhospitable to women, others contend that barriers are only in the mind. One thing, however, is quite clear: an official emancipation policy has certainly effected an increased in the number of women water workers over the years.

More info:�www.unesco-ihe.org
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE
Year: 2011
Language: English

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No Way Out Without a Sanitary Latrine

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-16 00:03:49

WSP engaged Ms. Momtaz Begum, a popular folk singer in Bangladesh, to share the adverse impacts of open defecation and some of the key messages on use and maintenance of latrines through a music video. The music comprises of four sequences: Adverse impacts of open defecation; sanitary latrines for all is imperative; sanitary latrines need not be expensive, and sanitary latrines are necessary for health.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: Bangla with English titles

Daniel Schindler at the 2009 Fuller Symposium

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-16 00:18:34

In early November of 2009, WWF convened the 4th annual Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium. Titled “Securing Water for Nature and People in a Changing Climate,” provided a state-of-the-science review of climate impacts on freshwater systems, challenges to freshwater ecosystem conservation, the role of adaptation in water management, and provided a platform for the development of an adaptation based "conservation agenda."

In this video, Daniel Schindler of the University of Washington discusses his research on ecosystem changes in response to climate change and the importance of heterogeneity in maintaining eco-systems.� He likens an aquatic eco-system to an investment portfolio, and each species/population as an individual stock in the portfolio. A diversified portfolio is more productive over the long term and less variable from year to year. Similarly, the variations, say, fisheries would see from year to year would be much less than if diversity did not exist in the overall habitat and among the population of the species.

More info:�climatechangewater.org
Produced by:�WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

Speaking Water to Power: an Address to Ministers ahead of COP15

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-16 17:18:59

In August 2009, WWF was asked to address a group of ministers from six governments, on how to improve the negotiations around climate adaptation in December 2009. John Matthews, WWF’s Lead Freshwater Climate Adaptation Scientist, used the opportunity to highlight that the most pressing need was to get the various actors engaged in adaptation policy and practice to engage with each other.

He implored policymakers and scientists to learn from individuals for whom climate adaptation is a constant process. He urges international institutions to accord as much importance to adaptation as they do to mitigation efforts. Finally, he calls upon the Climate Change community to listen to the Water community, and the latter to adjust its language in a way that portrays water not just as a sector, but an source of sustenance at the heart of Climate Change.

More info:�climatechangewater.org
Produced by:�WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

Erosion Control on the Severn Estuary

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-17 11:35:57

A disused sluice on the Sharpness Canal was recently re-commissioned and modernised to release excess water into the adjacent Severn Estuary. When the new sluice was first activated during the summer floods of 2007, the force of the discharge eroded the adjacent foreshore and exposed the original Victorian spillway. In addition to deteriorating stonework from the original structure, saturation of the cliffing face resulted in bank collapse and the loss of designated land following each tidal exchange. The rapid rate of bank retreat meant that the works had to be designed and implemented within a very tight time frame.

Cain Bio-Engineering Ltd (CBE) was contracted as principle designer to repair and protect the Victorian spillway and surrounding environment. This video details the the various components and stages of the project.�The completed project is designed to�naturally accrete with water-borne sediment�and�was left unplanted to allow the new sloping terraces to colonise naturally with local species.

More info:�Cain Bio-Engineering Limited
Produced by:�Cain Bio-Engineering Limited
Year: 2010
Language: English

Part 1: Citizen's Report Card on Water & Sanitation in Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-20 11:16:54

WSP launched an initiative to heighten the voice of citizens in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector through the use of Citizen's Report Cards (CRC). The feedback is garnered through citizen surveys and provides quantitative and qualitative measures of user perceptions on the quality, efficiency, adequacy, and priority improvements for a range of different public services. This is part one of a three-part series that describes the context, process and impact of the urban water and sanitation CRC implemented from 2006 -- 2008.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: English

Introduction to Solar Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-20 13:35:39

Dot2dot Solar Irrigation is a complete and economical solution to irrigation from a water tank. This is not a drip-irrigation system. Powered by a small solar panel,it relies on gravity to move water between various points.�

More info:�www.dot2dot.com.au
Produced by: Bernie Omodei, Dot2dot
Year: 2011
Language: English

Dot2dot Solar Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-20 15:00:54

Dot2dot Solar Irrigation is a complete and economical solution for irrigation from a water tank. This is not drip irrigation. Dot2dot Solar Irrigation uses gravity to move the water to the watering points. There are no running costs because sunlight and rainwater are free.

More info: www.dot2dot.com.au
Produced by: Bernie Omodei, Dot2dot
Year: 2011
Language: English

Part 2: Citizen's Report Card on Water & Sanitation in Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-20 22:51:23

WSP launched an initiative to heighten the voice of citizens in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector through the use of Citizen's Report Cards (CRC). The feedback is garnered through citizen surveys and provides quantitative and qualitative measures of user perceptions on the quality, efficiency, adequacy, and priority improvements for a range of different public services. This is part two of a three-part series that describes the context, process and impact of the urban water and sanitation CRC implemented from 2006 -- 2008.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: English

Deventer in Water. Deel 1: Hoogwater Voorbereiding

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-21 11:17:29

Part 1 of the series "Deventer in Water" shows people getting ready for the rising water levels in 2011, Deventer, The Netherlands.

More info:�www.wgs.nl�and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by:�Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten�for�Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

Deventer in Water. Deel 2: Hoogwater Historie

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-22 10:07:09

Part 2 of the series "Deventer in Water" looks back at the high water levels in 1995 to explain more about the situation in 2011 in Deventer, The Netherlands.

More info:�www.wgs.nl�and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by:�Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten�for�Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

Deventer in Water. Deel 3: Hoogwater Weekend

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-22 10:07:42

Part 3 of the series "Water in Deventer" analyses the water levels during the weekend (2011) in which these levels were very high. The municipality explains more about the measures they took to prevent potential disasters.

More info:�www.wgs.nl�and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by:�Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten�for�Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

Deventer in Water. Deel 4: Hoogwater Beveiliging

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-22 10:08:10

Part 4 of the series "Water in Deventer" shows images of the high water levels in Deventer, The Netherlands 2011. It discusses protection measures and interviews with inhabitants are shown.

More info:�www.wgs.nl�and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by:�Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten�for�Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

Open wells in an urban area - Rainwater harvesting

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-25 14:39:37

How recharging an open well helps Mr B. get the cheapest water in town 24/7 with the lowest embodied energy.

More info:�www.rainwaterclub.org
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year:�
Language: English

Flooding in the Urban Environment

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-27 14:07:46

Envelope curve of flood peak magnitudes for the eastern US includes�numerous urban floods with relatively short return intervals.

“Climatology” of urban floods is directly linked to the climatology of warm season thunderstorm systems. Characteristic life cycle of warm season thunderstorm systems that produce flash floods in the urban corridor of the eastern US. Striking heterogeneity of runoff over the urban environment, linked to the history of development. Urban infrastructure plays a key role in flood wave propagation for extreme floods in urban rivers. How does the urban environment affect the evolution of warm season thunderstorm systems, including the distribution of extreme rain rates? How do flood hazards vary over urban regions?

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Jim Smith from Princeton University shares findings from his research on the topic.

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More info: www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2008

Language: English

SRI au Madagascar

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-27 14:08:18

Une vid�o sur la pratique du SRI au Madagascar.

More info:�www.srimadagascar.org
Produced by:�Corinne Lalo, Jean Yves Clavreul, Nicolas Duriez
Year:� 2008
Language:�French

Les grands barrages en Afrique de l'Ouest � Batir le dialogue

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-28 13:03:35

Ce film documentaire est un support de sensibilisation et d’information des diff�rents acteurs (d�cideurs, soci�t� civile, populations, partenaires techniques et financiers) sur les multiples enjeux et perspectives li�s aux grands barrages en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ces aspects ont �t� abord�s par le biais de quatre sites de la r�gion : S�lingu� au Mali, Bagr� au Burkina Faso, Diama au S�n�gal et Kandadji (en projet) au Niger. Ce film est r�alis� dans le cadre du projet intitul� � Dialogue r�gional sur les grandes infrastructures hydrauliques en Afrique de l’Ouest � lanc� en 2008 par la CEDEAO � travers son Centre de Coordination des Ressources en Eau (CCRE). En d�cidant d’accompagner la CEDEAO dans sa d�marche, l’UICN s’est fix� comme objectif de promouvoir la gestion �cologiquement durable et socialement �quitable des ressources en eau de l’Afrique de l’Ouest en facilitant l’�largissement de la concertation aux acteurs non �tatiques, aux organisations de la soci�t� civile et aux usagers. Ce film sert � diffuser les recommandations issues de la concertation r�gionale entre les parties prenantes pour favoriser des bonnes pratiques lors de la conception, la construction et l’exploitation des grandes infrastructures hydrauliques.

Click here for the English version

More info: www.iucn.org
Produced by: UICN
Year: 2011
Language: French

Large Dams in West Africa - Building the dialogue

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-28 16:24:55

This documentary film is a medium of information and awareness for various stakeholders (policy makers, civil society, populations, technical and financial partners) about the many challenges and opportunities related to large dams in West Africa. These challenges were addressed through four sites in the region: S�lingu� in Mali, Bagre in Burkina Faso, Diama in Senegal and Kandadji (planned) in Niger.

This film is produced under the project "Regional Dialogue on major water infrastructure in West Africa" launched in 2008 by ECOWAS through its Water Resources Coordination Centre (CCWR). In deciding to support ECOWAS in its approach, IUCN's goal is to promote environmentally sustainable and socially equitable water resources for West Africa by facilitating the extension of dialogue to non-state actors, civil society organizations and users.
The film is used to disseminate recommendation of the regional consultation between stakeholders to promote good practices in designing, constructing and operating large water infrastructure.

Click here for the�French version

More info:�www.iucn.org
Produced by: IUCN
Year: 2011
Language: English/French with English subtitles

Dr. Tushaar Shah - Lessons from Indias Water Management Stories

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-29 18:36:54

Think beyond the tap: Dr. Tushaar Shah, Senior Fellow from the International Water Management Institute talks about Lessons from India's Water Management Stories

More info: www.iwmi.org/ThinkBeyondTheTap or www.gwp.org�
Produced by: IWMI and GWP
Year: 2010
Language: English

M�s tiempo para el desarrollo

TheWaterChannel — 2011-06-30 17:24:55

More info:�www.bmz.de�
Produced by: BMZ in cooperation with KfW, GTZ, DED, InWEnt
Year: 2008
Language: Spanish, also available in English and French

Engaging the Clients in Developing the Results Framework

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-12 08:54:18

TheWSP's Results Framework , for water and sanitation programs: The Case of Kenya.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2010
Language: English

What is a Watershed? Why Watershed-based Development?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-12 14:04:55

While this approach is particularly relevant to Ethiopia given its hydro-geology, it applies equally well in several regions across the world. Participatory Watershed Development is now placed firmly at the centre of Ethiopian development policy. In 2005, the federal government published a national guideline for communities, technicians and experts engaged in related activities. It is this document that guides all watershed development in Ethiopia now.

Lakew Desta, Capacity Building and Networking Advisor at TBIWRDP (TanaBeles Integrated Water Resources Development Project ,Ethiopia), was one of the contributors to the Guidelines. In a four-part presentation, he shares Ethiopia’s experiences with Community-based Participatory Watershed Development, with case studies from around the country. In this first part, he explains some basic concepts : what is a watershed? What’s the rationale of watershed-based development? What links watershed development with economic development? Why should watershed development be participatory?

Watch Part 2: Watershed Management: Good Practices and Bad Examples from Ethiopia
Part 3: Ethiopia's National Community-based Water Management Guidelines

More Info: www.eap.gov.et
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011

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Watershed Management- Good Practices and Bad Examples from Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-14 11:46:51

In this second part, he takes us through images documenting good practices and bad examples of watershed management. He also illustrates how maps (GIS and other types) can help plan watershed activities better.

Watch Part 1:�What is a Watershed? Why Watershed-based Development?
Part 3: Ethiopia's National Community-Based Water Manegement Guidelines

More Info:�www.eap.gov.et
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011

Bridging Waters - Creation of the Jordan River Peace Park

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-14 07:46:33

In January 2007, the mayors of Muaz bin Jabal (Jordan), Jordan Valley Regional Council (Israel) and Valley of Springs Regional Council (Israel) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding, declaring their intention to create a transboundary peace park at the convergence of the Jordan and Yarmouk Rivers. In May 2008, Friends of the Earth Middle East hosted architects and planners from Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Yale University at an international design workshop in Jordan to create a master plan for the Jordan River Peace Park.

In this video, the very people engaged in the process talk about their visions of the park. They see it fostering peace in the region, rehabilitating the rivers and opening up sources of livelihood other than agriculture.

EcoPeace/ Friends of the Earth Middle East was founded in 1994. It is a Jordanian/ Palestinian/ Israeli environmental peacemaking organisation working to rehabilitate the region’s shared water resources.

More info:�http://foeme.org/www/?module=projects&project_id=32
Produced by:�EcoPeace/ Friends of The Middle East
Year: 2011
Languages: English

A Natural System and an Agricultural Philosophy

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-15 10:02:52

Working with Kheti Virasat Mission, Amarjeet Sharma has managed to turn his small plot of land in the state of Punjab from lifeless, debt ridden farm into a healthy, productive and profitable one.

As a witness to the destructive agricultural policy that swept the state in the 1960s Sharma has decided to return to a more organic approach, a system that has evolved from the teaching of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Known as the Sarbat da Bhala or agriculture for the well being of all, the principles of this philosophy focus on understanding the complex relationships between animals, insects, plants and ourselves. By working with nature rather than against it, he was able to not only increase his productivity but also provide healthy food within a healthy environment.

Sharma is just one of the new generations of farmers who are regaining control of their environments and their futures. He comes from village of Chaina in the state of Punjab, India.

More info: www.khetivirasatmission.org
Produced by: Jason Taylor,�Chintan Gohil, The Source Project
Year: 2011
Language: Punjabi with English subtitles

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Empowering Women in Agriculture

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-15 13:35:12

In Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, over 60% of the women are engaged in agriculture. They perform about 80% of the agricultural activities, and yet their role goes unrecognised. This video tries to highlight this, and the importance of working with women for any agricultural intervention to succeed.

More info:�http://blog.icrisat.org/
Poduced by: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Year: 2011
Language: English
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Water-Centred, Land-Use Guided Development Approach

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-18 01:14:38

Land is a scarce resource. Unless its use is maximized, it can’t support the existing population let alone suffice for future generations.

Taye Alemayehu, Deputy Managing Director of the Oromia Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise (OWWDSE), shares his experience of coordinating a comprehensive rural development initiative based on the above idea. The Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia was plagued by recurrent droughts, which led to food insecurity and deepening poverty. Over the years, however, the situation has been reversing largely with integrated land use plans (water-centred) helping optimize the use of land and water resources. �

Oromia’s has been a unique experience. Soil/ water management expertise was successfully used to effect integrated area-based development and streamline policy processes. In recognition, OWWDSE is now being asked to help replicate these efforts in other regions of Ethiopia as well.

More info:�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel��
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Part 3: Citizen's Report Card on Water & Sanitation in Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-18 17:39:11

WSP launched an initiative to heighten the voice of citizens in the Kenyan water and sanitation sector through the use of Citizen's Report Cards (CRC). The feedback is garnered through citizen surveys and provides quantitative and qualitative measures of user perceptions on the quality, efficiency, adequacy, and priority improvements for a range of different public services. This is part three of a three-part series that describes the context, process and impact of the urban water and sanitation CRC implemented from 2006 -- 2008.

More info:�www.wsp.org
Produced by:�Water and Sanitation Program
Year: 2011
Language: English

Dr. David Molden: can agricultural research support the environment and a healthy ecosystem?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-19 11:23:55

Think beyond the tap: Dr.�David Molden, Deputy Director General of Research (IWMI), talks about agricultural research supporting the environment and healthy ecosystems.

More info:�www.iwmi.org/ThinkBeyondTheTap�or�www.gwp.org�
Produced by: IWMI and GWP
Year: 2010
Language: English

Ethiopia's National Community-Based Watershed Management Guidelines

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-19 11:44:08

Planning the development of watersheds for Ethiopia started in the 1980’s. Since then, rural development efforts by the government (as well as most non-government organisations) have been based on the ‘watershed-logic.’ While this approach is particularly relevant to Ethiopia given its hydro-geology, it applies equally well in several regions across the world.

Participatory Watershed Development is now placed firmly at the centre of Ethiopian development policy. In 2005, the federal government published a set of national guidelines. The document consolidates various regional-level data, scientific methodologies and socio-economic analysis. It serves to coordinate watershed development activities being carried out at various levels by a variety of actors (regional government/ communities/ NGOs etc.)

In this third part, he takes us through the guidelines, introducing the document and explaining some important parts.

Watch Part 1:�What is a Watershed? Why Watershed-based Development?
Watch Part 2: Watershed Management: Good Examples and Bad Practices from Ethiopia

Download a copy of the guidelines (Part 1)

More Info:�www.eap.gov.et
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011

Doddabommasandra Lake

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 23:01:22

Doddabommasandra lake is located close to B.E.L circle in an area called Doddabommasandra in Bangalore. This film endeavors to portray the story /memories of drying up of Doddabommasandra through two different viewpoints. The story reflects the pattern in which we are exploiting and losing our water resources.

More info:�
Produced by: Gautam Vishwanath, Kinshuk Surjan�
Year: 2011
Language: Kannada and English, with English subtitles

A Tale of Two Lakes

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-20 17:15:12

Lakes Haramaya in Ethiopia has dried up, literally leaving dependent communities high and dry. The once-saline Lake Hora-Kilole has also shrunk drastically, following the diversion of the Mojo River into it. Results of a long-running study carried out over 1986 and 2006 reveal that their demise resulted from a combination of ecological changes and hydro-geological factors, exacerbated by Climate Change and ill-planned human interventions.

Dr. Brooke Lemma (Addis Ababa University), who carried out the study, takes us through the chain of events. While it might be difficult to rejuvenate the two lakes, we can draw some valuable lessons from their story: (a) These are times that demand rational/ budgeted use of water from such lakes; (b) we need to realize the economic value of aquatic eco-systems, and be ready to pay towards their conservation and (c) it is imperative that end-users are engaged in working towards (a) and (b).

More Info:�
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011

Let the Jordan River Flow!

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-22 00:16:19

This song written and performed by Friends of the Earth Middle East's Youth Water Trustees from Palestine, Israel and Jordan at theFebruary 2011 youth camp held in the framework of FoEME's "Good Water Neighbors Project" with the guidance and composition of Ishay Oz..

The poignant words of youth from communities along both sides of the Jordan River remind our governments to meet their commitments to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River. They�describe hope for the rehabilitation of region's shared water systems.

More info:�http://foeme.org/www/?module=media_releases&record_id=94
Produced by:�EcoPeace/ Friends of The Middle East
Year: 2011
Languages: English

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Tour on the Guilin Water System, China

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-22 00:26:18

A boat tour of the Guilin Water System (Guangxi Zhuang, China) is a breathtaking experience. The water system consists of two rivers and four lakes namely the Li River, Taohua River and the lakes of Ronghu, Shahu, Guihu and Mulong. One can see the three scenic Chinese classical gardens at the lakes of Ronghu, Shahu and Mulong while admiring the famous traditional hills of Elephant Hill, FuBo Hill, Yao Hill, BaoJi Hill and Laoren Hill.

More info:�http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin
Produced by: Dajun DV
Year: 2010
Language: Mandarin/ English subtitles

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An Eye on Water Scarcity in Yemen (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:35:12

The former minister speaks on a wide range of related issues, in this interview exclusive to TheWaterChannel.

More info:�loukielevert@hotmail.com
Produced by:�Levert Communications
Year: 2011
Language: English
(Watch the interview in English)

Assessing the Socio-Economic Impact of Irrigation Schemes in Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:38:15

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy, providing 80% of the employment and accounting for 50% of the GDP. A critical issue limiting the sector’s productivity is its continuing dependence on rainfall for irrigation purposes.

Recognising this, government agencies have constructed a large number of small scale irrigation structures over the years, through its various programs. However, they were found to be lacking on various fronts. Among other things, there has been a lack of maintenance, lack of usage and lack of participation by the end users- the farmers.

In this presentation, Ermias Alemu from Arba Minch University discusses the findings of a socio-economic impact assessment study of 4 such irrigation schemes. Among the key recommendations of the research is that eliciting farmer-participation in such schemes would require building their overall productive capacity (by improving their market linkages, facilitating post-harvest storage facilities, etc.) and ensuring that their inputs feed into the planning and design of the physical structures.

More info:�http://www.amu.edu.et
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Irrigation Schemes in Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:36:02

Recognising this, government agencies have constructed a large number of small scale irrigation structures over the years, through its various programs. While many of them were found to bring about economic benefits to the users (and local economies in general), they had been designed without due consideration of potential environmental impacts.

In this presentation, Ermias Alemu from Arba Minch University discusses key findings from an environmental impact assessment study of 4 such schemes. The study found that the schemes had/ were likely to have several adverse impacts on the environment, such as erosion and siltation, water logging and subsequent loss of land, obstruction of movement and loss of vegetation cover. It also recommends steps that can be taken to limit these effects.

More info:�http://www.amu.edu.et
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Ecohydrology of Arid and Semi-Arid Environments

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:41:21

Solutions to many environmental problems hinge on improving our understanding of processes occurring in what the U.S. National Research Council (2001a) has termed the “Critical Zone”: the heterogeneous, near-surface environment in which complex interactions between rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms regulate the natural habitat and determine the availability of life-sustaining resources. In many ecohydrological systems, particularly those in arid and semiarid environments, water dictates the dynamics of weathering, soil formation, biological activity and nutrient pools, and fluxes and transport in the Critical Zone.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004
Language: English

Participatory Forest Management: Experiences from Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:38:51

In many parts of the world, forest management has undergone much change since the 1990s. Earlier, decision-making used to be done by authorities and forest management was protection oriented. Communities living in and around forests were expected to carry out conservation and related responsibilities, without defined benefits they could draw from them. Consequently, they started seeing forests as their enemy rather than an asset. This meant that most forest management efforts remained unsuccessful.

In the early ‘90s, Participatory Forest Management (PFM) emerged as an alternate model. The approach rested on sharing responsibilities and benefits between communities and forest authorities. It aimed to secure the communities’ ownership/ legal use rights.

In Ethiopia, this approach has been adopted in the Non-Timber Forest Products-PFM project. While the full effects of the project will come to fore over a longer period of time, some positive signs are already evident. There is greater community participation, with which a much larger forest area is now being managed than five years ago. In this presentation, Elias Kasahun from Ethio Wetlands and Water Resources Institute elaborates on what went into the project, and what challenges lie ahead.

More info: http://wetlands.hud.ac.uk/forests/ntfp_pfm/progress.htm
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:40:32

Full Title:�Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning (RiPPLE) in Ethiopia, in the WASH sector

More info:�http://www.rippleethiopia.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English�

High-frequency field-deployable isotope analyzer for hydrological applications

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:15:57

Technical Overview; High-Frequency Liquid Water Isotope Analyzer (Laboratory test data, Deployment at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Rain on Snow Laboratory Studies); Field-Deployable Water Vapor Isotope Analyzer (Water Vapor Isotopic Standard Source, Laboratory test data. Preliminary Deployment at Sherman Island, California, Preliminary Deployment at Mauna Loa, Hawaii)' Very High-Frequency Water Isotope Measurements (Water Vapor Isotope Flux, Time-Resolved Liquid Water Isotope Measurements)

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2010
Language: English

The Hydrology of Intensively Managed Landscapes in the Midwest U.S.

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:43:15

Intensively Managed Landscapes: A landscape characterized by intentional reconfiguration and intensive management of natural drainage to benefit an agroecosystem consisting of consisting rowrow--crop and animal agriculture (CAFO).

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004
Language: English

Hydropedology and the Earth's Critical Zone

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:43:47

A vision for developing and promoting hydropedology as a new interdisciplinary science that embraces multiscale basic and applied research of interacting pedological and hydrological processes and their properties in the vadose zone. Landscape water flux is suggested as a unifying focus for hydropedology that is related to storages, pathways, residence times, and spatio-temporal organization of water in the root and deep vadose zones, and through which pedological and hydrological expertise can be better integrated.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004
Language: English

Advanced Coupled Land - Atmosphere Prediction

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 15:44:19

A Ten Ten-Year Vision for Advancing Coupled Land Land-Atmosphere Prediction.�

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004
Language: English

Hydrologic Remote Sensing Hydrologic Observatory: A Genesis for Scaling to Continental Scale HydrologyA Hydrology

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:14:24

A remote sensing observatory can be used to address many science questions that range from the spatial spatial-temporal dynamics of hydrologic processes across complex landscapes to the statistical properties of remote sensing based, retrieved hydrologic variables and their assimilation into hydrologic models.

(Speaker: Witold Krajewski, University of Iowa)

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004
Language: English

Integrated Science for Society and the Environment: an integrated research plan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:12:42

INTEGRATED SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: A mechanistic approach to socio-ecological research

Speaker: Scott Collins from�University of New Mexico and Sevilleta LTER

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

Using airborne geophysical surveys to improve groundwater resource management models

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:13:44

Increasingly complex groundwater management requires more accurate hydrogeologic frameworks for groundwater models used in resource management. These complex issues have created the demand for innovative approaches to data collection. In complicated terrains, groundwater modelers benefit from continuous high-resolution geologic maps and their related hydrogeologic-parameter estimates. The USGS and its partners have collaborated to use airborne geophysical surveys for near-continuous coverage of areas of the North Platte River valley in western Nebraska. The survey objectives were to map the aquifers and bedrock topography of the area to help improve the understanding of groundwater-surface water relationships, leading to improved water management decisions. Frequency-domain helibourne electromagnetic surveys were completed, using a unique survey flight line design, to collect resistivity data that can be related to lithologic information to refine groundwater model inputs. To make the geophysical data useful to multidimensional groundwater models, numerical inversion is necessary to convert the measured data into a depth-dependent subsurface resistivity model. This inverted model, in conjunction with sensitivity analysis, geological ground truth (boreholes and surface geology maps), and geological interpretation, is used to characterize hydrogeologic features. Interpreted two and three dimensional data provides the groundwater modeler with a high-resolution hydrogeologic framework and a quantitative estimate of framework uncertainty. This method of creating hydrogeologic frameworks improved the understanding of the actual flow path orientation by redefining the location of the paleochannels and associated bedrock highs. The improved models represent the actual hydrogeology at a level of accuracy not achievable using previous data sets.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2010
Language: English

Hydro-NEXRAD: Community Resource for Use of Radar-Rainfall Data

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:14:59

What is Hydro-NEXRAD?� A Web-based prototype application that allows ordering customized radar-rainfall maps (products) for hydrologic studies based on NEXRAD data.� to provide the hydrologic community with ready access to the vast archives and real-time information on precipitation collected by the national network of WSR-88D weather radars.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

Advancing Hydrologic Predictability in a Changing Environment through Inter-disciplinary Synthesis

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:24:20

Water Cycle Dynamics in a Changing Environment: Advancing Hydrologic Science through Synthesis.� Objective 1: Conduct synthesis activities that will produce transformational outcomes in hydrologic science towards improved predictability of water cycle dynamics in a changing environment. Objective 2: Use the synthesis activities as test cases to evaluate the effectiveness of different modes of synthesis for advancing the field of hydrologic science.�

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2007
Language: English

Observatories in the Context of the Digital Continent: CZO's and HIS

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:15:30

Grand Challenges: Predict water quality and quantity anywhere in the US; Effect of low frequency climate structure on hydrologic extremes; Adaptation and scaling or river networks, vegetation, and land forms.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

Quantifying Historical Legacies: Challenges of Synthesis Research

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:17:32

The 500-Year Challenge: To quantify the widespread transformation of hydrosystems from natural to human-dominated systems over local-to-regional domains in the North East corridor from 1600 to 2100.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2009
Language: English

An Integrated Approach to Earth Surface Science

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:16:27

How can we quantitatively predict the response of the earth surface environment to natural and human perturbation? We need a predictive science of the Earth’s surface.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

ESMF and Earth System Curator: Integrated modeling infrastructure for virtual communities

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:16:58

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2008
Language: English

The UK LOwland CAtchment Research (LOCAR) programme: Some key findings and lessons learned

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:19:03

To develop an improved understanding of hydrological, hydrogeological, geomorphological and ecological interactions within permeable catchment systems, and their associated aquatic habitats, at different spatial and temporal scales and for different land uses. To develop improved modelling tools to inform and support the integrated management of lowland catchment systems.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

Integrated Science and Decision Making

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:25:45

Full Title:�Integrated Science and Decision Making: Cutting Edge Science to Address Real-World Watershed Issues

A vision for progress in land-atmosphere interaction research, as it relates to improving weather and climate prediction systems. Rather than providing a comprehensive review of the issues in land-atmosphere research, as has been done in numerous, recent high-level documents, this report aims to isolate a handful of critical challenges and opportunities which will be prominent over the next ten years. In particular, issues related to the complex linkages between terrestrial hydrological and atmospheric processes and the challenge of working across numerous spatial and temporal scales is focused upon.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

Future Directions for Science and Technology in Support of Water Availability and Quality in the US

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:18:36

SWAQ: Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality the SWAQ is under Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council. The Council provides advice to the Executive Office of the President about Federal science and technology programs.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

GRACE - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:23:51

Terrestrial and Global Hydrology from Satellite Observations of Time-Variable Gravity.� Demonstrated the importance of GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) as a component of a global hydrological observing system, including contributions to characterizing water storage variations, groundwater storage changes, and regional and global discharge.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2007
Language: English

Au Peril des Sables

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:24:47

Le Mont Saint-Michel en France, qui abrite une magnifique abbaye et une cit� ancienne, �tait autrefois entour� par la mer.� Ce site remarquable est aujourd'hui menac� d'ensablement.

More info:�www.unesco.org�
Produced by:�UNESCO
Year: 1985
Language: Fran�ais

Economics of Hurricane Evacuation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:28:19

A presentation by David Letson from University of Miami.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

IWW Water Movie Challenge

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:25:12

The International Water Week Amsterdam (October 29 to November 4, 2011) presents the Water Movie Challenge: Tracing the journey of a drinking water-drop. You are invited to submit a video on your drinking water drop!�

More info: www.internationalwaterweek.com/young/tracing�
Produced by: Waternet
Year: 2011
Language: English

Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:26:10

Micael Celia from Princeton University talks about new possibilities in carbon capture and storage.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2009
Language: English

Land, Water and Livelihoods: The Watershed Movement in Tigray (Intro)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:26:33

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More info:�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Hydrogeology is the key to understanding the arsenic crisis on the Ganges Delta

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:27:22

Charles Harvey from MIT explains why.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2008
Language: English

The New North: Four Forces Shaping our Northern Future

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:27:49

A presentation by Laurence Smith from University of California, Los Angeles.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

River Restoration

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:30:01

River restoration is currently at the forefront of applied hydrologic science. However, many river restoration projects are conducted with minimal scientific context.

We define river restoration as assisting the recovery of ecological integrity in a degraded watershed system by reestablishing hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes, and replacing lost, damaged, or compromised biological elements. Major scientific advances are needed for applying existing knowledge of river ecosystem processes to restoration, and hydrologic scientists are central to the development of those advances.

A presentation by Ellen Wohl from the University of Arizona.

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More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2004

Language: English

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Protecting Coastal Cities from Catastrophic Flooding

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:29:07

A presentation by Larry Murdoch from Clemson University, USA.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Climate Forecasts and Water Management: Opportunities and Challenges

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-26 17:29:32

An overview of the utility of climate forecasts in improving water management is presented. Importance of uncertainty reduction through multimodel combination and need for management models that utilize probabilistic information are also discussed.

A presentation by�Sankar Arumugam, from North Carolina State University.

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2011
Language: English

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7 Year Old Superhero

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-27 10:32:38

The story of a 7 year old super-hero from the Himalayas, and her quest to save the planet from Climate Change.

More info:�http://filmkaar.com/
Produced by: Nitin Das,�Elf Project
Year: 2007
Language: English

Monks vs. Mosquitoes

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-27 10:41:09

This film has been made with the monks of Dhangkar Monastery in Spiti, India.

'No mosquitoes were killed in the making of this film.'

Film by: Nitin Das, Music: Avinash Baghel, Special thanks: Sunil Chauhan

More info:�http://filmkaar.com/
Produced by: Nitin Das,�Elf Project
Year: 2011
Language: English

Climate Change Solution - A Fable from the Himalayas

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-27 10:46:21

A magical tale about a young boy who finds a solution for Global Warming from a monk in the mountains. Please share this film with your friends and help us spread the idea. The enchanted lands are disappearing fast.

More info:�http://filmkaar.com/
Produced by: Nitin Das,�Elf Project
Year: 2007
Language: English

Will the Aral Sea come back?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-27 10:49:08

This video was prepared by Toprak - Su - Enerji (Soil - Water - Energy) Study Group in Turkey. The video consists of sections of interviews with the local community and representatives during a journey to the Aral Sea Basin in May 2011. Existing situation of the water problem of the Aral Sea is described and key suggestions for the solution are given in the video.

As a result of the studies carried on for saving the Aral Sea, the North Aral Sea partially came back and water level reached to 42 meters. After the completion of the second phase of the project, water level will increase to the level of 46 meters. But, the Aral Sea will not reach to the level of 53 meters in 1960s. Solution for the South Aral Sea seems to be difficult. The South Aral Sea is almost completely dried up and and remaining water level is at 29 meters.

Will the "Aral Sea" completely come back? This will be determined by changing climate of the region and hydro-political relations among the five Central Asian countries.

More info:
Produced by:�Dursun YILDIZ, Ismail DEMIRAL
Language: Turkish, with English�Subtitles
Year: 2011

Atltzatzilistli - Rain Rituals

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-29 09:23:30

Rain rituals are common in many parts of the world - but the rain ritual in this video rooted in Nahuatl Culture in Mexico is very special, as it culminates in a boxing match with a jaguar.

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Produced by: Altepetl Nahuas, A.C
Year: 2000
Language: Spanish

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Cartoon on Water Management in the Ziway Abyata basin, Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2011-07-27 13:34:15

In this cartoon video a professor explains the water management system of the Ziway Abyata basin in Ethiopia to a student. The student learns aboout basic principles of the water balance to get a better understanding of the current situation of the basin. One of the main lessons explained is the relationship between evaporation and the different types of land use - environmental and man-related.�Several options to develop water management are discussed towards the end.

More info: www.metameta.nl
Produced by: MetaMeta
Year: 2011
Language: English

Beni Abbes - la science de l'eau

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-22 11:18:18

L'Unesco a �tudi� largement le probl�me des zones arides, qui couvrent presque un tiers de la surface de la terre. Description des activit�s du Centre de Recherches Scientifiques de Beni Ab�s, mis en place par le gouvernement fran�ais au Sahara. Illustration des r�ussites du Centre qui op�re dans des conditions caract�ristiques et d�montre la n�cessit� d'une coop�ration internationale dans la lutte contre la d�sertification.�

More info:�www.unesco.org
Produced by:�UNESCO / Films Caravelle
Year: 1955
Language: French

The Ancient Irrigation System of Dujiangyan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-01 10:54:34

The Natural and Cultural World Heritage Mt. Qingcheng-Dujiangyan is located at the Dujiangyan City. It lies to the northwest of the Chengdu Plain, 36 km from Chengdu.�

Apart from beautiful natural scenery , the place is notable for its irrigation system constructed by the mythical engineer Li Pi. The system remained unscathed despite being close to the epicentre of the disatrous May 12 (2008) earthquake. The video explains the system's resilience in the context of the Tao Philosophy it is supposedly based on. It does not divert water by blocking the river, but by diverting only a part of its waters and creating eddies that reduce the sediment load in the irrigation canals.

The system works in harmony with nature, working with the natural course of the Minjiang River�river while diverting its waters towards farmlands.It is composed of three major carcass projects: the 'Fish-mouth Levee,' the 'Flying Sand Weir Floodway' and the 'Bottle Neck Canal.'

More info:http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1001
Produced by:�Mt. Qingcheng-Dujiangyan Tourism Authority
Year: 2000
Language English

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The Solar Steam Pump

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-01 16:19:41

This video describes the Solar Steam Pump being developed by Practica Foundation, The Netherlands. The pump uses solar energy to turn water into steam. The thermal energy thus generated is converted to mechanical energy that powers a pump. The pump can draw water from depths up to 15 metres. The steam is recycled back into water, which can then be reused.

More info: www.practica.org
Produced by: Practica Foundation
Year: 2011
Language: English

Climate Change Adaptation technology: Fanya Juu Terraces

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-04 13:21:26

Fanya juu ("throw the soil up" in Kiswahili) terraces are the most popular and successful cross-slop barrier measures used in Kenya's small scale farming sector. Contour earth bunds are constructed by throwing soil upwards from trenches immediately below them. This design leads to the gradual formation of terraces with a level or slightly forward sloping bed. This is a very versatile technology - ideally suited to smallholder farms, especially in sub-humid areas where the land is sloping and erosion a threat. Fodder grasses may be planted on the bunds and fed to livestock. In the dry areas, water harvesting from roads into the trenches allows production of bananas and fruits. This is a proven and effective adaptation technology in the highlands of East Africa and beyond.

This video is supported by IFAD and IIED. It is part of a series on sustainable land management technologies. The full series of 15 videos will be completed by November 2011.

More info: www.iied.org�
Directed by: William Critchley (VU Amsterdam)
Produced by: Josephine Rodgers (Country Wise Communication)
Year: 2010
Language: English

Clean Water for Families Across Viet Nam: ADB

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-05 11:00:30

Ms Pham Thi Hoai is now using a running water supply system at her home in Ho Chi Minch City, Vietnam. Before, she used water from a drilled well. With a growing urban population it is necessary to improve the water supply systems in Vietnam. The nearby water treatment plant has recently trippled its output to meet the current demand.

ADB is supporting cities across Viet Nam in their work to dramatically extend piped water connections to more families. The result: better health.

More info: www.adb.org
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2011
Language: English
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Politicization of Water Boards

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-08 10:20:30

Documentary made by UNESCO-IHE Water Management participants about the low participation in the water board elections of 2008. Can water boards still be called democratic organisations?

(The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNESCO-IHE.)

More info:�http://www.unesco-ihe.org/
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Year: 2009
Language: English and Dutch

China's Water Challenge

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-08 18:00:05

Rapid economic development and population growth are putting severe pressure on water resources in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This video features Shanghai, Gansu Province, and the Yellow River basin as models of PRC's commitment to developing its water sector. Investments in rural and urban water services and in river basin management are underway.

More info: water@adb.org
Produced by: Asian Development Bank�
Year: 2007
Language: Various, with English narration and titles

Coming Clean on Sanitation: China, People's Republic of

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-08 18:15:32

ADB's 'Coming Clean on Sanitation' features the sanitation landscapes of six Asian countries and aims to increase awareness on Asia's sanitation challenges.

This is a story of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China, captured through the prespective of a photographer who has documented its history for several years now. There is a stark contrast between the health of the creek before and after the 1970s, when a 11-year, $2 billion restoration project was launched by the civic authorities. A mix of measures was undertaken-- source treatment of industrial effluents, pumping oxygen in the waters, dredging, plantation along the banks etc.

Seagulls and fish now thrive in the waters of the creek that had once turned dark and viscous.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by: Wang Erquan for Chinese Central Television
Year: 2009
Language: Mandarin and English
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Ropepumps, Malawi: Water Food and Income

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-09 12:19:22

This video shows a rope pump for irrigation purposes in Malawi. Within the "Farmers club project of DAPP Malawi (EU funded)" 2000 rope pumps are installed resulting in an increase of familiy income of 250 USD per year.

More info: www.connectinternational.nl
Produced by: Connect International
Year: 2011
Language: English

Climate Change Adaptation technology: Stone Lines

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-10 13:19:19

Stone lines or ("bunds") slow down runoff, increase water infiltration and for the basis for improved production in semi-arid areas. At the same time, sediment is captured behind these semi-permeable barriers. Stone lines were originally a traditional technique in the Sahel, but have been improved by careful construction, and through aligning on the contour. A perennial grass (Andropogon guyanus) is sometimes planted to supplement the lines where stone is scarce. Stone lines are suited to low slopes, high runoff and hand labour. This technique is readily adopted by resource-poor farmers and can lead to a harvest even in years with low and erratic rainfall. Wide and deep planting pits (zai in Burkina Faso; tassa in Niger) are often used in combination, acting as microcatchments within the field.

This video is supported by�IFAD�and�IIED. It is part of a series on sustainable land management technologies. The full series of 15 videos will be completed by November 2011.

More info:�www.iied.org�
Directed by: William Critchley (VU Amsterdam)
Produced by: Josephine Rodgers (Country Wise Communication)
Year: 2010
Language: English

Coming Clean on Sanitation: Pakistan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-10 23:56:11

Coming Clean on Sanitation features the sanitation landscapes of six Asian countries and aims to increase awareness on Asia's sanitation challenges.

In Pakistan, a cleanup woman comes home to a community of garbage, without water and sanitation. Her ordeal is part of the bigger bleak picture of a wanting sanitation infrastructure. Water-borne diseases cost Pakistan billions of Rupees a year.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2009
Language: Urdu and English

Suzhou Creek's Ecological Comeback

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-11 00:03:56

Shanghai's Suzhou Creek breathes almost normally these days, thanks to the efforts of the city government and people of Shanghai. The once murky and fetid river has been transformed into an ecological wonder.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2009
Language: Mandarin and English

The Politics of Benchmarking in the Dutch Water Sector

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-12 10:26:40

Documentary made by UNESCO-IHE Water Management participants about the politics of benchmarking in the water sector.

Since 1997 the Dutch water companies have engaged in a voluntary exercise to benchmark their performance against each other, in order to improve their efficiency and increase transparency. Initially, the benchmarking was undertaken to forestall a government proposal by the Minisry of Economic Affairs to establish a regulatory agency following the British model. Later on, when the regulatory agency did not materialize, benchmarking was pursued more and more for its intrinsic benefits.

The Dutch benchmarking exercise covers four areas: water quality; service; environment; and finance and efficiency. The �program was the first nationwide benchmarking exercise in the water supply sector in continental Europe.Since then it has inspired similar water and sanitation benchmarking exercises in other European countries, including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Most of these exercises are coordinated since 2004 in the North European Benchmarking Co-operation.�

The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNESCO-IHE.

More info:�http://www.unesco-ihe.org/
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Land, Water and Livelihoods: Watershed Movement in Tigray

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-15 13:06:50

20 years ago, Tigray was one of the most water-stressed, food-insecure and impoverished regions in Ethiopia. Around that time, the regional and federal governments decided that the way out of the situation was to pursue watershed-based ecological restoration.

The strategy seems to be working: soil quality has improved, water availability has increased, vegetative cover has grown several-fold, production of food is higher and productivity of farmland has been enhanced. The obvious knock-on effect has been a substantial decrease in poverty and improved nutrition.

The Tigray story could have lessons for all of us. This video is a preliminary look at what is widely called Tigray's "Watershed Movement." We would do well to look at the phenomenon more closely, for lessons relevant to our contexts.

More info:�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: Tigrinia, English (with English subtitles)

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Towards 2015- So What?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-16 12:28:15

Documentary made by UNESCO-IHE Water Management participants about the sense and non-sense of the water and sanitation related Millenium Development Goals. Do they come down to merely a number game?

The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNESCO-IHE.

More info:�http://www.unesco-ihe.org/
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Year: 2009
Language: English

Songhua River

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-16 14:16:26

The Songhua River forms the biggest river system in North East China. It flows over 200 kilometres through Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces before entering Russia, providing over 62 million people with drinking water.

Over the past few years of rapid economic development, several industries have come up along Songhua’s banks, discharging effluents and polluting its waters. In November 2005, an industrial accident at a petrochemical factory in Jilin City released a large amount of toxic material in the river.

While that was an unfortunate accident, it proved to be a flash point that got politicians’ and policymakers’ attention. �Since then, strict conditions have been imposed upon industries along the Songhua River to make sure that they treat effluents before releasing in its waters.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by:�Asian Development Bank
Year: 2011
Language: Mandarin and English

Tim Matson on building your own earth pond

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 10:02:37

Tim Matson explains how to site, design, shape, and plant these beloved fixtures of rural landscapes—and make them fit your property and your life.

More info:�http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/earth_ponds_dvd/
Produced by: Chelsea Green Publications
Year: 2010
Language: English

Mexico y el Agua vol 1

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 10:09:17

Public service announcement by Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.

More info: www.aguas.org.mx�
Produced by: Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Mexico y el Agua vol. 2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 10:23:18

Public service announcement by Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.

More info: www.aguas.org.mx
Produced by: Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Huella H�drica

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 10:26:28

Public service announcement by Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C on water footprints.

More info: www.aguas.org.mx
Produced by: Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Sabemos Agua

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 10:29:51

Public service announcement by Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.

More info: www.aguas.org.mx
Produced by: Consejo Consultivo del Agua, A.C.
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish

Leak Detective

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-18 12:02:46

A day (actually late night) in the office for Christine Acosta, Manila's 'Leak Detective.' As an employee of the local water utility, Acosta's terms of reference include detecting leaks in the city's massive water supply system.

The value of her work is best explained by a statistic: If utilities in Asia could cut there water losses by half, there would be enough water to service 150 million extra people.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by:�Asian Development Bank
Year: 2011
Language: English

Battle for the Xingu

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 10:29:15

Imagine if Hurricane Katrina was not a hurricane at all, but an event sponsored by the federal government, in collaboration with several multinational corporations. If your imagination fails you, then perhaps you'll get a clearer picture by learning about the people of the Xingu River.

The Xingu, a tributary of the Amazon, is home to over 10,000 indigenous people who rely on the river for survival. The Brazilian government, however, keen to develop the region, is proposing what would be the world's third largest hydroelectric dam, threatening to destroy the biodiversity of the Xingu River basin and deprive these people of their rights to a sustainable future.

Cultures of Resistance was in Altamira in 2008 for the Xingu Alive Encounter - one of the largest-ever gatherings of indigenous Brazilians - to witness the spectacular determination of the Amazon people to protect their way of life.

Today, plans to build the dam continue. Thankfully, so do the protests.

More info: www.culturesofresistance.org
Produced by: Cultures of Resistance
Year: 2010
Language: English and Espanol, English titles

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Elles et l'eau

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 11:49:56

La probl�matique de l'eau et des femmes.

More info: www.unesco.org
Produced by: UNESCO
Year: 1999
Language: French

Clip 2006 World Water Day

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 11:57:09

Promotional clips for 22 March - World Water Day 2006

More info:�www.unesco.org
Produced by: UNESCO
Year: 2006
Language: English, French, Spanish

Knowledge Network: Sustainability, Climate & Energy

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 12:00:24

How relevant is Dutch knowledge and knowledge development on water management and climate change for the global South? Between June 16-23, �2011, eighteen, mostly young, professionals from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya (total 14) and the Netherlands (4) performed a peer review. They followed four days of master classes in which collections of Dutch institutions presented themselves and then reflected on what they heard. On which issues should water knowledge sharing be focused? What are the specific climate adaptation knowledge needs in developing countries? And how could the Dutch government and the Dutch (knowledge) sector respond? Meanwhile, they were brokering South-North and South-South relations among academics and practitioners.

On the June 23, 2011 they gave feedback to a plenary session of the Knowledge Network at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They prepared general assessments as well as specific recommendations to consider. Of course, there was widespread praise for the Dutch knowledge and expertise. Besides that, a selection of interesting observations are presented.

More info:www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Fishermen Under Fire

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 12:00:47

The Israeli government's ongoing siege of Gaza has been particularly devastating for Gaza's roughly 3,000 fishermen. Although international law permits fishing within 20 miles of the Gaza coast, the Israeli navy has for years restricted fishermen to 3 miles, making a profitable catch nearly impossible. Beyond this, Israeli officials have harassed and humiliated fishermen operating within these illegally allotted limits. As a result, many fishermen have been forced out of work and driven into poverty.

Cultures of Resistance investigated the situation, filming the testimony of fishermen who continue to struggle under the blockade. You can hear their calls for justice in this short film.

More info:�www.culturesofresistance.org
Produced by: Cultures of Resistance
Year: 2010
Language: English and Espanol, English titles

Developpement urbain et ressources en eau

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-19 12:03:04

More info:�www.unesco.org
Produced by: UNESCO
Year: 1997
Language: French

Islands and Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-29 10:36:51

Climate change is one of the most serious environmental problems threatening our planet today. Examine its impacts on the small and isolated island countries in the South Pacific. In this video, learn about the pioneering initiative in Fiji's Coral Coast where coastal communities, environmentalists and the tourist sector industry bonded together to protect the water resources and save the fringing reef.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/Water/Knowledge-Center/documentaries.asp
Produced by:�Asian Development Bank
Year: 2007
Language: English

Clay and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-22 12:19:06

This video showcases how the people of Mali have combined Clay and Water to produce fascinating rural and urban architectural landscapes. The use of these materials is based on the logic that they are easily available locally, and most appropriate with respect to the local climate.

Clay is considered to be a non-durable and a not-so-noble material. However, some of these buildings are as grand and longstanding as some of the more celebrated mosques and cathedrals across the world hailed as architectural wonders.

More info: www.unesco.org�
Produced by: UNESCO
Year: 1976
Language: English

Cosechando Agua

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 18:39:07

1� Premio Fund. FEMSA, Categoria Documental. ECOFILM Festival 2011 Todos hablan del problema del agua, pocos de la soluci�n, que existe y esta a nuestro alcance, llega sola, cada a�o a trav�s de las nubes del Golfo de M�xico, que nos traen millones de litros de agua, agua que podemos cosechar.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Ximena Urrutia
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Maxtitlan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 17:25:35

Ganador del Premio CONAGUA 2011 Otorgado por el Festival de Cortometrajes Ambientales ECOFILM Festival.

Una persona nos cuenta sus gratos recuerdos de su infancia en un r�o en compa��a de sus amigos.

More info: www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Alberto Santos
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

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El agua de la Tierra

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 17:30:08

2do Lugar categoria animaci�n ECOFILM Festival 2011. Peque�a narracion que busca transmitir un mensaje positivo, claro y sencillo: Nuestro estilo de vida como sociedad esta afectando seriamente a nuestro planeta y poniendo en peligro los recursos naturales para todas las generaciones que est�n por venir.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Pedro Narvaez
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

A secas

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 17:34:05

1er Premio Fundaci�n FEMSA del ECOFILM Festival 2011.

Una hermosa criatura se enfrenta a la voracidad de su entorno en este corto de animaci�n 2D tan po�tico, como directo y elocuente.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Andreas Papacostas
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

H2NO

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 18:44:13

2� lugar Categoria Documental ECOFILM Festival 2011. Describe la problem�tica que viven distintas poblaciones del estado de Jalisco, pr�ximos a los cauces del rio Santiago, provocan estragos que son altamente da�inos para la salud y el medio ambiente. Un debate ante la vida y la muerte.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Guinduri Arroyo
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Autopreservacion

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 18:48:18

1� Premio Fund. FEMSA, Ficci�n. ECOFILM Festival 2011. En lo que parece ser una conferencia, un misterioso personaje da una pl�tica antropol�gica sobre la naturaleza del ser humano: de la caracter�stica evolutiva de la auto-preservaci�n y el af�n auto-destructivo de nuestra especie.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Alejandro M�rquez Vela
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Derrame del Caos

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-23 18:52:29

2� lugar Ficci�n ECOFILM Festival 2011.

More info:�www.ecofilmfestival.org
Produced by: Xul Cristians
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish

Le Sel de la Terre

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-24 12:39:49

Le manque d'eau dans certaines r�gions du monde produit des mauvais r�sultats en agriculture, la seule eau disponible est sal�e et en surface. L'eau souterraine, peut-elle �tre utilis�e pour l'irrigation dans les zones arides? Une exp�rience fut effectu�e dans la r�gion de Tazerka par le gouvernement Tunisien et l'Unesco dans le cadre du Programme des Nations Unies pour le D�veloppement.�

More info:�www.unesco.org�
Produced by:�UNESCO
Year: 1966
Language: Fran�ais

Monkey Cheeks Project (Kaem Ling)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-25 11:56:34

The term ‘monkey cheek’ was coined by King Bhumibol Adulyadei of Thailand as a metaphor to promote local water retention systems and is part of the ‘New Theory’ agriculture. It refers to monkeys filling up their cheeks with excess food. The food is stored and chewed and eaten later. The monkey cheek programme was initially started to solve the flood problems of Bangkok, but has subsequently been replicated all over the country, especially in the north-east.�

More info:�www.haii.or.th
Produced by:�
Year:
Language: English

Aceh Farmers: Back on the Land

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-26 11:31:23

Aceh Farmers: Back on the Land is a documentary film that features the rehabilitation of irrigation systems for the benefit of poor farmers in Aceh, Indonesia in the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami. The effort has been successful, largely as it sought to involve the farmers themselves in the process.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by: Asian Development Bank
Year: 2009
Language: Indonesian, Acehnese and English
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A Basin Perspective

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-26 11:53:55

The journey of a river, from a basin perspective.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by:�Asian Development Bank
Year: 2009
Language: Indonesian, Acehnese and English

De terre et d'eau

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-26 14:32:04

Architecture traditionnelle au Mali. Des monuments religieux jaillis de la terre dont ils sont faits, des maisons citadines � la juste mesure des hommes, des cases composant un paysage harmonieux o� se d�roule la vie pastorale, telles sont quelques unes des r�ussites de l'architecture traditionnelle au Mali. Le paysan-b�tisseur p�trit l'argile que patinent, au cours des si�cles, le vent et le soleil.

More info:�www.unesco.org
Produced by:�UNESCO�
Year: 1976
Language: French

Finding Water Data with CUAHSI HIS

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-30 09:38:59

This video demonstrates HydroDesktop-- a free, open source application for finding, getting, analyzing and using hydrologic data from the CUAHSI-HIS system.

The software can be downloaded from�http://his.cuahsi.org/hydrodesktop.html

More info:�www.cuahsi.org
Produced by:�Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc.
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Nodo de Conocimiento en Saneamiento Sostenible Descentralizado

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-30 17:34:01

El Nodo de Conocimiento en Saneamiento Sostenible Descentralizado en Bolivia (NSSD-Bolivia)busca generar condiciones favorables para implementar sistemas alternativos de Saneamiento Sostenible en Bolivia

The Ancient Lingqu Canal of China

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-31 10:54:56

The Lingqu Canal is located in Xing'an County, near Guilin, in the northeastern corner of Guangxi Province, China. It connects the Xiang River (which flows north, toward the Yangtze) with the Lijiang (which flows south into the Gui River), which in its turn continues toward the Xijiang), and thus is part of a historical waterway between the Yangtze and the Pearl River Delta.

In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.), ordered the construction of a canal connecting the Xiang River and the Lijiang, in order to attack the nearby southern country Baiyue. It is one of the three big water conservation projects of ancient China and is the oldest contour canal in the world. Its length reaches 36.4 km and was installed with thirty-six canal lock gates. The architect who designed the canal was Shi Lu.

The canal has been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tentative List.

(Source: Wikipedia)

This video provides an overview of the canal and an insight into its mechanics.

More info:�http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5339/
Produced by: Dajun DV
Year: 2011
Language: Mandarin

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Eureka

TheWaterChannel — 2011-08-31 13:34:18

More valuable than oil is water, that in the desert is almost impossible to find. Cilindro who is travelling through the desert on his jeep will soon learn this at his own expense…This teaches all of us an important lesson: water is an inestimable resource.

This video is part of Pet Pals TV series, developed as part of the H2Ooooh! Water�project by�Gruppo Alcuni in collaboration with UNESCO and RAI Fiction.�

More info:�http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/natural-sciences/water/h2ooooh-water-project/
Produced by: Gruppo Alcuni
Year: 2010
Language: Italian

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A Strange Season: Salmon, Lawsuits, & the BDCP

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 16:57:27

We seem to be in the middle of a very a strange season. There has been a glimmer of hope that the numbers of wild salmon are finally showing signs that they are starting to rebound. Enough so that the Federal agencies who determine if there are enough fish in the system to allow a full fishing season told both recreational and commercial salmon fishermen to go fishing. Finally some good news! But wait, there's suddenly more to this story. A group of Central Valley irrigators, who supply water to agriculture and industrial customers, has filed suit in Federal court to reverse the government's go fishing decision. They seek to ban anyone from catching salmon this year.

This video explores this strange turn of events and also takes a look at the latest twists and turns impacting efforts to fix the Delta. As part of the National Academy of Science's review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan's (BDCP) work and recommendations, the NAS has pointed out a significant flaw in the BDCP blueprint. This Salmon Water Now video looks at the continuing BDCP controversy and the stop-the-fishing lawsuit. Once again we point to the Westlands Water District as a player in both stories (even though they are not listed on the lawsuit). We feature a portion of Westland's General Manager Tom Birmingham's comments made at a recent Congressional field hearing in Fresno. We're doing our part to keep information flowing about the seemingly never-ending struggle over water, wild salmon, and California's fragile ecosystem. We think it matters and we encourage the sharing of this and other Salmon Water Now videos to help people understand the changing and challenging dynamics that are in play.

This Salmon Water Now production is dedicated to the memory of Byron Leydecker. Mr. Leydecker founded Friends of the Trinity River and was a tireless advocate to protect the river and restore the river's struggling salmon stocks. Salmon Water Now was honored to have had his enthusiastic support of our production efforts. But more importantly, the Trinity river and the salmon that run through it, are better off because he was here when they needed him the most.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Asia Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-05 09:53:47

Arjun Thapan, ADB's Special Senior Advisor to the President on Infrastructure and Water, breaks down the principal, interrelated factors of Asia's water crisis in this interview with ABC Australia. Thapan is hopeful however that conflicts over water will be resolved through "consultations and collaboration leading to negotiated settlement."

Climate change in Dordrecht: Global Changes, Local Actions

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-05 16:10:24

Documentary made by UNESCO-IHE Water Management participants about climate change and local actions taken in Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

The opinions expressed in this video are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNESCO-IHE.

More info:�http://www.unesco-ihe.org/
Produced by: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
Year: 2010
Language: English

Salmon is the Main Course

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 16:53:39

Ah, Fresno in April. The birds chirping, the sounds of baby salmon being ground-up in the pumps, the smell of alfalfa in the morning as the selenium and pesticide residues leech deeply into the aquifer. A perfect setting for a Congressional committee hearing.

The House Natural Resources Committee's Water and Power Subcommittee held a field hearing in Fresno recently. They called it, "Creating Jobs by Overcoming Man-Made Drought: Time for Congress to Listen and Act." Certainly an important subject. One salmon fisherman was invited to speak. The room was packed. For the most part, the Republican majority committee members, the agriculture and water irrigator speakers, and most of the assembled audience did not like what that fisherman had to say. This video provides a look at the politics and political theater of that hearing in Fresno.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Water How Much!

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-05 17:38:06

It's a game played by the children, especially girls in the rural areas of Bundelkhand, India, where they play with the imagination of water- Ghor Ghor Rani (Gol Gol Rani in Hindi).

Here in the film, the game has metaphorically presenting a grim reality. Absence of water, scarcity of life giving substance, here is pointed at through the game. Simplicity of the message of preserving water is presented in poignant manner, through the game of little girls. A life-time of struggle for water, probably awaits these young girls. Don't waste water from young lips becomes a cry in this short film. Here conservation of water is the message of the film presented in a touching manner.

More info:
Produced by: Sunil Sharma
Year: 2011
Language: Hindi with English subtitles

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Mphanda Nkuwa - we fear the unknown future

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-06 10:11:11

In the testimonies of the communities living alongside the Zambezi River, the story of their fears and concerns about the proposed Mphanda Nkuwa Dam are shared, as well as the concerns of the environmental organisation Justica Ambiental. Names of community members and translators are still to be added. This is being updated in time for the International Day of Action against Dams and for Rivers, Water and Life on 14 March 2009. This video was filmed and edited by Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group and Justica Ambiental, and is based on a field trip undertaken with International Rivers, Environmental Defense and Justical Ambiental.

More info:�www.ecodocafrica.co.za

Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group�

Year: 2009

Language: English

Lori Pottinger on the Mphanda Nkuwa

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-06 10:28:12

International Rivers' Lori Pottinger talks about how the Mphanda Nkuwa Dam, proposed for the Zambezi River, will not meet the development needs of Mozambiquans and will have large social, environmental and economic impacts.

More info:�www.ecodocafrica.co.za

Produced by: Liane Greeff for the Environmental Monitoring Group�

Year: 2009

Language: English

Spate Irrigation- Breaching of a Soil Bund

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-06 12:23:33

In lowland spate irrigation,soil bunds are essential for diversion of flood water to the land. This clip shows how a soil bund is breached (and its sides slumped) in order to divert the waters.�

More info:�http://www.spate-irrigation.org/
Produced by: Noman Sadozai
Year: 2011
Language: None�

Rice advice: Spotted seed means diseased seeds

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-08 16:22:53

There are many problems with poor seed, and spotted and discolored seed are some of the major ones. These spotted seeds could not be removed by winnowing or seed floatation. They can only be removed by manual sorting. By seeing this video you will learn how to clean seed as one of the interventions to produce and use healthy seed.

More information:�www.africaricecenter.org
Produced by: Africa Rice Center
Year:
Language: English

'Chadas' - Ancient water lifting device.

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-12 06:55:27

In pockets of Rajasthan state, India still remains one of the oldest forms of lifting water from wells for irrigation using animal draught power. This is called the 'Chadas'a tin drum with a leather snout attached in this case. Bullocks walking down an incline lift the water up from an 80 feet deep well. With the arrival of electricity and diesel pumps this millenia old technology a true water heritage will disappear.

More info:�http://www.rainwaterclub.org/
Produced by: Zenrainman
Year: 2011
Language: Hindi, with English subtitles

Water Before Anything: Crisis and Transformation -Umatilla Groundwater

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-13 10:15:58

This new and engaging film looks at the possibility of water as a force for bringing people together- rather than pushing them apart.�

As the world faces a future of water scarcity and diminished water quality, this film is a compelling story of one area in the United States and how it is dealing with the issues of water conflict. This unique film engages the audience to look at how scarce water resources can be a bridge to get people to work together.

We are invited into a small community in Oregon, where over the course of five years, residents worked together to find solutions to their water crisis. Filmmaker Sarah Sheldrick interviews a range of stakeholders on the hardships and hopes for their community. Sheldrick's talents as a storyteller successfully integrates these elements with the science of groundwater and the complex steps of a regional task force working through conflict resolution to form policy.

More info:�http://water.oregonstate.edu/
Produced by: Institute for Water and Watersheds/ The Wild Horse Foundation/ Sarah Sheldrick
Year: 2009
Language: English

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Smart Water Solutions- An Update on Low-cost Water Technologies

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-15 00:34:51

Innovations over the last 10 years have drastically reduced the cost and increased the sustainability of many water and sanitation technologies. These can be harnessed by the private sector all over the world to develop affordable solutions for local water use/ sanitation needs. Through large scale capacity building on Smart Techs, developing countries could reach WASH (WAter, Sanitation and Hygiene) related MDGs (4 and 7), improve food security and increase incomes rural incomes.

In TheWaterChannel webinar on September 14, 2011, Henk Holtslag demonstrated some Smart Tech solutions with proven impact in various parts of the world. He also discussed what goes into increasing their uptake by the water users and businesses. As policy prescription, Henk proposes that:
(a )�To reduce poverty (MDG1) it is more cost effective to invest in family water systems than it is to invest in community water systems, and�
(b)�To reduce water borne diseases it is most cost-effective to invest in hygiene / point-of-use treatment. Download the webinar presentation.

More info:�http://300in6.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

The Cerrado of Brazil

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-16 12:40:44

The Brazilian savannah or cerrado is a semi-arid region of the South American interior. In the rugged, dry landscape are beautiful surprises — high waterfalls, moonscapes, and exotic plants that thrive on regular fires. Here, staff from WWF visit the water resources of the cerrado, talk about their threats and special qualities, and why this little-known region is so important to preserve for the future.

More info: www.climatechangewater.org
Produced by: WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English
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Water U-Can Trust Citizen Ambassador

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-16 19:29:02

Introducing our well researched new solar powered outdoor automated 24/7 provision of clean highest quality drinking water, worldwide. This project has been ignored because the plastic bottle cartel of water would reduce their profits and the fact that millions of children's lives could be saved. Your comments and support is appreciated.... why not visit our website to discover further benefits for mankind.... www.waterucantrust.com

A River Runs Through Sustainable Development

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-19 09:58:07

In an interview with Frederik Pischke, we discuss how water management and climate change work with and against each other to facilitate or retard climate adaptation, discussing UN Water, work with farmers in Bolivia, Ethiopian water monitoring, and the role of catastrophic events in cognitive shifts.�

More info:�www.climatechangewater.org
Produced by:�WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

The End of Abundance: Food & Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-20 14:59:49

“You have to make it profitable for the farmer to use less water,” says economist David Zetland, introducing a chapter called ‘Food and Water’ from his recent book, The End of Abundance.

He argues that food shortages and water shortages are both caused by prices that are too low or policies that block trade from surplus to deficit areas. We need to retool institutions that govern water supply and use, that were designed in a context when water was abundant.

David will discuss this (And related topics) in TheWaterChannel’s upcoming webinar on September 28, titled ‘Water and Food: Agricultural Flows and Water Markets.’ To register, send us your full name and email id at info@thewaterchannel.tv

More info:http://endofabundance.com/
Produced by: David Zetland
Year: 2011
Language: English

Climate-Relevant Conservation: Water, Infrastructure, and Institutions

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-22 16:53:38

The conservation community has not fully accounted for the implications of climate change to our work, which has become integrated with economic development in recent decades. Many of the largest impacts on ecosystems and species come from infrastructure investments, especially water infrastructure.

Given the sensitivity of the water cycle to climate change, there is a high risk of long-lived water infrastructure developing such severe mismatches with its ambient climate that the investment both impoverishes developing countries and accelerates ecosystem declines. We suggest some mechanisms to reduce these impacts.

More info:�www.climatechangewater.org
Produced by:�WWF US
Year: 2009
Language: English

The Story of Water Management on the Bow River

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-26 05:16:37

Episode One: The Bow River � The expanse of the Bow River and its uses by cities, agriculture and for power generation. Through the vision, funding and support of the Bow River, Eastern and Western Irrigations Districts, we are excited to showcase this initial series of ten HD-quality, professional videos on The Story of Water Management on the Bow River. Year: 2011� Language: English �

The Bow River: Irrigation and Food

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-26 05:25:28

Through the vision, funding and support of the Bow River, Eastern and Western Irrigations Districts, we are excited to showcase this initial series of ten HD-quality, professional videos on The Story of Water Management on the Bow River. Episode Seven: Irrigation and Food - Proof that fresh food for urban and rural residents alike does not come on a truck from California. Year: 2011� Language: English�

Bow River: Water Management

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-27 05:04:53

Episode Six: Water Management – Why the same amount of water in the Bow River does way more than it used to – and will do even more in the future.

More info:http://www.albertawatersmart.com/
Produced by:�Alberta Water
Year: 2011�
Language: English�

Bow River: Settlers Wanted, Just Add Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-27 05:00:47

Episode Two: Settlers Wanted, Just Add Water � The history of irrigation on the Bow, from its 1869 beginnings as a way to settle the west, to the present day modern and sophisticated system. Year: 2011� Language: English

Bow River: Irrigation and Ecology

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-27 05:07:13

Episode Eight: Irrigation and Ecology – Stewardship protects and enhances the ecology of southern Alberta.

More info:http://www.albertawatersmart.com/
Produced by:�Alberta Water
Year: 2011�
Language: English�

Future of Irrigation on the Bow River

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-27 05:09:12

Episode Ten: Future of Irrigation on the Bow River – That there is enough water in the Bow for all its present users, and that irrigation, required to feed the population, will continue as long as the river runs.

More info:http://www.albertawatersmart.com/
Produced by:�Alberta Water
Year: 2011�
Language: English

Pakistan: Floods, Society and Sources of Resilience

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-03 21:19:04

For two years in a row, Pakistan has been hit by heavy rains and severe flooding. Since July 2010, over 29 million people have been affected and 3.2 million homes damaged. This year alone, around 2.7 hectares of farmland has been destroyed and 675,000 people displaced from their homes.

While the death and destruction is nothing but unfortunate, the floods have also underscored sources of disaster-resilience within the Pakistani society. We would do well to study them and build them into our strategies to face extreme climate events, as they threaten to become more and more frequent.

In this interview, Naseer Memon, Chief Executive of Pakistani civil society organisation SPO, details this very point in the context of the 2010 floods and the role of the government, the media and aid agencies.

More info:�http://www.spopk.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011�

Water and Food: Agricultural Flows and Water Markets

TheWaterChannel — 2011-09-29 14:03:54

Worldwide, our freshwater resources are depleting. Many even argue that we have reached the point of crisis. Some people claim the end of abundant water means the beginning of food shortage. But that’s not necessarily going to happen.� Food shortages and water shortages are both caused by prices that are too low or policies that block trade from surplus to deficit areas. We need to retool institutions that govern water supply and use, that were designed in a context when water was abundant.

This is the recording �of TheWaterChannel webinar on September 28, 2011, where David Zetland (Wageningen University)�discussed physical and institutional dimensions affecting agricultural water flows, farmers’ irrigation and crop decisions, distortions caused by faulty policies and how water markets can be harnessed to manage scarcity. Among (many) other things, David discussed:

1) How to make it profitable for farmers be more efficient with their water use
2) All-in-Auctions, a proposed mechanism for reallocating water-rights, and�
3) Fish-as-food, and food security.

Webinar-related resources are on�http://webinar.thewaterchannel.tv/

More info:�http://endofabundance.com/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Language: English
Year: 2011

A Non-Californian's Guide to the Whacky World of California Water: A Video Primer

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-04 20:24:09

A Non-Californian's Guide to the Whacky World of California Water: A Video Primer (19:32) Ok, Californian's, this video is not for you (but please watch, anyway). This video is for the rest of America. It's for your family and friends who don't live in The Golden State. This video is was made to counter the misinformation, that since 2009 has been spewing from supposedly respectable national media about the state's water crisis and agriculture.

To understand why we've made this video, do this little exercise and see for yourself what answers you get. Ask a non-Californian if they know anything about problems facing California agriculture. Phrase the question anyway you'd like, We think the answer you'll get is that farmers in California are suffering because (radical) environmentalists are trying to save a two-inch fish, forcing the government to turn off irrigation water. They might add that farmers are going bankrupt, farm fields are being fallowed, and food prices are going to go up because of this madness. Go ahead, test our thesis. The reality is, of course, much more complex. But two years of intentional distortions takes a toll on the truth. Add grandstanding politicians and sloppy reporting by news organizations that should know better and you have an American population with incomplete information at best, or misinformation at worst. Now, we'll be the first to acknowledge this video has a point-of-view but it's a perspective on California's water story that has not been told nearly enough.

For those who have seen some or all of Salmon Water Now videos, you'll see some familiar segments. We've taken portions of other videos, added new material and structured a story that explains the plight of people and salmon. It's our way to shine a light on what has been so wrong for so long. Please, share this video with friends and family who live outside of California. Hell, share it with everyone you know. California's world of water is whacky and this video will provide a perspective that the most powerful water users would rather America not think about. Because the last thing they want to admit is that salmon need salmon water, now!

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by: Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011�

Best We Can Do: Saving Salmon?

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-04 20:26:06

Best We Can Do: Saving Salmon? (13:47) There is no question that the once might runs of California salmon are in deep trouble. There is also no question about how they got that way. The simple answer is that human activities, over many decades, have made the salmon's life-cycle much more difficult than nature intended. Fortunately, there are efforts that humans have taken to mitigate the problems caused by massive engineering projects that have diverted and dammed rivers. This video explores the two main attempts to help salmon survive the challenges created by the building of the Central Valley Project and California's State Water Project. Hatcheries have been around a very long time. The government hatcheries have become a critical tool in keeping salmon around. Many experts think that salmon would be gone by now if not for hatcheries. But as important as they are, they are not perfect. Better decisions need to be made regarding when and where to release baby salmon into the wild. We look at how hatcheries operate and watch as fish are released into a river. Another effort to mitigate the damage done to salmon takes place a couple miles from the giant water pumps at Tracy. The pumps that push Delta water south for agriculture and Southern California urban users are notorious for killing millions of fish. We visit the US government's Tracy Fish Collection Facility to see how fish are screened before they can get sucked into the pumps. It's a facility built in the 1950s specifically to salvage fish. After watching this video you can determine for yourself if this facility is really able to make a difference. Salmon need all the help they can get. But is this best we can do?

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011�

Salmon Speak to Gov Brown: The Full Series

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-04 20:28:29

If Salmon Could Speak to Governor Brown: The Full Series (32:49) What if salmon could speak? We imagine that they would have a lot to say about how difficult their lives have been because of the way humans have treated their environment.

The past decade has not been kind to salmon but it is not too late to fix the problems that have pushed wild California salmon to the edge of extinction. The person who can have the greatest impact on reversing salmon's march to oblivion is California's past and current governor, Jerry Brown. The people he hires or appoints to manage and repair California's water system can make a difference. But they need to follow sound science and reject the hysterical political grandstanding of those who only care about their own greedy ambitions. Fix the Delta This is the starting point. Getting the Delta back to health will require stronger flows and much less water diversions. But if sound, peer-reviewed science is followed, then we believe that salmon can come back to health, too. Habitat Restoration Restoring habitat is critical to returning salmon runs back to healthy numbers. There is much work to be done in rivers and streams and the Delta. But science knows what needs to happen and if there is a will to fix salmon's trashed habitat, they will bounce back. Building Things Dams, tunnels, and canals are not the answer to salmon's problems. There are other solutions that make much more sense. Besides, given California's fiscal health, expensive construction projects should be out of the question. The aborted water bond that was removed from the 2010 ballot and moved to 2012 is still a disaster, calling for more dams and more construction. Building things is still a part of the conversation but it is time to reject that approach, once and for all. Water Conservation Agriculture uses 80% of the developed water in California. Urban users account for 11%. Both agriculture and urban water users need to conserve. Price elasticity is the key to encouraging changed behaviors from all users.

The Best Science Of all the points made in this video series this is THE most important. The best science available must be followed if we are to reverse salmon's decline and restore them back to health. For too long, sound science has been dismissed or ridiculed by politicians and water managers unwilling to accept any solution that would result in reduced water deliveries. But it is clear that if the Delta is to be restored and salmon habitats renewed, then strong, peer-reviewed science must lead the way. Governor Brown, the once bountiful runs of wild California salmon are depending on you and those who work for you, to be heroes. To do the right things that will reverse salmon's sad decline and begin a recovery program that will restore them back to health. After all, salmon are California's most senior water rights holder and we have a responsibility to fix what has been so wrong, once and for all. The Human Costs When salmon are in trouble, people are hurt. Fishing families that have depended on healthy runs of salmon are themselves becoming extinct. Families are hurting. Coastal communities are in trouble. The infrastructure that supports both commercial and recreational fishing is under severe stress and close to collapsing. This video, the last of our six-part series speaks to these issues.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 09:48:29

Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine "planetary boundaries" that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecosystems.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.

More info: John Rockstorm at the Stockholm Resilience Centre
Produced by: TED
Year: 2011
Language: English
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Spate Irrigation: Traditional Engineering in Hadramawt

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-05 13:47:23

“Floods are not always a hazard. They may also sustain aquatic life and riverine biodiversity, recharge aquifers, enrich soilds and in some of the world's poorest areas they are the main source of irrigation.” -- Global Water Partnership (2000) 'Toward water security: a framework for action

Spate irrigation is the art and science of managing floods for irrigation. It is unique to arid and semi-arid environments, found in the Middle East, North Africa, West Asia, East Africa and parts of Latin America.

In this video, Frank van Steenbergen takes us through examples of traditional engineering in Hadramawt, Yemen. Designed to manage flood discharges from an inland river, the origin of these structures is centuries old. The farmers, however, have also been using modern construction material and techniques to reinforce them and enhance their utility.

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Science, Politics, and Salmon

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 16:55:28

What does it take to get to the truth? How hard is it to come up with a scientifically sound explanation for the disastrous decline of Pacific salmon? The San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento Delta have been studied over and over again. The science seems pretty clear.

Salmon and other species that depend on a healthy mix of salt and fresh water have been seriously hurt by excessive water diversions. Put simply, not enough fresh water is flowing through The Delta and San Francisco Bay because it is being sent to big growers in the Central Valley. Inadequate fresh water flows because of natural drought are made worse by big agricultures never-ending demands for more and more water. Water for crops planted on unsuitable, problem soil.

Add politics to the mix and you have a clear path to the decline of salmon and plenty of other species. Politics and money tell the story. Watch this video to see just how big money, big agriculture, and political contributions have prostituted the work of government scientists. Its still going on. And, the salmon are not recovered, still.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Saving Cambodia's Great Lake

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-05 17:27:16

In Cambodia today, there is growing awareness that the Tonle Sap Lake and its remarkable wetland habitat must be protected—before it is too late.

The Tonle Sap is among the most productive freshwater fisheries in the world. The Cambodian people depend on the lake's resources, but how long can it last? The Tonle Sap has become an environmental hotspot. Fish stocks are threatened by cutting of the flooded forest, overexploitation, and illegal fishing practice. Growing pollution and erosion of soil from the watershed are accelerating the lake's demise.

While the lake is under attack on many fronts, there are grounds for optimism. This video documentary is the story of this wondrous wetland and the people who depend on it for survival. It is the story of communities working together to protect the lake's resources and improve their livelihood.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/Photos/CAM/CAM-tonlesap-intro.asp
Produced by: ADB Water
Year: 2005
Language: English

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Bullies of Westlands Part 1 of 2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 16:59:27

We believe that in the last couple of years, the once mighty runs of wild salmon have been decimated by the self-righteous bulling tactics of the Westlands Water District. This Salmon Water Now video looks at the words and deeds of Westlands as they push for more and more water to be shipped south of the Delta to irrigate crops on problem soil. We see and hear the voices of Westlands and the politicians and media that have been carrying their messages -- demanding that their need for water trumps all others. Along the way, we document the struggle of fishery managers trying to determine how many salmon are in the ocean (not many!). We put the lie to the Westlands claims that reduced water deliveries have put America's agricultural output in jeopardy. We contrast the record, surplus crops of tomatoes, and almonds shipped to China, against the low numbers of salmon that are sold domestically for $20 a pound. Something is not right. The Westlands Water District's bullying tactics.

Their unwillingness to be reasonable in the face of sound science regarding the health of the Delta and the need for balance is not right. It is not too late for Westlands to become good citizens. To accept their role in the tragic reality of wild salmon forced to the edge of extinction. It is not too late for Westlands to actually encourage balance and sharing of water. Will it happen? The odds are against the survival of salmon as long as the bullies of Westlands have their way. Watch the video and see for yourself. It is time to make what is wrong, right again. It is time for bullies to be dismissed for what they are. It is time for salmon water, now!

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Bullies of Westlands Part 2 of 2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 17:01:05

You know a bully when you see one. They use their strength and power to get their way or to influence an outcome. A bully can be a person, or an organization. In California's on-going struggle over water, the biggest bully of them all is the Westlands Water District on the West side of the San Joaquin valley. We believe that in the last couple of years, the once mighty runs of wild salmon have been decimated by the self-righteous bulling tactics of the Westlands Water District. This Salmon Water Now video looks at the words and deeds of Westlands as they push for more and more water to be shipped south of the Delta to irrigate crops on problem soil. We see and hear the voices of Westlands and the politicians and media that have been carrying their messages -- demanding that their need for water trumps all others. Along the way, we document the struggle of fishery managers trying to determine how many salmon are in the ocean (not many!).

We put the lie to the Westlands claims that reduced water deliveries have put America's agricultural output in jeopardy. We contrast the record, surplus crops of tomatoes, and almonds shipped to China, against the low numbers of salmon that are sold domestically for $20 a pound. Something is not right. The Westlands Water District's bullying tactics. Their unwillingness to be reasonable in the face of sound science regarding the health of the Delta and the need for balance is not right. It is not too late for Westlands to become good citizens. To accept their role in the tragic reality of wild salmon forced to the edge of extinction. It is not too late for Westlands to actually encourage balance and sharing of water. Will it happen? The odds are against the survival of salmon as long as the bullies of Westlands have their way. Watch the video and see for yourself. It is time to make what is wrong, right again. It is time for bullies to be dismissed for what they are. It is time for salmon water, now!

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Westlands BDCP Blues

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 17:03:11

Sometimes it hurts being big and powerful. You have to dodge the slings and arrows of those who would like to see you disappear or, at the very least, change your attitude. The Westlands Water District has decided to end their participation in the State's effort to fix California's most difficult water issues. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) has been moving along for four years. $140 million dollars has been spent so far and the controversy that started when the work began has not ended. In fact it has grown. At a recent meeting of the Assembly's Water, Parks and Wildlife Resources committee meeting about the current status of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP).

Westlands representative seemed to be all gloom and doom about the current state of the BDCP work, in part because "environmental groups" have been sending letters that contain "nasty rhetoric" and ignore "economic realities." A few days after their comments they withdrew their support of the effort. This video describes the work of the BDCP and features Westlands comments. More importantly it makes a case for putting Westlands out of their water uncertainties and calls for taking the toxic, saline land out of production to save water needed to restore the Delta. The BDCP process may or may not be good for the Delta but retiring problem land and overturning the Monterey Plus Amendments would go a long way to make what is wrong, right again. Westlands needs to think about what is at stake and lead a path of change instead of crying the blues.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Sport Salmon

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-06 17:05:06

500,000 thats the number of boat trips that recreational and sport fishermen take to catch Wild California King salmon in normal years. But it has been more than two years since anyone has been allowed to catch a salmon. More than two years since moms and dads could share the thrill of the catch with their children.

More than two years that the rich community and family experience of catching, cooking, and eating the best tasting salmon in the world has been anything other than a dim memory. Except for a 10-day mini sport season that was allowed in and near Eureka beginning at the end of August 2009. For those 10-days the thrill of the catch meant a booming business for lodging, restaurants, gas stations, tackle shops, and many other businesses associated with recreational fishing.

This video looks at the powerful connection of recreational salmon fishing on the economy and the visceral excitement of anglers able to finally fish. Most importantly though, is the need for sport fishermen to join the political battle to save salmon from extinction a very real possibility if the November 2010 California water bond ballot measure passes.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Marketing Madagascar

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-07 09:47:36

Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, and many of the Malagasy count among the rural poor. The East Coast, however, is very rich in the variety of crops grown and the�Rural Income Promotion Programme�project is all about exploiting this abundance to the fullest.

(Watch�all videos�related to the Madagascar PPRR programme)

More info: PPRR Project
Produced by: Flooded Cellar Productions�and IFAD
Year: 2011
Language: English and Malagasy

Madagascar: (Agricultural) Market Access Centres

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-07 10:55:27

The Rural Income Promotion Programme in Madagascar has the aim, through partnership poles between producers/transporters/processors and traders, of increasing the income and food security of the rural inhabitants of Toamasina Province, 87.9�per�cent of whom are poor, and enhancing the ability of communities to take charge of their own development.

Different parts of the project are divided into 'poles of growth,' which revolve around that pole's Market Access Centre. The centre is where different stakeholders can now meet on equal terms.

(Watch�all videos�related to the Madagascar PPRR programme)

More info:�PPRR Project
Produced by:�Flooded Cellar Productions�and IFAD
Year: 2011
Language: English and Malagasy

Madagascar: Spirit of Enterprise

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-07 11:25:38

In "The Spitit of Enterprise" the PROSPRER project (The Programme for the Rural Microenterprise Poles and Regional Economies) is introduced and the rationale for supporting rural enterprise is outlined. The goals of the project are highlighted with information on results and impact.

More info: www.prosperer.mg
Produced by: IFAD�
Year: 2010
Language:�

Be the change you want to see; Shah Rukh Khan, Global WASH Ambassador

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-11 13:38:44

The King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Kahn, takes us on his life journey, an inspiring and aspirational trip that also has implications for leadership in the work to improve the world's sanitation and hygiene situation.

(Cinematography by Ayush Das, www.ayushdas.com)

More info: www.wsscc.org
Produced by: Young Asia Television
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Shah Rukh Khan: Sanitation and hygiene in India

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-11 13:42:09

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan talks to Indians about the importance of good sanitation and hygiene.�

(Cinematography by Ayush Das, www.ayushdas.com)

More info:�www.wsscc.org
Produced by:�Young Asia Television
Year: 2011
Language: English

A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-11 16:42:46

Imagine being told by the government that you can no longer do the work you've been doing because the government just made it an illegal activity. Sorry, you'll have to find something else to do.

That happened in 2008 when it became illegal to fish for salmon off the coast of California and Oregon. Suddenly, families dependent on having healthy runs of wild salmon were put out of business. The towns that relied on salmon fishing to support local businesses were tragically on their way to economic ruin. A grim reality. A reality caused by a sharp and unexpected decline of wild salmon populations that came as a result of excessive water diversions in salmon habitat. Because the salmon water was now flowing to Westside San Joaquin Valley agribusiness and Southern California. Water needed by salmon to thrive. Three years after the salmon fishing ban started, it was lifted. Finally, the towns that depended on salmon fishing were back in business. Fort Bragg, California is not that easy to get to. But when salmon are fishable, people flock to the town. Salmon are an economic magnet. Other then being in Fort Bragg yourself, there is no better way to see just how much an impact that salmon have then by watching this Salmon Water Now video. The town went through horrible economic misery while salmon fishing was banned. Look at it now! A True Fish Tale: Fort Bragg Now, without a single word of narration, makes a powerful counter-point to the silence on the subject by Westlands Water District and other Central Valley water irrigators who demand more and more water. There is enough water in California for both agriculture and salmon. As you can see in this video, making sure water is fairly allocated is critical.

We hope our pictures, and the words of the people in Fort Bragg, make a lasting impression on those who would dismiss the cultural and economic importance of wild salmon.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Joy!

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-11 16:45:01

Salmon Water Now could not let the beginning of Salmon Month 2011 (October) start without a video contribution. This video is not about farm water, Westlands, water politics or the struggles that have occupied so much of our attention for the past two years. This is about joy. Charter boats filled with happy, smiling fisherman coming home with limits of California King salmon. This short video shows the scene from a late Summer afternoon at the Sausalito marina but it is happening at all the traditional spots for salmon fishing along the coast of California and Oregon. There is still time to get your own salmon. Call a charter boat and reserve your spot before the 2011 season ends. Or just watch this video and smile.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Paper Water (Part 4 of 4) Westlands Water District

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-14 00:52:34

Westlands Water District Without a doubt, the Westlands Water District is the most powerful and loudest voice in the battle over water use. This segment of Paper Water looks at who the players are in Westlands and what we believe is their ultimate endgame. Their continuing demands for more and more water have put salmon on the bring of extinction. But, for what? They will tell you they need the water to irrigate crops, which is true. But the land they grow those crops in is toxic, desert soil that will eventually become totally unsuitable for agriculture. They know that but water rights are more valuable than the crops they grow so they continue to demand water that is critical for recovering salmon.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Paper Water (Part 3 of 4) Monterey Amendments

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-14 00:55:03

Monterey Plus Amendments In 1994 the state contractors that deliver water to cities and agriculture met secretly in Monterey to re-write the rules of water delivery. They wanted to change the rules that protected urban areas in times of drought. This is a very difficult subject to understand but the bottom line is that the original 1960 rules were thrown out so that big agriculture and big real estate developers could have their way with a public trust resource, water. And here again, the name of Paramount Farms and Stewart Resnick comes into the story.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Paper Water (Part 2 of 4) Kern Water Bank

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-14 00:57:10

Kern Water Bank The story of the Kern Water Bank is important because it started as a taxpayer-funded project to store water underground so it could be made available in times of scarcity to those who needed it. But the State ended up walking away from the project and handed it over to the Kern Water Agency who immediately gave ownership of it to the Kern Water Bank Authority, an entity made up of water districts and Paramount Farms, owned by Stewart Resnick. Mr. Resnick is the major owner and beneficiary of this former State-owned water bank and it has made him even richer and more powerful.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Paper Water: And Other Sordid Tales (Pt. 1 of 4) Stewart Resnick

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-14 01:00:32

Paper Water is a video about the sordid things happening in California's water world. It is about four corners of darkness that a handful of wealthy and powerful individuals and agribusiness corporations would rather not be talked about. The subjects of this video are: Beverley Hills billionaire "farmer" Stewart Resnick, the Kern Water Bank, the Monterey Plus Amendments, and the powerful Westlands Water District. Any one of these stories is alarming.

Taken together as a whole, it is easy to see why wild California King salmon are on the edge of extinction and why California taxpayers and water rate payers in southern California are being screwed. Stewart Resnick Beverley Hills billionaire "farmer" Stewart Resnick is well known for his generous gift giving. He has given millions of dollars for hospitals, art museums, education and research that benefit many. But less well known are his donations to state and national politicians.

This segment of Paper Water documents his political donations, his connections to powerful politicians, and his need for unlimited irrigation water to keep his Paramount Farms business productive. It has Mr. Resnick who demanded that the National Academy of Science re-review the work of Federal scientists that resulted in pumping restrictions of Delta water in order to protect salmon and other species from going extinct. He did not agree with those protection plans so he pushed Senator Diane Feinstein to have the Obama administration review the validity of the plans. That cost taxpayers $750,000 only to be told that the protection plan was "scientifically justified." Mr. Resnick is a very wealthy and powerful player in the struggle over California Water and as you will see in this video, his name keeps popping up.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

The Water Pirates (Hurting Salmon)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-14 01:03:50

The Water Pirates is the first of many videos that explain why it is critical to defeat the water bond that will be on Californias November ballot. The $11 billion dollar measure is a pork-filled, naked power grab that will enrich a small group of wealthy powerful interests at the expense of an already bankrupt California - and thats just for starters. If it passes, it will kill The Delta and be the end for the biggest and most important estuary in North and South America, San Francisco Bay. Stop the water pirates! They are working hard to make publicly owned water their privately owned asset. Its happening now and the pirates need to be stopped! Watch and share this video. Vote NO on the water bond. Together, we can make what is wrong, right again.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Ecotourism Balochistan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-24 10:37:56

The coast of Balochistan offers spectacular scenery and is accessible by road or by air. IUCN projects on coastal rehabilitation of mangroves has increased bird and marine wildlife. The pristine coast and creeks offer recreation opportunities for ecotourism.

More info: IUCN in Balochistan
Produced by: Eckova
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Mangroves and Livelihoods: Balochistan

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-24 10:39:40

The impact of an IUCN project on the lives and livlihood of the fishing communities of coastal Balochistan, Pakistan through replanting of mangroves. This project has improved fishing, brought back wildlife, educated the community on the impact of the mangroves, and employs individuals in managing the mangrove plantation.

More info:�IUCN in Balochistan
Produced by:�Eckova
Year: 2011
Language: English

All-in-Auctions for Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-24 12:10:52

Water Economist David Zetland demonstrates All-in-Auctions, a proposed mechanism for reallocating scarce water among owners. The idea is to move water to those who would value it the most, while ensuring that those who hold the water rights are compensated adequately.

The broader idea behind such an auction is to manage water resources within their current context of scarcity, as opposed to institutions/ mechanisms formulated in times when water was abundant.

More on All-in-Auctions can be found in this powerpoint, this�academic paper,�this public lecture, this webinar, and this recent book by Mr. Zetland.

More info:http://endofabundance.com/
Produced by: David Zetland
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -5

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-25 09:51:03

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Zurelly Rodriguez Parra – Bogot�-Colombia
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -4

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-25 11:34:36

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Tzu Yi Lee
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Water Voices - Waibulabula: Living Waters, Fiji

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-25 16:22:51

Development over the years has caused critical damage to the reef and degraded village water sources on the coral coast in the Fiji Islands. Now coastal communities, a local NGO and a tourist resort are working together to save the reef, and protect and manage water resources.

More info:�ADB Water for All�
Producer: Asian Development Bank�
Year: 2003
Language: English

Minor Crops in Spate Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-26 18:22:34

In this video, Dr.� Karim Nawaz describes some of the most important and most promising minor crops in the spate irrigated areas of Pakistan, and gives recommendations on how to develop the potential of such agricultural products as well

Spate farming is often characterized by a multi crop system in which a single field has more than one crop growing at the same time. Minor crops are mostly cultivated in multi crop systems under difficult conditions like moisture stress and seasonal variations. They can play an important role in achieving food security in arid areas, and may provide high value income opportunities for the local population.

Minor crops are grown for their local importance, usefulness and fit into the overall agricultural structure.� Although the cultivated surface for minor crops may be less, their commercial value - like for spices and medicinal plants - may be higher than that of the main crop in such fields.

More info:�http://www.spate-irrigation.org/library/spate-notes
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Adapting the Invisible Uitility: Connections and Threats

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-27 11:08:27

Full Title: Adapting the Invisible Utility- An Interview with Pat Mulroy, Southern Nevada Water Utility

Pat Mulroy manages water over a vast piece of real estate in the southwestern United States. But — as she will quickly make clear — there isn’t a lot of water there. There never was much water there, in fact. As a result, the cities, farms, and factories spanning the greater Colorado River basin have learned to live with less. The best of them have also learned to be efficient and smart in their growth. But the past twelve years have either been a drought or the start of a new normal, where only a few inches of rain each year became even less. That’s the threat.

As a result, the region whose water is governed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority that Pat manages has had to look beyond its borders for allies and cooperation. The stability, security, and growth of economic engines such as Las Vegas depend on these alliances. Those are the connections.

In the first of three videos presented here, Pat discusses the actual and virtual basin where southern Nevada is embedded.�

Watch Part 2 of the interview: Institutions and Infrastructure, and
Part 3: Consensus and Economics

More info:�http://adaptationaction.org/
Produced by: Conservation International
Year: 2011
Language: English

The Rice Bowl

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-27 17:25:21

PHBM (Upper MandrareBasin Development Project) was launched in 1996. The training of farmers' organisations allowed farmers to better organise the management of resources with impressive results. This, together with new production techniques, led to a fivefold increase in irrigated land and allowed doubling the yield.

More info:�PHBM Project
Produced by:�IFAD�
Year: 2010
Language: Various (English subtitles)�

Spate Irrigation, Climate Variability and Food Security

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-27 19:15:18

Spate irrigation is the art and science of managing floods for irrigation. It is unique to arid and semi-arid environments, practiced in the Middle East, North Africa, West Asia, East Africa and parts of Latin America as a long tradition.

Spate Irrigation relies on flows that are unpredictable. This is a limitation of such systems but also a strength, as it makes them relevant to a future of climate variability, rising temperatures, prolonged droughts and frequent floods.

In this presentation, Dr. Abraham Mehari Haile discusses how spate irrigation could be the key to future food/ water security if adopted and practiced with an approach that integrates framing with agro-forestry and livestock.�

More info:�www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop - Stop Motion Video

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-28 11:00:58

A stop motion of the journey of a drinking water drop.

This video is the winner of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011.

Produced by:�Rick Blokdijk, Miquel Ballester, Andries van Wijhe and Daniel Arenas, Delft University of Technology
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -2

TheWaterChannel — 2011-10-31 16:53:22

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was adjudged one of the top 3 entries.

Produced by: Cristoph Magerl and others – Tu Delft, international students
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Tracing the Journey of a Drinking Water Drop -3

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-01 17:49:23

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011.

This video looks at the journey through the eyes of water drops themselves. It was adjudged one of the top 3 entries.

Produced by: Hui-Wen Lai -- Taiwan
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

Water Cycle's new definition as "Waterway Cycle"

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-02 16:05:22

Our water cycle and its new definition. Video of global "live" presentation by water author/researcher William Waterway Marks at the International Symposium of Aqua Science and Water Resources. The "old" definition of Earth's Water Cycle is based on a definition published 430 years ago and covers only one-third of the water cycle. This "new" definition, called the "Waterway Cycle" covers all three interactive cycles - the Oceanic Water Cycle, the Atmospheric Water Cycle, and the Cosmic Water Cycle.

More info:�http://www.watervoices.com/
Produced by: William Waterway Marks
Year: 2011
Language: English

Monsoon, Well, Water, Conservation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-04 10:55:09

It rains for about 40 days in semi-arid South Karnataka. Agriculture is however booming and the demand for water rises. Bore-wells are being sunk to depths of 1000 feet and the old wells now become store houses of water to be pumped again.

What can bring a balance to the hydrological system? Crop water demand has to be lower than rainfall actually much lower. Evapo-transpiration losses will need to be lowered and recharge of the groundwater enhanced. Here are some ways in which this is happening.
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More info:�http://www.rainwaterclub.org/
Produced by: Vishwanath 'Zenrainman' Srikantaiah
Year: 2011
Language: English subtitles

Jakkur lake and wells - A culture needing re-invigoration.

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-04 14:46:38

Preserving wetlands and lakes, treating sewage, reinvigorating wells , integrating groundwater into the water needs of a city, harvesting rain all are steps needed for sustainable water management.

More info:�http://www.rainwaterclub.org/
Produced by: Vishwanath 'Zenrainman' Srikantaiah
Year: 2011
Language: English subtitles

Water Rights In Spate Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-06 23:38:30

"Floods are not always a hazard. They may also sustain aquatic life and riverine biodiversity, recharge aquifers, enrich soilds and in some of the world's poorest areas they are the main source of irrigation.” -- Global Water Partnership (2000) 'Toward water security: a framework for action.

Unpredictability is inherent to spate irrigation, yet water distribution rules regulate the distribution of�the unpredictable water supplies. They impose a pattern and reduce uncertainty and potential conflict�by regulating the relations between the landowners that have access to flood water. Particularly where�flood water users depend on one another in maintaining flood channels and reconstructing diversion�structures, agreement on how water is distributed is a precondition for cooperation between different�parties in this respect.�

More info:�http://www.spate-irrigation.org/library/spate-notes
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Adapting the Invisible Utility:Institutions and Infrastructure (Part 2)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-09 12:02:13

Expanding on topics brought up in Part 1, water manager Pat Mulroy explores in Institutions and Infrastructure how the policy, governance, and history of the Colorado river region are interacting with the “new normal” water-scarce conditions.

How are ordinary people and decision makers responding to a long drought? How do we pursue consensus over conflict? While institutions can shift, bend, and anticipate, water infrastructure like dams, pipes, and valves are far more fixed and rigid. If they weren’t designed for current (or projected) conditions, then how can people either adjust to inefficiency or modify that infrastructure? Perhaps most importantly, how do we begin to think about sustainability in the context of a shifting climate?

Watch Part 1 of the interview: Connections and Threats, and
Part 3: Consensus and Economics

More info:�http://adaptationaction.org/
Produced by: Conservation International
Year: 2011
Language: English

Adapting the Invisible Uitility: Consensus and Economics (Part 3)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-09 12:11:24

In the third and final part of Pat Mulroy’s interview, she discusses how policy, economics, and climate change come together — both in the Colorado river basin and around freshwater management across the US. Climate impacts in hydrology and ecology are altering the economic landscape across the region, and policymakers and the public are faced with difficult and often expensive choices.

Perhaps most remarkable, Pat Mulroy discusses the first domestic piece of climate adaptation legislation at the national level in the US, which has been proposed in the US House of Representatives by Lois Cardin of California and in the Senate by Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, Barbara Boxer of California, and Harry Reid of Nevada (where Pat’s office is located).

Watch Part 1 of the interview: Connections and Threats, and
Part 2: Institutions and Infrastructure

More info:�http://adaptationaction.org/
Produced by: Conservation International
Year: 2011
Language: English

Kharabat- Protecting Springs and Groundwater Resources (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-10 10:33:05

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:English
(Click here for the Arabic version of the video)

Beni Hushaish-Effective, innovative groundwater recharge (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-10 11:32:06

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:English
(Watch the Arabic version)

IJsselClip 3: Werk aan de IJssel - Voorbereidingen

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-10 13:54:15

Bij Deventer worden in de IJssel nevengeulen gegraven, om het water beter te kunnen verwerken. De voorbereidende werkzaamheden vonden gedurende heel 2011 plaats. Deze omvatten: - opsporen niet gesprongen explosieven - archeologisch onderzoek - verleggen van leidingen onder de IJssel

Produced by:�Ruimte voor de Rivier
More info:�http://www.ruimtevoorderivier.nl/meta-navigatie/english/
Year: 2011
Langauge: Nederlands (Dutch)

Drip irrigation, energy efficient pumps , groundwater and a river

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-11 08:07:47

When irrigation pumpsets are replaced with energy efficient ones, when drip irrigation systems are introduced and farmers benefit with labour savings groundwater levels can come up and rivers can be revived. This is one example in the Arkavathy basin.

More info:�http://www.rainwaterclub.org/
Produced by: Vishwanath 'Zenrainman' Srikantaiah
Year: 2011
Language: Kannada/ English subtitles

Post-flood Reconstruction of Spate Irrigation Structures

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-13 12:44:27

Dera Ismail Khan district in Pakhtunwada province, Pakistan, was hit hard by the destructive floods of 2010. Apart from the severe losses to lives and property, spate irrigation systems across the region were destroyed. These systems are critical to agriculture in the semi-arid region, enabling farmers to divert annual floods and spread them over their fields. A total of 1.5 million hectares in the region is under spate irrigation.

In early 2011, Swiss Development Corporation and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council initiated a project to restore the spate irrigation structures—such as bunds, dams and spillways—in time for the annual floods expected later that year. When the floods did hit in August, the restored structures resisted them well, and were even able to channelize them to areas that had been irrigated for over 20 years.

In this interview, Noman Sadozai from Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, takes us through the engineering and sociological challenges he faced as part of the team that implemented the project.

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Al-Sinah: The Remarkable Groundwater Story of a Co-operative Society (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-14 10:43:06

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language:Arabic
(Watch the Arabic version)

Nahem: Protecting Wells and Water (English)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-14 13:41:10

Qat is grown over large areas in Yemen’s Sanaa Basin. The crop is highly water-intensive and has depleted groundwater levels across the area.

This pushed farmers in the Areesha valley to build a dam in 1995. Regardless, the water tables continued to dip. To improve the efficiency of water-use, the Sanaa Basin Water Management Project provided drip irrigation systems to Qat farmers. Its impact, however, was limited as well.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language: English
(Watch the Arabic version)
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Sharing Water in Yemen

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-14 17:08:30

Water-wise, Yemen is most commonly identified with scarce resources and arid landscapes. Less known are its longstanding users-led water management systems. The ingenuity and efficiency of these systems was such that they the country could meet its food/ water needs for about 1000 years, despite its climate and geography.

Of late, there has been an increase in population and indiscriminate drilling of wells. Consequently, water security has decreased, and has had a knock-on effect on agriculture/ food security.

Amid the discouraging scenario, recent research has brought to fore some good practices built on ancient traditions of cooperative groundwater management. They have proven to be effective responses to local issues. Their success makes for a strong case for building them into formal policy processes. ��

This video provides a snapshot of five such cases from various parts of Yemen.

More info:�info@metameta.nl
Produced by:�MetaMeta,�Levert Communications�and�Water & Environment Center
Year: 2011
Language: English

Ruimte voor de Rivier - Voorbereidingen Werk aan de IJssel

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-19 15:23:27

In the river IJssel at Deventer in the Netherlands there is work to be done. Trenches are digged in order to give the water more space to flow off. This movie shows the preparations for this project, which took place during the whole year 2011. They contain: 1) searching for non exploded bombs from the second worldwar (in the region are 2 bridges which where bombed more than 30 times. Estimated amount of bombs thrown down: 1000, of which 10% was dud). 2) Archeological inquiry (an old wharf from the 19th century was uncovered). 3) Moving cables and pipes under the river (which is done by the advanced technique of manouvrable drilling).

More info:�www.wgs.nl�and�www.lechapeau.nl
Produced by:�Le Chapeau - Paul van Agten�for�Rijkswaterstaat, Ruimte voor de Rivier
Year: 2011
Language: Dutch

Railroaded Salmon

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-14 18:58:48

The fate of wild salmon in California is destined to be determined by the political posturing that takes place deep in the weeds. It's easy to get lost in the weeds because every issue related to salmon is complex.

Most people have little time in their busy life to keep up with the details of who is pushing what and how a particular piece of legislation or court challenge will impact them. In the case of the effort to fix the most important ecosystem in California, the broken San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary, the stakes are particularly important.

This video looks at the BDCP (Bay Delta Conservation Plan) and highlights the voices of the biggest and most powerful players in the efforts that are railroading salmon. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Westlands Water District on the west side of the Central Valley have managed to inject their agenda into the process so seriously that the fate of wild salmon are critically threatened. The voices that represent farm water advocates will look at this video and proclaim again that anyone who disagrees with their position is an "objectionist" and that if the opposition get their way, "that would all but guarantee that California and its citizens have less water in the future" (a quote from the California Farm Water Coalition website).

So at the risk of being labeled an "objectionist", Salmon Water Now points out that there is only so much water to go around and all of it has been spoken for. Railroaded Salmon is yet another look at the way the BDCP is going. It's a reminder that those who care about developing a rational, fair, and effective water future for California need to stay informed and involved.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Living Labs: Andean System of Basins

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:45:19

Communities around Lake Fuquene, Colombia, are grappling with water scarcities, land degradation, water pollution and soil loss. Until recently, few realised these problems stem from how their own actions. Researchers are now working with the people to understand linkages and find better ways to manage resources locally.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Solar-Water-Pump Solar-Well-Pumps Solar-Powered Hand-Pump

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-16 20:05:37

Solar Water Pump - Water Well Pump NSP: This Solar Powered Water Well Pump is maintenance-free, saltwater-resistant and enables you to pump water out of water wells easily, for free, efficiently and up to a depth of more than 150 metres. Furthermore, the "NSP-Solar Water Pump" systems gives you the opportunity to replace already existing and installed water hand pumps or windmill water pumps - as you can find in rural and remote areas. And to reduce the water shortage in Africa, Australia, America, Asia and Europe. RURAL WATER SUPPLY PUMP-SYSTEM This "Solar Water Well Pumping System" is an ideal tool for the water well construction / drilling anywhere on earth (see Solar Energy Map), specifically for: - Aid Charity Help Relief Organizations and Associations ( for Sustainable Development Aid, Water Supply in Rural and Remote Areas) - Companies (for Resale, Distribution, Construction of the System) - Private Persons (for Water supplies, Irrigation- Desalination Plants) DRINKING WATER & SALT WATER The NSP is, however, also a solar salt water pump which has been devised to deliver drinking water out of deep wells as well as to pump salt water. Thus, it can be used both to supply drinking water and to pump salt water out of confined ground water wells in saliniferous regions. Moreover, the pump can be used in combination with a desalination plant. IRRIGATION In addition, the solar water well pump has been devised specifically to use in remote, arid and rural areas. It enables irrigation and thus fertile land, livestock breeding and the cultivation of grain in regions which would be infertile without water out of deeper layers. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AID: WATER IS LIFE The NSP Solar Well Pump is the optimum solution for aid organisations with a focus on sustainability. With the pump, it becomes possible to offer sufficient and constant water supply to the populations of remote, rural areas. Self-supply is thus achieved for the people who get access to the vital elixir: water. This leads to a better life and promising future for them. ABOUT NSP NSP-New Solar Pump e.U. is an Austrian enterprise specializing in developments which make use of power from renewable energy sources. We are looking to the future and bridge a considerable gap in the market. You want to be independent from all electric power supply? -- Then the "NSP-Solar Powered Pump" is exactly the right thing for you. "NSP-Solar Pump" is the most futuristic "Solar Water Well Pumping Station". The water pump stands out due to its independence from power of non-renewable and thus cost-bound energy. Moreover, it is maintenance-free. The "NSP-Solar Water Pump" was developed to provide you as well as companies and relief- aid- charity- and help organizations with a low-prized opportunity to pump water out of water wells entirely independent of any electric power supply.

More info: www.newsolarpump.com
Produced by: New Solar Pump
Year: 2011
Language: English

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The Real Danger Lurking in the Water: Romulus Whitaker

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-22 18:49:23

The gharial and king cobra are two of India's most iconic reptiles, and they're endangered because of polluted waterways. Conservationist Romulus Whitaker shows rare footage of these magnificent animals and urges us to save the rivers that sustain their lives and our own.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts.�

More info:�http://www.ted.com/speakers/romulus_whitaker.html
Produced by: TED
Year: 2009
Language: English

The Upper Mandrare River Basin Development Project

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-17 11:08:40

This is the the story of a successful integrated rural development project in souther Madagascar. From 1996 to 2008, the PHBM encouraged development in production, local governance and physical and social infrastructure in the area. The results were impressive and the economy continued to grow more than a year after the project closing. It represents a model of rural development in other areas of Madagascar and further afield.

More info:�www.prosperer.mg
Produced by:�IFAD�
Year: 2010
Language: Various (English Subtitles)

Soil Moisture Conservation and Field Water Management in Spate Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-17 13:09:09

Soil Moisture Conservation is important to all agricultural systems. It is, however, especially important in areas irrigated by spate flows as (1) crops there grow during dry spells, using residual spate moisture long after the floods and (2) such areas have high evaporation rates and low rainfall.

In this presentation, Dr. Abraham Mehari Haile discusses Soil Moisture Conservation in spate irrigated agriculture, in the context of four important issues:

Irrigation turns and gifts
Water Rights and Rules
Field Water Application Systems
Field Bund Maintenance
Enhancing moisture retention capacity and infiltration rate of the soil

More info:�www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by:�TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

The Seeds of Change

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-22 19:13:48

The Funds for Local Initiatives financed mini-projects of all sorts, but the most successful were market garden crops and in particular, onions and garlic. Successes in all these areas led to an average rise in income of 75% and new credit and saving facilities gave smallholder farmers the opportunity to invest in further economic growth which, i turn, led to a higher standard of living.

More info:�www.prosperer.mg
Produced by:�IFAD�
Year: 2010
Language: Various (English Subtitles)

How to use a tulip water filter? (Amharic)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-23 17:56:40

In this video Afra explains how to use a tulip water filter. The tulip water filter is a simple and affordable water filter which removes all turbidity and 99.99 % of all harmful bacteria and parasites. The filter�consists of a reinforced filter element impregnated with colloidal silver. This element is connected with a tube, a bulb and a tap. The filter element is placed in a container which is 0.7 meter higher than the clean water container. With the bulb a vacuum is created and since the tube goes to a lower level, a vacuum, siphon function is created and water continues to flow at a speed of 4 -5 liters per hour. The filter can be cleaned by closing the tap and pressing the bulb (backwashing). The filter includes an “end of life” indicater so families know when to replace the filter element.

More info: www.connectinternational.nl/english
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: Amharic

Antwaan - Music with water bottles

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-24 10:55:27

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" Have a drink!

This is kind of a videosong, since each screen you see are actually the sounds you hear, but let me recall you the 2 rules:

1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).

So, for those who are wondering how I did it, I just recorded the video while I was recording the audio, and... that's it! Then I just had to build my song with the different sounds and build the video with the different parts, there and there.

I hope you'll enjoy! ;)"

-- Antwaan

More info:�http://www.antwaan.net/�
Produced by: Antwaan
Year: 2011
Language: Music�

Water Gives Life

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-25 11:31:53

'Water gives Life' is an attempt to understand the importance of natural resource management through Watershed Development for creating sustainable livelihood opportunities for poverty alleviation.�

The film focuses on the importance of community participation in resource conservation and management, since it is the concerned community which is in constant interaction with their environment. The ownership of the project by these stakeholders is a precondition for its success and sustainability. The film also looks into the principles of watershed management and its impacts.

The film draws upon the experiences and works of Watershed Development Organisation Trust (WOTR) and Indo-German Watershed Development Program (IGWDP)

More info:�http://www.wotr.org/
Produced by: Watershed Development Organisation Trust
Year: 2009
Language: Marathi, English

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Palestinians' Right to Water - May 2011

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-26 17:47:00

Animate it video created by the Jerusalem Youth Parliament within the "saving our water" project in co-operation with EWASH / Thirsting for Justice Campaign.

More info: http://www.thirstingforjustice.org/
Produced by: EWASH/ Thirsting for Justice Project
Year: 2011
Langauge: Arabic with English subtitles�

Gaza is Floating (9 min version)

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-26 17:54:09

A documentary film on the sanitation situation in Gaza Strip.

More info:�http://www.lifesource.ps/
Produced by: The Life Source Project
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic with Eglish subtitles

Zen Blue Heron

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-28 02:11:39

Experience Zen Blue Heron, a multi-dimensional moment of sound, beauty and peace. Take a minute and relax right now. Zen Blue Heron is the first of the of Zen Water Flix™ series produced by http://WaterCheck.biz. Rather than add to the noise and dissonance of the world, our Zen Water Flix™ video series is using natural water scenes and the new age of internet media to give people the gift of relaxation, a real Zen moment. We request you share this video throughout your social universe - thanks. Direction & Footage by Ty Baldaeus. Editing, Sound & Music by Jake Lamante for ZeroSilence LLC

More info:�http://WaterCheck.biz
Produced by: WaterCheck.biz
Year: 2011
Language: Music

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Zen Blue Wonderment

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-28 02:14:36

Experience Zen Blue Wonderment, a multi-dimensional moment of sound, beauty and peace. Zen Blue Wonderment is the second of the of Zen Water Flix™ series produced by http://WaterCheck.biz. Take a minute and relax right now. Rather than add to the noise and dissonance of the world, our Zen Water Flix™ video series is using natural water scenes and the new age of internet media to give people the gift of relaxation, a real Zen moment. We request you share this video throughout your social universe - thanks. Direction & Footage by Leslie Gabriel. Editing, Sound & Music by Jake Lamante for ZeroSilence LLC

More info:�http://WaterCheck.biz
Produced by:�WaterCheck.biz
Year: 2011
Language: Music

Punjab Community Water Supply & Sanitation Project

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-28 11:21:54

This presentation highlights the impact of the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project, an intervention designed to provide water supply to village communities without access to organised water supply, located in the brackish areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province. The project met with considerable success, setting up 750 water supply/ sanitation schemes benefitting around 2.3

Income generation activities were built into the very design of the project. Higher incomes resulted in increased expenditures on sanitation and hygiene, which led to improved health indicators. Conversely, less time spent on fetching water meant people utilise their time more productively and improve their incomes. These are just two of the many visible links between water, sanitation and income that emerged in course of the project. � � � ��

More info:http://www.adb.org/projects/project.asp?id=35314
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
English

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Bayawan City: Sanitation Solutions and Appropriate Technologies

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-30 18:02:13

Bayawan in Philippines is a small provincial town, but unique in its implementation of a comprehensive sanitation and solid waste management program. Construction of eco-san toilets, creation of artificial wetlands for treating wastewater and composting of biodegradable waste to make fertilizer were some of the elements of this wide-ranging effort.

Political will has been a big factor behind the success of the effort, which has also resulted in political rewards for the elected representatives who took the initiative.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by: ADB Water
Year: 2011
Language: English

School Children Campaign for Better Sanitation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-30 18:46:52

In Nepal, only 30% of the rural population has access to toilets. 70% of childhood-illnesses are water-borne, which account for over 13,000 child deaths every year.

Amid this bleak scenario, ‘School-led Total Sanitation’ campaigns seem to hold much promise. The approach involves encouraging school children to take the lead raising awareness about sanitation/ health-related issues in their communities.

It has been learnt that that there are distinct advantages of putting children at the centre of such campaigns: adults are much more open to criticism and suggestions from children than from other adults.

More info:�http://www.adb.org/water/
Produced by:�ADB Water
Year: 2011
Language: English

Jordan Valley Blues Sample Reel

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-30 21:40:23

Highlight Reel from Jordan Valley Blues, a 43 minute documentary produced by LifeSource, funded by EWASH, and made for OXFAM and ECHO, a coalition composed of several UN organizations and international NGOs. The film discusses water issues in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank, Palestine, through interviews with both Israeli settlers and Palestinian farmers in the area. Full film to be released soon.

Director of Photography: Derek Bass. Edited by:Derek Bass and LifeSource 2010

More info:�http://www.lifesource.ps/
Produced by: LifeSource Project
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic and English

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Filling Point - West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory

TheWaterChannel — 2011-11-30 22:06:28

A documentary film on the water scarcity in the west Bank and Israel’s restrictions on Palestinians' movement to access water.

More info:�http://www.lifesource.ps/
Produced by:�LifeSource Project
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic and English

Earthen Diversion Bunds & Spillways in Spate Irrigation

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-05 15:26:16

In Pakistan, spate irrigation systems are usually set up at the foothills of mountains. These systems are fed water by runoff from the rivers coming down the slopes. When the runoff is excessive, earthen diversion structures that make up these systems are prone to damage.

In this presentation, Noman Sadozai, Senior Engineer at Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, takes us through a recent project that could successfully restore such structures and protect them from future damage, in Dera Ismail Khan. He explains what kind of engineering inputs and social mobilization have to go into such an effort.�

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2011
Language: English

Defending Water Rights

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-07 17:37:52

Full Title: Defending Water Rights: The Experience of Interjuntas-Chimborazo, Ecuador

In Ecuador over the past few decades, water has become a key element in indigenous and small-scale farmers' organisation. This documentary presents the experience of the Provincial Federation of Water Users Organisations 'Interjuntas-Chimborazo,' which groups over 300 local water councils and represents some 20,000 irrigation and human consumption water users in the Andean province of Chimborazo.

The federation works through providing legal advice, training and political advocacy, which contribute to empowering the province's water users. In this way it has become a new social actor that seeks greater democracy, equality and justice in water management at local and national levels.

Through the words of Interjuntas-Chimborazo's members the video shows, using concrete examples, the great potential that water users' councils have for organising to defend their water rights.

More info: jaime.hoogesteger[at]wur[dot]nl�
Produced by: Jaime Hoogesteger
Year: 2011
Language: English

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A Liter of Light

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-08 11:17:18

Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light), is a sustainable lighting project which aims to bring the eco-friendly Solar Bottle Bulb to disprivileged communities nationwide. Designed and developed by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Solar Bottle Bulb is based on the principles of Appropriate Technologies -- a concept that provides simple and easily replicable technologies that address basic needs in developing communities.

More info: http://isanglitrongliwanag.org/
Produced by: Isang Litrong Liwanag
Year: 2011
Language: (English Subtitles)�

Sailing in the Wilderness: Lake Tanganyika

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-11 01:41:10

‘Tanganyika’ in Swahili means ‘sailing in the wilderness.’ Lake Tanganyika is one of the oldest, deepest lakes in Africa. It holds 17% of the world’s freshwater, as much as all the 5 great lakes in North America. It is a bio-diversity hostpot, home to some very unique species of marine plants and animals.

And yet, the Lake Tanganyika basin has been a theatre of human suffering for a long time. Over the years, the region has been through armed conflicts, genocides and has one of the lowest socio-economic indicators in the world.

Physician and public health specialist Amy Lehman has been working in the region for several years now. In this presentation, she gives an overview of the various stakeholders and communities there, and of an initiative of her own- a hospital on a boat.

More info:�http://www.tedxamsterdamwomen.nl/
Produced by: Feller Media
Year: 2011
Language: English

Women and Water

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-11 18:00:06

Impact of access to water in the village on the lives of women. Improvements to family, health, education and livlihood opportunities. Gunz, Balochistan, Pakistan.

More info:�IUCN in Balochistan
Produced by:�Eckova
Year: 2011
Language: English

Portuguese Promotional Video at the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-12 00:22:22

Portuguese Promotional Video at the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul (16-22 March 2009).

More info: www.ppa.pt
Produced by:�Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development Portugal
Year: 2009
Language: English

Why the Blue Nile Carries Brown Waters

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-12 11:22:24

Soil particles that erode from Ethiopian slopes end up in the Blue Nile, which carries them into Sudan. The loss of the soil comes at a great cost to Ethiopian farmers, while the accumulation of the soil in water reservoirs and irrigation canals is a nuisance for farmers in Sudan.

Hermen Smit and Yasir Salih from UNESCO-IHE explain this phenomenon, and talk about their research that aims to help trace soil sediments in rivers back to their point of origin. With this information, soil conservation efforts can be planned more effectively.

More info: www.researchforglobaldevelopment.nl
Produced by: NWO-WOTRO
Year: 2011
Langauge: English

Drilling for blue gold - at the disi

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-19 16:52:41

A reportage by Rami Abdel rahman for Once Upon A Water in Jordan, about Jordan's plans to drag waters from a desert aquifer in Disi along 350 km to the capital Amman.

More info: Once upon a Water facebook page
Produced by: Rami Abdelrahman
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic

Living Labs: Volta River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:46:22

Unable to find any clean water, Ghanian farmers living close to cities use heavily polluted waste water to grow vegetables. Researchers are looking for ways to minimise health problems arising from such produce. One method: reduce contact between contaminants and vegetables. But producing clean food involves raising awareness among farmers, sellers and consumers.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Living Labs: Limpopo River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:46:59

Wetlands, covering a sixth of the Limpopo basin, control floods, guard against drought and keep millions of people alive. But as human numbers and activities increase, wetlands are showing signs of strain. Researchers are studying the mix of crop growing, livestock and fisheries to come up with a series of tools and guidelines to better balance resource use and conservation.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Living Labs: Indo-Gangetic River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:47:39

Vast extents of land in India's Uttar Pradesh have turned barren due to high levels of salt, pushing already very poor people to the edge of survival. To reclaim such lands, researchers are now experimenting with salt resistant rice and wheat varieties and low-cost, natural substances to condition the soil.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Living Labs: Yellow River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:50:22

For years, the Yellow River has carried very large volume of mud and sand -- the result of soil erosion upstream. Now a conservation farming is showing farmers how to improve soil quality and reduce soil loss. Several conservation methods are being promoted, including the use of mulch on farm lands and growing cover crops. Farmers and downstream communities can already see the benefits.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Living Labs: Sao Francisco River Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 11:51:06

Dozens of interlinked small reservoirs provide water for household use, crops, cattle and wild animals in the Sao Francisco River Basin. But most users don't see beyond their local stream and reservoir, leading to upstream-downstream tensions. Researchers are now working on better ways to share limited water supplies, while empowering people to take greater control over their resources.

More info: CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Produced by: TVE Asia Pacific
Year: 2006
Language: English

Think Beyond the Tap: An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water and Food Security

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-22 13:31:14

Think beyond the tap: Eline Boelee, Senior Researcher, Water and Health (IWMI), talks about an Ecosystems service approach to Water and Food Security.

More info: www.iwmi.org/ThinkBeyondTheTap or www.gwp.org�
Produced by: IWMI and GWP
Year: 2010
Language: English

Documentary Film: Water can run out

TheWaterChannel — 2011-12-27 13:15:01

This video is an alert to the current situation of water stress at global level with a focus on Europe and it shows incentives for a more efficient management of water. The video was made during the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union and first presented at the Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers of the European Union which Portugal held on 31 August to 1 September 2007.

More info:�www.ppa.pt�(Portugese Water Partnership)
Produced by: duvideo for the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development Portugal
Year: 2007
Language: English

The Secret Lives of Our Clothes

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-03 23:38:04

There's a price tag that's being hidden from us everyday. Not the one that tells us how much money to pay but the underlying costs of every outfit's life cycle. Uncover the lives that our clothes led before they got to the store and discover your voting power as a consumer towards a fairer, healthier and more sustainable planet.

More info: www.greennovate.org�
Produced by: Greennovate
Year:�
Language: English

The War on Weeds: Increasing Rice Production in Africa

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-04 17:24:51

In his search for a solution to the problem of weeds that limit African rice production, Jonne Rodenburg works at many levels, from genetic research to production systems. One of his findings is that farmers' practices and considerations must be included in crop and weed management strategies. There is no silver bullet or one-size-fits-all solution.

More info:�http://www.researchforglobaldevelopment.nl/
Produced by:�NWO-WOTRO
Year: 2011
Language: English

Dan Keech - energy use in food systems

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-10 16:44:03

What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out? Food Security in an Energy-Scarce World. Presentation as part of a conference held on June 23rd to 25th, 2005 in Dublin, Ireland, which sought to answer a crucial question: How can the world's population be fed without the extensive use of fossil fuels in the production, processing and distribution of food?

More info:�http://feasta.org/events/foodconf/foodconf_media.htm
Produced by: Feasta
Year: 2005
Language: English

Allan Savory - EXTRACTS - Keeping Cattle: cause or cure for climate crisis?

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-10 16:51:01

Allan Savory argued that while livestock may be part of the problem, they can also be an important part of the solution. He has demonstrated time and again in Africa, Australia and North and South America that, properly managed, they are essential to land restoration. With the right techniques, plant growth is lusher, the water table is higher, wildlife thrives, soil carbon increases and, surprisingly, perhaps four times as many cattle can be kept.

More info:�www.feasta.org
Produced by: Feasta
Year: 2009
Language: English

Sustaining the Blue Planet: Astronaut Ricky Arnold's View of the Blue Planet from Space

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-13 11:12:49

When the Earth is viewed from space, the origins of its "Blue Planet" nickname become clear. In this lecture, delivered at the Project WET's 2011 Sustaining the Blue Planet Conference in Bozeman, Montana (USA), NASA Educator Astronaut Ricky Arnold shares how his literal view of the Earth from space shaped the ways he thinks about water on our planet.

More info: http://projectwet.org/project-wet-conferences/sustaining-the-blue-planet
Produced by: Project Wet�
Year: 2011
Language: English

Drop by Drop

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 16:39:35

By focusing on the intra-household dynamics of freshwater management, this video aims to raise awareness on the different priorities of rural women and men with respect to their use of freshwater resources.

More info:�www.fao.org
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2010
Language: English

Holistic approaches to food production during energy descent

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 11:02:07

This visual presentation as part of a conference held on June 23rd to 25th, 2005 in Dublin, Ireland, which sought to answer a crucial question: How can the world's population be fed without the extensive use of fossil fuels in the production, processing and distribution of food?What Will We Eat as the Oil Runs Out?�How do we ensure food security in an energy-scarce world?

More info:�http://feasta.org/events/foodconf/foodconf_media.htm
Produced by:�Feasta
Year: 2005
Language: English

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Sustaining the Blue Planet: Bringing a Livable Town Center to Kibera

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 12:14:16

At the Project WET Foundation's 2011 Sustaining the Blue Planet conference Bozeman, Montana (USA), Danish actor and humanitarian Connie Nielsen describes the Human Needs Project, an NGO working to bring a livable town center to the slums of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya.

More info:�http://projectwet.org/project-wet-conferences/sustaining-the-blue-planet
Produced by:�Project Wet�
Year: 2011
Language: English

TEDxYYC - David Damberger - Learning from Failure

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 14:15:42

David Damberger discusses "Learning From Failure" at TEDxYYC 2011. David is the founder of Engineers Without Borders Calgary (EWB). After building the organization in Calgary and working with them in India, David spent four years building EWB's overseas programs as the Director of Southern African Programs. In this role, David consulted for dozens of African based companies, non-profits and governments in the fields of agriculture; food processing; water and sanitation; and mobile applications for development.

David currently works as a corporate strategy consultant and is a co-founder of Ethical Ocean, an e-commerce marketplace for the worlds top fair-trade, eco-friendly and sweatshop free products. David holds a degree in engineering and a minor in entrepreneurship from the University of Calgary. He is also a Social Entrepreneuship MBA candidate at the University of Oxford. Recently, David was recognized as the youngest member of the Top 40 Alumni in the History of the University of Calgary. David will be drawing on his work experience in Africa to speak about the transformative power of publicly admitting failure in the development aid sector which currently lacks accountability, creativity and transparency.�

More info:�http://www.ted.com/talks/david_damberger_what_happens_when_an_ngo_admits_failure.html?mid=5652
Produced by: TEDx
Year: 2011
Language: English�

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Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 15:23:42

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.�

More info:�http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html
Produced by: TEDx
Year: 2011
Language: English

Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature!

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 15:47:51

Every day, we use materials from the earth without thinking, for free. But what if we had to pay for their true value: would it make us more careful about what we use and what we waste? Think of Pavan Sukhdev as nature's banker -- assessing the value of the Earth's assets. Eye-opening charts will make you think differently about the cost of air, water, trees ...�

More info:�http://www.ted.com/talks/pavan_sukhdev_what_s_the_price_of_nature.html
Produced by: TEDx
Year: 2011
Language: English

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COLDER - Official Trailer

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 16:27:25

In 2009, renowned Polar Explorer Eric Larsen began an unprecedented journey to the top, bottom and roof of the world. During a continuous 365-day period, Larsen mounted major expeditions to the North and South Poles and an expedition to the summit of Mt. Everest. Larsen is the only person to have completed this trio in one year. The goal of this epic journey? To tell the story of the last great frozen places left on the planet before they are gone.

More info:�http://www.ericlarsenexplore.com/�
Produced by: Eric Larsen
Year: 2011
Langauge: English

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Svalbard Time Lapse

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 16:30:23

A few time lapse shots of Svalbard taken from the deck of the National Geographic Explorer.

More info:�http://www.ericlarsenexplore.com/�
Produced by: Eric Larsen
Year: 2011
Langauge: English

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Mt. Shasta Climb

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-17 16:31:56

A group of exploreres on a snowy spring day trying to climb Casaval Ridge before getting turned around to due snow and low visibility.

More info:�http://www.ericlarsenexplore.com/�
Produced by: Eric Larsen
Year: 2011
Langauge: English

Pamiri women and the melting glaciers of Tajikistan

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-18 10:03:12

The glaciers of the Pamir mountains, which provide over 50% of Central Asia's water resources, are rapidly melting at a rate similar to Greenland's continental glacier. Three generations of Pamiri women share the impacts of the melt and decreasing water levels.

More info:�www.unu.edu
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2009
Language: English

Coping with rougher seas, Bangladesh

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-18 10:14:22

In low lying Bangladesh, some of the worlds most vulnerable peoples are innovatively adapting to changing climate. Seas are getting rougher and fisherman become more in danger.�

More info: www.unu.edu
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2009
Language: English

Water loss reduction in cities around the world

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-18 10:24:28

In many cities all over the world, clean water is scarce and expensive to produce. While water utilities face challenges to gain enough water for the increasing urban populations, lots of fresh drinking water get lost every day. Water experts and policy makers all over the world are struggling to cope with this problem.�

More info: www.unwater.unu.edu/
Produced by: UN Water - Decade Programme on Capacity Development
Year: 2010
Language: English�

Colin's STRAIGHTtalk on Water Storage : An Answer to Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 11:54:42

Dr. Colin Chartres, Director General of the International Water Management Institute talks about water storage and how it can be an answer to climate change.

More info:�http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ColinsSTRAIGHTtalk/
Produced by: IWMI
Year: 2010
Language: English

Recharge: A Story of Water Scarcity

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 13:18:06

A short documentary on the struggles of the village Kotla in rural India to maintain fresh water supplies, and the difference made through water management interventions initiated by the Institute of Rural Research and Development.

More info: www.irrad.org
Produced by: IRRAD
Year: 2010
Language: English

Saving Heroes

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 16:46:25

Nowadays we face lots of effects of climate change, e.g. desertification and melting of the polar ice. We have to be careful with our natural resources. The characters in this animated video become heroes by saving water.�

This video is part of Pet Pals TV series, developed as part of the H2Ooooh! Water�project by�Gruppo Alcuni in collaboration with UNESCO and RAI Fiction.�

More info:�http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/natural-sciences/water/h2ooooh-water-project/
Produced by:�Gruppo Alcuni
Year: 2010
Language: Italian

When the rain falls

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 14:51:55

EU-funded FAO gardens help women through Niger's dry season, allowing them to grow crops for home consumption and sale.

More info:�www.fao.org
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2011
Language: English

Via Marina: a high-performance and low-cost water transportation system

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 14:54:34

Via Marina has designed a high-performance and low-cost water transportation system that transports water using flexible pipes up to 4 metres in diameter resting on the seabed. Water, sourced at river mouths or from wastewater-treatment facilities, can be transported over hundreds of kilometres. The Submariver� system can be deployed in many of the world’s coastal regions.

More info: http://www.vinci-construction-projects.com/via-marina
Produced by: Via Marina
Year: 2010
Language: English

Disappearance of water

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-19 16:22:08

The presence of water is anything but obvious. Water is unequaly divided among users all over the world. �Cilindro and his friends will face this in this animated video.

This video is part of Pet Pals TV series, developed as part of the H2Ooooh! Water�project by�Gruppo Alcuni in collaboration with UNESCO and RAI Fiction.�

More info:�http://www.unesco.org/new/en/venice/natural-sciences/water/h2ooooh-water-project/
Produced by:�Gruppo Alcuni
Year: 2010
Language: Italian

Horn of Africa hit by famine -- needs to prepare for future

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-20 13:16:44

The Horn of Africa is once again in the grip of famine, caused by drought and political crisis. Local people depend on livestock and crops to stay alive. Their animals and crops have died from lack of water. In this FAO video, shot last year in Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, local herders and farmers adopt simple techniques that will save livestock and crops in time of drought or flood and avert famine. For example, emergency feeding blocks that will keep a cow alive for a week are produced from locally available materials like molasses and wheat bran. FAO wants to expand disaster preparedness as well as provide emergency seeds, tools and other provisions throughout the Horn of Africa region, and prevent famine ever occurring again.

More info: www.fao.org
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2010
Language: English

Conseils aux riziculteurs: Pr�paration du Sol

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-10 11:05:00

Comment la pr�paration du terrain et la gestion de l'eau affecte-t'elle la croissance des plantes, la gestion des mauvaises herbes et le rendement du riz ? Et pourquoi est-il n�cessaire de bien niveler le champ pour obtenir une meilleure efficacit� des engrais ?

More info:�http://www.africaricecenter.org/
Produced by: Africa Rice Centre
Year:
Language: French

Water Changes Everything

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-23 12:55:35

Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It's a crisis because it only starts with water -- but water affects everything in life: Health, Education, Food security, and the lives of women and children, especially. We can end the water crisis in our lifetime. But first we have to let everyone know it's happening. Learn how water changes everything -- and share this with everyone you know. Written by charity: water + Jonathan Jarvis

Animation by Jonathan Jarvis
Voiceover by Kristen Bell Score
Sound effects by Douglas Kaufman

More info:�http://www.charitywater.org/
Produced by: Charity: water
Year: 2011
Language: English�

The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-23 13:27:08

The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water is a short, animated film made by a collaboration of creative and dedicated volunteers at the Surfrider Foundation. Several local Surfrider Foundation chapters combined their talents and funds to create the film -- and then actor Zuleikha Robinson of Lost, generously agreed to narrate it. The premise of the film is that the water cycle we all learned about in the 4th grade has been dramatically altered over time, leaving us with a broken system that wastes water and energy, pollutes our natural waterways, harms critical marine life, and poorly deals with flooding and other water management problems. The film serves to take a holistic look at water management, highlight controversial problems, and suggest solutions that integrate multiple economic and environmental benefits. The intended audience includes entire communities: from homeowners and the general public, to public agencies and elected government officials.�

More info:�http://www.surfrider.org/
Produced by: surfrider foundation�
Year: 2010
Language: English

Kill the Canal

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-23 14:55:07

The march to build a system to move massive amounts of water around the Delta continues. The goal is to build a peripheral canal (also referred to as a tunnel or conveyance) so that fresh water will be available to meet the seemingly never-ending needs of big agriculture and Southern California real estate interests.

Governor Jerry Brown, in his recent State of the State address, seemed to go out of his way to justify building a peripheral canal. He emphasized his commitment to fast-tracking its construction. The Governor even personalized the pitch by saying that "this is something my father worked on and then I worked on—decades ago. We know more now and are committed to the dual goals of restoring the Delta ecosystem and ensuring a reliable water supply." Dan Bacher, who has been reporting on water, fish, and ecosystem issues for years, pointed out in a recent story that "ironically, the theme of (Brown's) speech was California on the Mend." Delta advocates oppose the construction of the peripheral canal because it will, among other things, lead to the extinction of Central Valley fish species including Sacramento River Chinook salmon and many others.

Salmon Water Now agrees with Bacher that the canal won't "mend" imperiled Central Valley salmon and Delta fish populations. It is very hard to see how it would not exacerbate the ecosystem collapse caused by record water exports from the Delta in recent years. But those pushing for ever more amounts of water want what they want. Kill the Canal, a new video from Salmon Water Now, is a three-minute look at the canal and what we believe are very good reasons to stop it from being built. The canal would be a massively expensive construction project at a time when California is suffering from huge budget problems. It does not seem that the current plans will help the Delta or help the people and communities who depend on having healthy runs of wild salmon. But it will help the Westlands Water District, billionaire "farmer" Stewart Resnick, and plenty of real estate developers. If they get their way, they'll be very happy. A little sarcasm never hurts. Salmon Water Now is one of many voices that would like to put the brakes on the march to build a peripheral canal. We'd like to see a spirited discussion about this issue and there is plenty to talk about. We encourage the sharing of our Kill the Canal video as a way to stimulate a lively debate.

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Tourism meltdown, Climate change causes drift ice lost

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-24 11:56:21

The Sea of Okhotsk has long been the most�southern spot in the Northern Hemisphere where polar sea ice is found. After spreading out�southward of the Arctic, each winter along the eastern edge of Sakhalin Island, the ice typically arrives in Hokkaido in mid to late January. The best time to see it is the latter half of February but it stays until late March or early April. However, over the past twenty years the drift ice has been slowly diminishing. Some say this is the result of global warming. The people of Abashiri have come together to take action.�

More info: www.unu.edu
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2009
Language: English

Gender dimensions in land and water: experiences from the field

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-25 11:30:31

This video gives an overview of an FAO project in Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and East Timor that works to increase men's and women's security of land tenure, as well as access to water and other natural resources.

More info: www.fao.org
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2011
Language: Portuguese (Subtitles: English)

Where the sea whistle echoes

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-25 16:39:32

Ama, the legendary women divers of Japan, have been practicing sustainable fishing for hundreds of years, but climate change coupled with overfishing is bringing them face to face with an uncertain future.

More info: www.unu.edu
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2009
Language: English

What is Spate Irrigation?

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-25 17:26:30

This video aims to introduce Spate Irrigation, as an irrigation technique and as the basis of unique agro-economies unique to them.

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

El Nino

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-27 12:03:21

El Nino is a natural phenomenon that irregular�occurs (once in three to seven years). Hot water reaches the coast of Peru around January and leads to an end of the fishing season. Normally there is�cold water which has flown�from the south pole. The hot water is supplied from Indonesia and the Phillipines by a western storm in the direction of the eastern trade winds.�El Nino influences the weather in great parts of the world. For instance, in Peru it causes heavy rainfalls, while the other side of the Pacific ocean (e.g. Australia and Indonesia) will face extreme drought.�

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More info:�www.intelecom.org

Produced by:�INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications

Year: 2011

Language: English

The Water Planet

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-27 12:04:23

This documentary leads you from the Big Bang theory to the formation of planet Earth through the origins of life. Several scientists summarize the profound influence of water on our planet and introduce the science of oceanography.

More info: www.intelecom.org

Produced by: INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications

Year: 2011

Language: English

Delta Blues (in a land of cotton)

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-30 11:10:10

A documentary about the social and political consequences of the drying up of the Aral Sea in Central Asia.�

More info:�http://aralblues.wordpress.com/delta-blues/�
Produced by: MirrorMundo
Year: 2000
Language: English (Dutch subtitles)

Gambella's hidden treasures

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-30 17:07:08

Gambella - Ethiopia's wet western most region - shelters an important wildlife population. Livelihood and landscape are linked, with water as major resource. The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority is responsible for the protection and management of the park. Gambella's National Park is undergoing a major review. The region shares an important border with the republic of South-Sudan and animals should easily move from one country to the other. Gambella's National Park also has potential for development of ecotourism.
This video is about the protection and preservation of Gambella's National Park. Under new management and new visions Gambella National Park is being transformed into a properly managed protected area.

More info:�www.hoarec.org
Produced by:�HoA-REC/N and EWCA
Year: 2012
Language: English

Morocco's solution to water scarcity

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-31 10:53:16

Water is getting scarce. Agriculture is the number one user of water worldwide. If dry areas of the world aren't careful, their agriculture will soon be in big trouble. Morocco is a good example of a country that has woken up to its water problems and introduced drip irrigation.�

More info: www.fao.org
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2011
Language: English�

Impact of rising sea level

TheWaterChannel — 2012-01-31 14:26:08

Sea level is rising about two millimeters per year. For those people and structures located along shorelines, this could eventually be a serious problem.

More info: www.intelecom.org
Produced by:�INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Year: 2011
Language: English

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Jean-Michel Cousteau: ocean pollution

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-02 12:19:24

Explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau talks about the adverse effects of waste, heavy metals and other chemicals on the ocean and marine life.

More info:�www.intelecom.org
Produced by:�INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Year: 2011
Language: English�

Drought prevention in Sahel

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-01 11:53:38

Video showing the measures taken to prevent a repeat of the crisis of the 1970s drought by the people of the Sahel.

More info: www.fao.org /NR/water
Produced by: FAO of the United Nations
Year: 2009
Language: English

Sand dams tranform millions of lives

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-01 12:05:59

Simon Maddrell from Excellent Development, UK, relates a story about rural water supply to Deirdre Casella, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre on 1 December 2011 in the Story Booth at the 6th RWSN Forum in Kampala, Uganda.

More info: www.excellentdevelopment.com
Produced by: IRC, International Water and Sanitation Centre
Year: 2011
Language: English

Building futures

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-02 16:38:21

This documentary explains reasons why supporting apprenticeship is crucial for Madagascar in order to respond to the increasing pressures of rural employment.�

More info:�www.prosperer.mg
Produced by:�IFAD
Year: 2010
Language: English

B?tir l'avenir

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-02 16:52:31

'B?tir l'avenir' raconte les raisons pour lesquelles le soutien de l'apprentissage est crucial pour Madagscar pour r�pondre aux pressions croissantes sur l'emploi rural.�

More info: www.prosperer.mg
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2010
Language: French

Backing the basics

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-03 11:08:59

Developing the physical and social infrastructure of the Upper Mandrare River Basin area was as important to the project's success as irrigation and cropping techniques. In order to implement sustainanble change at a grass roots level, local people needed to improve their health, literacy and general education with the hlp of the projects's social facilitators and Communication Unit.�

More info: PHBM Project
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2010
Language: French

R�pondre aux besoins fondamentaux

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-03 11:43:21

D�velopper les infrastructures physiques et sociales de la r�gion de Haut bassin du Mandrar� �tait aussi important pour la r�ussite du project que l'irrigation et les techniques de culture. Pour mettre en oeuvre des changements durables au niveau local, les populations locales devaient am�liorer leur sant�, l'alphab�tisation et l'enseignement g�n�ral avec l'aide des animateurs sociaux du project et de l'Unit� de la Communication.

More info: PHBM Project
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2010
Language: French

The future role of livestock in feeding the world

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-27 16:19:53

Today's global population of 7 billion is predicted to expand to more than 9 billion by 2050. Will that more crowded world be able to produce enough food for everyone? And should livestock be part of evolving food security plans? In this 26 minute seminar, Mario Herrero, agro-ecological systems analyst at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) says that “the future lies in what we do with the world’s resources”, and concludes “livestock science will be fundamental to deliver the solutions that the world needs.”

More info: www.ilri.org
Produced by: International Livestock Research Institute under the creative commons license
Year: 2011
Language: English

Inona avy no ilaina

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-03 11:53:59

Toa ny taridrano sy ny tekinika fambolena dia zava-dehibe koa eo an'ny fahatanterahan'ny tetikasa ny fampivoarana ny fotodrafitrasa sy ny ara-tsosialy ao amin'ny faritry ny lemaka ambonin'ny Mandrare. Mba hametrahana fivoarana maharitra eny ifotony, tokony hitsinjo ny fahasalamny ny mponina ary hanatsara ny fianarana mamaky teny sy manoratra ary koa ny fianarana amin'ny ankapobeny. Izany dia atao amin'ny alalan'ny fanampian'ireo mpanentana ara-tsosialy sy ny vondrona serasera sy fifandraisan'ny tetikasa.

More info: PHBM Project
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2010
Language: French

From Mountain to Sea: A Vision to Rebuild Tohoku

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-10 11:22:10

Atsushige Hatakeyama is convinced about the need to manage the upstream forests, so as to better ensure good water quality in the coastal area.

More info: www.unu.edu
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2011
Language: English

From waste to water: greywater reuse in The Middle East

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-03 15:32:54

Greywater is household wastewater from kitchen sinks and bathroom tubs - anything except for raw sewage. In many countries in the Middle East and North African region,untreated greywater is used for irrigation purposes due to the environmentally andpolitically determined water scarcity of the region, and is stored in privately constructed holding tanks. Along with risks to human health in the holding and reuse of this water forirrigation, the hiring of private parties to regularly empty these tanks is a cost burden onhouseholds, as public infrastructure is not always available to do so, especially in rural areas. The safe treatment of this water can provide an alternative to other costly andsources of irrigation. But how can this water be treated in a cost effective andsimple way for households to own and utilize? This short film documents the catalyst, innovation, implementation and outcome of onesolution, initially developed in the West bank and now adopted for use in Jordan and Lebanon.

More info:�http://www.ranaghose.com/
Produced by: IDRC
Year: 2006
Language: English/Arabic (English subtitles)

Remineralization in Rural Brazil

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-13 10:06:48

A research project in Bahia, Brazil proves remineralization to be an effective adjunct strategy for remote impoverished communities to produce higher yields of quality crops while remaining independent from chemical fertilizers and government subsidies.

The project was implemented by Suzi Huff Theodoro, a geology and sustainability professor at the University of Brasilia. During the 5 years of the project she has been helping remote communities of slave descendants in the Northeastern state of Bahia to increase the nutritional value as well as yields of their crops with�rock dust and other natural means.

The film describes the project in further detail, demonstrates various ways of practical application of rock dust, shows some of the highlights and challenges Suzi’s team has faced, and includes interviews with local farmers as well as officials and agricultural professionals. The film also touches on themes of social justice and racial equality, which was one of Suzi’s goals of the project.

More info:�http://remineralize.org/blog/magazine/remineralization-in-rural-brazil
Produced by: Remineralize the Earth
Year: 2011
Language: English

One plastic beach

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-06 11:55:59

Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting plastic debris off one beach in Northern California for over ten years. Each piece of plastic Richard and Judith pick up comes back to their house, where it gets cleaned, categorized and stored before being used for their art. The couple make sculptures, prints, jewelry and installations with the plastic they find washed up, raising a deeper concern with the problem of plastic pollution in our seas. Richard and Judith: While the content of our work has a message about the spoiling of the natural world by the industrial world, our final intent is aesthetic and celebratory.

More info: Beach Plastic
Produced by: High Beam Media
Year: 2011
Language: English

Water Project: Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 10:22:44

Water.org co-founders Gary White and Matt Damon visit a number of project sites in Ethiopia. The first visit is brought to two hand dug water wells water serving a community of around�6,000 people. The water in the well is dirty and vulnerable to�become a source of infections. These wells�however are the only water resources available in this area, therefor schoolchildren and woman queue�in early morning hours. To�protect health of those people and shorten the water fetching time water.org facilitated drilling of a new borehole in Adinefa. This video shows the problems inherent to the Water Crisis, and the solutions Water.org provides.

More info:�� www.water.org
Produced by: water.org
Year:�� 2010
Language:�� English

Collective Action in Groundwater Management in Yemen (Arabic)

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-06 13:51:13

The video is first in a series called 'Building on Practice,' documenting case studies in local water management from Yemen. Other videos in the series will be coming soon on TheWaterChannel.

(Watch the English version)

More info: info@metameta.nl
Produced by: MetaMeta, Levert Communication and Water and Environment Center (WEC)
Year: 2011
Language: Arabic/English

Rice advice: improving rice quality

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-08 09:40:24

...culture of quality is very important for us to push back the dumping from outside, if we don't do it; whether its from Africa, whether it's from my mothers kitchen, people are not going to buy it, so we have to become competitive, we have to develop competitive advantage and quality is the most important element in competitive advantage and, it's�within our reach, we can do it."

More info:�http://www.africaricecenter.org/
Produced by: Africe Rice Centre
Year:�
Language: English

Conseils aux riziculteurs: Le repiquage du riz

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-08 09:49:41

Les rendements sont plus �lev�s lorsque le riz est repiqu�. Les rendements issus du semis � la vol�e repr�sentent le tiers de ceux du riz repiqu�.

More info:�http://www.africaricecenter.org/
Produced by: Africa Rice Centre
Year:
Language: French

IRRI: rice science for a better world

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-08 15:24:00

People depend on rice for food and employment. These people are the poorest of the poor. They earn less than a dollar a day. Rice is life for millions of the world's poor. Have you ever wondered how people grow rice?�

More info:�http://irri.org/
Produced by: I RRI
Year: 2009
Language: English�

Alternate wetting and drying (AWD)--using less water to grow rice

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-08 15:30:01

Across the globe, water is fast becoming a precious commodity as more and more people use it for the household, industry, and agriculture.�Since almost half of the worlds population depends on rice as its staple food, rice uses the highest amount of water in agriculture. By 2025, 15 to 20 million hectares of irrigated rice fields may suffer from water scarcity. To face this challenge, IRRI scientists have developed a technique called alternate wetting and drying or AWD, which uses less water to grow rice. This video provides a glimpse on how to apply AWD in irrigated rice fields.

More info:�http://beta.irri.org/news/images/stories/ricetoday/8-3/Every_drop_counts.pdf�and�http://beta.irri.org/news/images/stories/ricetoday/7-2/feature_big%20squeeze.pdf
Produced by: IRRI
Year: 2009
Language: English

River Water Harvesting in Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-27 12:03:32

It's not what you think. Women walk miles to a river to collect water. How far would you go? For $25, you can give someone water for life.�

More info: water.org
Produced by: water.org
Year: 2010
Language: English

Spate Irrigation Engineering: Lessons from Past Interventions

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-15 11:27:07

Spate irrigation systems are based on floods and related phenomena, which makes them very different from normal irrigation practices. Design considerations that apply to other irrigation systems do not apply to them. This difference, however, has not been appreciated by a number of interventions carried out to modernize/ improve existing spate systems. Many of them ended up making things worse.

Some of the factors that make spate systems unique are (a) the large amount of sediments that ride on the flow (b) the large amount of trash that comes in with the flood waters (c) scope for abrasion and impact damage (d) an intricate system of water rights of various users. Having evolved over hundreds of years, traditional spate systems take all of these into account. Any intervention to increase their efficiency should be based on these considerations.

Too often, top-down technocratic interventions are based on hydrological assumptions that are not field-tested. �Therefore, it is important that the design process is informed by the farmers’ knowledge and experience. Besides, unless they are involved, they have no motivation to rectify the government’s mistakes.

In this presentation, spate-irrigation expert John Ratsey presents and these and many other related issues.

More info:�http://www.spate-irrigation.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

IRRI Agronomy Challege: Laser Leveling

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-08 15:34:33

Achim Dobermann, deputy director general for research at the International Rice Research Institute, and Leigh Vial, head of IRRI's experiment station, discuss and demonstrate laser leveling in a 25 x 100-meter field on IRRI's research farm. This is the first step in establishing a productive rice crop.
By levelling the plots, the water will be kept longer within the field, the run-of will be reduced.

More info:�http://irri.org/irri/our-people/blogs/achim-dobermanns-blog/level-the-field
Produced by: IRRI
Year: 2012
Language: English

Walking on country with spirits, Wet tropics, Australia

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-09 14:44:01

Located on the eastern shore of Australias tropical north, Shiptons Flat is home to Marilyn, a Kuku Nyungkal Aboriginal woman, and her family. She has been living here the ancestral way far removed from the services and conveniences of modern life as part of the sublime performance of nature. Like her ancestors before her, Marilyn walks through the Nyungkal bubu, the Nyungkals country, acknowledging and conversing with the Spirit beings around her.�

More info:�http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/walking-on-country-with-spirits/
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2009
Languagel: English

Wallace J Nichols: Great Pacific Garbage Patch

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-09 11:50:01

Dr. Wallace "J" Nichols delivers a passionate challenge to manufacturers of plastic products, packaging and virgin resin product: Rethink design, Rethink product, Invest in true biodegradable product - non-toxic in any stage of existence, that is not derived from food-grade plant matter.�

More info:�http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch-Wa;search:Nichols
Produced by: TEDxTalks
Year: 2010
Language: English

Captain Charles Moore: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-09 13:52:11

Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research talks about his own experiences with the Gyre. He first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas.

More info:�http://www.ted.com/speakers/charles_moore.html
Produced by: TEDxTalks
Year: 2010
Language: English

Rock Dust and Biochar as a Strategy for Carbon Sequestration

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-13 10:42:40

Dr. Thomas Goreau, President of the Global Coral Reef Alliance and Coordinator of the UN Commission (SIDSPINST), has published around 200 papers on global climate change, the global carbon cycle, stabilization of atmospheric CO2, tropical deforestation and reforestation, microbiology, soil science, atmospheric chemistry, mathematical modeling of climate records and other fields.�

In this discussion, he talks about the the importance of proper soil management in stabilizing the climate, on using rock dust in combination with biochar as an effective strategy to sequester carbon, and a study done in Panama on the increased growth of trees remineralized with basalt rock dust.

More info: http://goo.gl/IFj3Y
Produced by: Remineralize the Earth
Year: 2011
Language: English�

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Full Interview With Matt Damon About The Water Crisis

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-15 14:00:08

Including all six parts, this is a candid interview with Water.org cofounder Matt Damon about the water crisis and what Water.org is doing to bring about change.

More info: http://water.org
Produced by: water.org
Year: 2011
Language: English

Finding a place to feed: Kyrgyz shepherds & pasture loss

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-17 13:39:13

Shepherd Dootkasy and his wife Anarkul share their family's observations and traditional adaptation to the changing climate in highland pastures of Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan mountains.

More info:�www.unu.edu
Produced by:�United Nations University
Year: 2009
Language: English

Ecosystemes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-27 11:46:33

Le r�le que joue la for�t d'Afrique centrale, vaste massif de 228 millions d'hectares d'un seul tenant, dans l'�quilibre �cologique de notre planete, au regard de la pr�servation des resources en eau, de la protection des sols contre l'�rosion, du maintien de la biodiversit�, de la pr�vention des risques naturelles, de l'�puration de l'air, est un r�le essential et primordial. La conservation et la gestion durable des �cosystemes forestiers d'Afrique centrale, ceux du Bassin du Congo notamment, constituent, de ce fait, un enjeu majeur pour l'avenir de l'humanit� tout entiere.

More info: http://www.comifac.org
Produced by: DRTV Production
Year:�2005
Language: French

Spate Hydrology, Wadi Morphology and Sediments

TheWaterChannel — 2012-02-29 15:49:17

Run off of flash floods can have a devasting impact if not well managed, however population in the wadi's can also reap multiple benefits of
the flash floods if well managed. The presentation of john Ratsley provide methodologies how to predict floods, how to constructs structures in the wadi beds, and how to tackles problems with sedimentation and debris.

More info: http://www.spate-irrigation.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Fair water sharing: from Storytelling to Community Mapping in Egypt

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-05 12:31:36

This video explains the steps towards a successful PPGIS practice: visit the pilot area, get to know movers/shakers, filling the ppgis invitation, identify core stakeholder group, build relationships, etc. Footage from ppgis workshops is shown.

More info: www.environmentalmalta.com
Year: 2011
Produced by: IRMCo, Malta
Language: English
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IMARES Research: The efficiency of different spat collectors

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-05 13:46:19

As part of the EU project, Oysterecover, which is aimed at investigating the causes and potential solutions of the decline of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, IMARES investigated the efficiency of different spat collectors. The objective of these spat collectors is to provide a substrate for larvae to settle and recruit, thereby concentrating the number of oyster spat to a profitable quantity which can then be removed and reared in a hatchery. IMARES tested three types of spat collectors, Chinese hats (a collector currently used commercially), Mussel stockings (a collectors currently being tested and used commercially by some farmers) and a plastic mesh (not a commercially used spat collector but one with an experimentally successful review in the literature).

More info: www.imares.wur.nl� (Project leader: Pauline Kameramans)
Produced by: Anneke van den Brink
Year: 2012
Language: English

Water Hero: a game on facebook

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-05 14:33:06

Interview at the 6th World Water Forum with Dominique Monchamp of Fondatio de Gaspe Beaubien Foundation. Dominique explains how Water Hero works, an online serious game which can be played on facebook.

More information: www.fondationdegaspebeaubien.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English
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River Basin Game

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-05 14:33:31

In this video Ruth MacDougall explains the River Basin Game. The River Basin Game (RBG) has been employed a role-playing physical tool for promoting dialogue and decision-making over water resources where irrigation is present. The river basin game is a physical representation of a catchment (or small river basin) with a gradient and glass marbles to show upstream-downstream flow of water. Upstream abstractors/users of water are favoured over downstream abstractors and users of water.

More info: www.uea.ac.uk
Produced by: TheWaterChannel at wwf6
Year: 2012
Language: English
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Make a profit out of storage!

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-05 14:34:00

In this video Taye Alemayehu presents "Make a profit out of storage! The economic potential for upscaling water storage solutions to achieve food security" at the 6th World Water Forum.
At the heart of water and food security stands the 3R approach: Water Recharge, Retention & Reuse. Various aspects are discussed and illustrated with recent field cases, focusing on the integrated management of storage, ground-, soil-, and rainwater.
The presentation is followed by an active Q&A session.

More info: www.bebuffered.com
Produced by: TheWaterChannel al wwf6
Year: 2012
Language: English

Sediment Use and Intake Design in Spate Irrigation Schemes

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 11:29:44

Sediment providing additional fertility to a farmer's land is a blessing; sediment filling the canals�of an�irrigation system a disaster.

In�this lecture John Ratsey discusses how to in-�and exclude sediment in your irrigation scheme by design of the intake structure. The focus�of the lecture is on spate irrigation systems, systems designed to deal�with high sediment loads during flash flood events.

More info:�� http://www.spate-irrigation.org/
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year:�� 2012
Language:�� English

Design of spate flow diversion and distribution structures

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 14:26:14

Traditional diversion structures�built of stones, wood and trash are constructed in dry river beds by rural communities to divert the precious water flow when once the rains arrive. Instability of the structures to the massive powers of the water forces these people to reconstruct those diversion weirs each and every�year.�
Introduction of permanent hydraulic structures on these�sites allows the communities to�save considerable amount of time,�as well as divert the water more efficiently. Aspects to be considered�during the transition from traditional to modern hydraulic structures�are in this video discussed by Mr. Abebe, Abba Minch Univeristy, Ethiopia

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org; www.amu.edu.et
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Night storage of irrigation water

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 15:19:02

In the dry Tigray region of Ethiopia every drop of water has to be used by the farmers to realize a harvest. Construction of overnight storage facilities allow the farmers to collect and store river water, which otherwise would have been passed unused. Farmers in Hagre-Salaam, featured in this video, have managed to double cropping area by using such overnight storage arrangements.

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Area Closure Revives Economy of Tigray region

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 16:21:16

Zero-impact area's targets recovery of soil coverage in the Tigray area. Fences disable livestock and humans to enter protected zones, so that vegetative species find time to regenerate. Hand-in-hand with other soil and water conservation measures, this method is baring fruit, as soil coverage and species diversity increased. The video highlights the arrival of new flowering plants, which stood at the basis of the revival of the honey industry. Honey is now the 4th biggest export of Ethiopia.

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Targeting the vulnerable

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-07 12:55:18

Women, young people, land less and the rural poor stood central�in the Upper Mandare Basin Development Project (1996-2008),�in Madagaskar. These people were empowered through writing skill lessons, treeplantation projects, improved stoves planning, garden marketing and establishement of a local initiative fund. In 2008 the livelihoods of 6750 people, of which 4270 women, had been improved.

More info:�www.ifad.nl; www.agriculture.gov.mg
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2009
Language: English

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Hand-Dug wells in Tigray

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 16:51:24

In Kifle Awlaelo, Tigray province, Northern Ethiopia 26 families are digging and shaping a new well to serve their community. Following the soil and water conservation measures taken in Tigray over the past 20 years, groundwater tables have risen making it easier for communities to access groundwater resources. In

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Gully Treatment in Tigray

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-06 17:27:32

Gullies appear as scars in the Tigray landscape where soil conservation measures were not sufficiently incorporated in land management strategies. A variety of gully-treatment measures are being employed in the region, some of which are:

1) Construction of checkdams in the middle of the gully, to slow down the water and stimulate sedimentation in the heart of the gully.
2) Plantation of the site slopes of the gully, to stabilize the walls and halt widening of the gully.
3) Construct micro-basins in the upper catchment, to reduce run-off potential, and lower the erosive force of the water.

The video shows examples of gullies in Negash, Birki and Hintalo Wojerat

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Foul Smell: Treating Gaza's Wastewater under Israeli Blockade

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-07 10:16:57

This video on wastewater was produced by the Thirsting for Justice Campaign ambassadors (Palestinian youth living in the Gaza Strip). The Thirsting for Justice Campaign demands respect for Palestinian rights to water and sanitation and seeks accountability to Israeli violations under international law.

More info: www.thirstingforjustice.org
Produced by: Thirsting for Justice Campaign ambassadors
Year: 2012
Language: English

Voices from the Floor: HR-1837 vs. Salmon

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-07 15:13:09

Voices from the Floor: HR-1837 vs. Salmon. They had their vote and it was never in doubt. The House of Representatives passed HR-1837, The San Joaquin Water Reliability Act. Will it get through the Senate? Would the President sign it?
The answer to both questions is likely to be, "no" but that's not the point. The component parts of the bill are certainly going to be introduced again and again as the proponents of the bill are intent on changing the way water is allocated. They are intent on getting their way, no matter the cost to anyone, or anything that might object.
This video has highlights from the full day of debate on the floor of the House. We've added a few comments of our own, too. You can decide if our observations are valid or not. Now it's on to the Senate. Keep fighting and stay involved. Salmon, and people, deserve better.

More info: www.salmonwaternow.org
Produced by: Salmon Water Now
Year: 2012
Language: English

Looking to the Future

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-07 15:50:27

The closing and handover of PHBM to local associations were carefully planned elements of the project, to ensure sustainability of the successes seen since 1996. Farmers'organizations now provide advisory and management services to producers in the region and the local economy is flourishing. There are many lessons to be drawn from this integrated rural experience that can be applied to projects elsewhere.

More info: www.ifad.nl; www.agriculture.gov.mg
Produced by: IFAD
Year: 2009
Language: English

Plastic Soup is everywhere...

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-08 12:47:11

"Plastic soup" is a vivid description for a sea polluted by broken-up particles of old plastic. It is sometimes thought that plastic soup occurs only in the major gyres of our oceans. However, such soup becomes visible anywhere, where wind, waves and currents concentrate rubbish floating in the water. It happens in the Netherlands and also in that beautiful blue Mediterranean Sea. If one goes snorkling in places where the soup is formed, one wonders what on earth we are doing?

More info: www.imares.wur.nl�
Produced by: Jan van Franeker
Year: 2012
Language: not applicable

Sunglacier: A glacier in the desert

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-09 12:41:08

The SunGlacier art project hopes to stimulate people to think creatively about solutions to the challenges of climate change. These changes are not necessarily all negative or better still, if we can find a way to turn some of them to our advantage then nothing should stop us to do so. To carry this fresh and positive way of thinking forward, Ap Verheggen kicked off the SunGlacier project as a new and unique sequel to the successful cool(E)motion endeavour.

More info: www.sunglacier.com
Produced by: TheWaterChannel at WWF6
Year: 2012
Language: English

Jordan River Basin Game

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-09 12:42:07

In this video the Jordan River Basin Management Boardgame "hydromonopoly" is played by a group of visitors from World Water Forum 6. This is a try-out of the prototype of the boardgame. The game will be developed as a method for research and it aims to develop it further in an educational tool for wider outreach later on.

More info: Lund University
Produced by: TheWaterChannel at WWF6
Year: 2012
Language: English

The Aquaplenty: getting water from air

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-09 12:41:41

In this video Frank de Vries from H2OnSite explains everything about the Aquaplenty�. The Aquaplenty� is a 'water from air' production device. Independent, non-grid-connected and driven by wind energy, the Aquaplenty� produces clean and safe water in places where no water is normally available.

More info: www.h2onsite.com
Produced by: TheWaterChannel at WWF6
Year: 2012
Language: English

Competencia por el Agua: Cuando m�s agua causa conflicto

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-09 12:42:52

Haciendo disponible m�s agua, por ejemplo a trav�s de la construcci�n de pozos p�blicos con bombas para sacar el agua subterr�nea, puede hacer una diferencia grande para la gente que vive en las partes rurales de los pa�ses en desarrollo. Esto aplica no solamente a los pobres quienes en muchos lugares carecen de agua potable sino tambi�n a las familias m�s ricas d�ndoles la posibilidad de aguar hatos de ganado m�s grandes y regar m�s cultivos utilizando agua subterr�nea. Por lo tanto, la competencia por el agua muchas veces aumenta cuando m�s agua se vuelve disponible.
Con ilustraciones del municipio de Namwala en Zambia, este video muestra que muchas veces son las relaciones locales de poder en vez de la necesidad por el agua las que determinen quienes obtienen el acceso y benefician cuando m�s agua se vuelve disponible.

Este video est� producido por Sten Rehder y el programa Competencia por el Agua con el apoyo financiero de la Embajada Real de Dinamarca en Lusaka, Zambia

More info: www.diis.dk
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder
Year: 2010
Language: English with Spanish subtitles

Does it Ever rain at this time

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-12 10:26:43

"Does it ever rain at this time?!" is a poignant, short film that captures the story of the after-effects of unexpected and unusually heavy rain that devastated crops in Akole region of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. It shows the devastating, downward spiral which the farmers got sucked into, due to a series of unexpected monsoon events. The late monsoon rains of 2010 started only in November, made farmers decide to�try to still plant their crop for that season. This�provided a delay�of the planting of the bajra and groundnut crops for the dry season.�Early monsoon rains in 2011 made that those crops failed to ripe, and allmost the harvest was either lost or of poor quality. Impacts of this cropping failure were�a lower protein availability in the diet, a lower�feedstock for the livestock, and a low financial return of the poor crop on the local market.��

More info: http://www.wotr.org/
Produced by:�WOTR
Year:�2012
Language: English, Hindi

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Green Toilet Talks (Part 1): A documentary on ecological sanitation, explaining compost toilets

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-12 12:37:06

A large number�of the�population of�the Eastern and Southern Coast of Sri Lanka,�dealt with improper �sanitation facilites after the tsunami and other floods.�The pit latrines they were using overflowed�either by overland� inflow, or raising groundwater tables. Besides the impossibility�to use sanitation facilities, the interference of groundwater with human excreta in the pit latrines, also contaminated drinking water of surrounding drinking water wells.�In this first part of the documentary "Green Toilet Talks" different parties explained the problems faced using the old toilet system, as well as the integral solution found to tackle these problems and actually make a benefit of the toilet systems.

More info: www.sei-international.org�and http://www.ifrc.org/�
Produced by:�SEI and IFRC
Year: 2010
Language: English

Green Toilet Talks (Part 2): A Documentary on Ecological Sanitation, explaining compost toilets

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-12 13:25:40

In the villages of Galle, Potuvil and Alayadivembu new toilets have been constructed, which are flood save, do not consume water, do not contaminated groundwater and provide valuable fertilizer for banana and coconut trees. Watch yourself how to construct such toilets.

More info: www.sei-international.org and http://www.ifrc.org/
Produced by: SEI and IFRC
Year: 2010
Language: English

Latrine Construction in Aguie, Niger

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-12 16:14:50

As part of the "Productive Sanitation in Aguie -�Project" the local population in this dry southern district of Niger learnt how to construct and use a urine diverting toilet. Mr. Ian Caldwell, of the Stockholm Environment Institute, explains: "by keeping urine and faeces separate, the odour is reduced significantly. Also, urine is simple to make safe for? use as fertilizer on crops - it just needs to be stored in containers for a few months, or if used at a household-level, it can be applied directly to crops up until a few weeks before harvesting. Urine separation is a proven technology for low-cost dry toilets that can be built for very little money, on the order of 25-100USD plus labour".�The video from the "Productive Sanitation in Niger" film series learns you how to�generate low-cost and safe fertilizer yourself as well.

More info: www.ecosanres.org/aguie
Produced by: IFAD, CREPA, SEI and PPILDA
Year: 2010
Language: Haussa

The Lucky Ladies of the Maha Oya

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-14 14:11:25

The Maha Oya is one of Sri Lana's major rivers and flows west into the sea about 40 km north of Colombo. Within the last decade, river sand mining has become a significant problem due to rapid growth in the construction industry. Coastal and bank erosion, as well as saltwater intrusion are major impacts, causing loss of ecosystems and their services. In an effort to conserve the river, an alternative livelihood program was offered to a community of artisan sand miners and their wives. The men chose fish farming, and the women -- to make ladies shoes. Little did anyone realize how successful these sand miner's wives would turn out to be.

More info: www.mangrovesforthefuture.org
Produced by:�MFF (Mangroves for the Future)
Year: 2011
Language: English

Urine Collection and Application

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-14 14:57:57

A demonstration of urine collection and application to crops in Niger. From the "Productive Sanitation in Niger" film series.

More info: www.ecosanres.org/aguie
Produced by: IFAD, CREPA, SEI and PPILDA
Year: 2010
Language: Haussa

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Water for all

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-14 16:27:17

Countries in the Middle-East receive limited amount of rainfall, which makes that water resources need to be used carefully. One of the main concerns of the Palestinian people is to have sufficient water to meet basic and immediate needs and ensure economic and social development in the future. With a growing population and increasing demands of the agricultural, industrial and domestic sector, water planning becomes more important. This video commissioned by the Palestinian Water Authority shows the overall situation of the water sector in 1999 as well as the activities carried out by the Authority, to ensure safe and sufficient water supply in the West Bank and Gaza.

More info: Palestinian Water Authority
Produced by: Al-Quds University & Bissan Film
Year: 1999
Language: English

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Spate Irrigation in Sudan: Status, Experiences and Developments

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-14 18:13:52

In this lecture Ms. Eiman Mohamed Fadul explains the layout, status and conditions of the spate irrigation schemes in Sudan. Three major schemes are discussed in the lecture, namely Gash Agricultural Scheme, Toker Delta Agricultural Scheme and Khor Abu Habl.�Gash Agricultural scheme, with 32,000 hectares the largest spate irrigated scheme in Sudan, is discussed in detail. Topics include its layout, flood characteristics, sediment transports, as well as land rights and operation and management of the scheme.

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Competencia por el agua - cuando nuevos usuarios poderosos emergen

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-19 17:13:39

En muchas partes del mundo, la llegada de nuevos usuarios del agua, muchas veces poderosos, en las zonas rurales cambia radicalmente el nivel de competencia por el agua. Basado en el caso de la extracci�n de plomo en el municipio de Con Cuong en Vietnam, este videoreportaje provee un ejemplo de lo que pueda pasar cuando nuevos usuarios de agua emergen. Ilustra que las personas que toman las decisiones con respecto a permitir a nuevos usuarios de agua empiecen sus actividades suelen ser ajenos a la gente que padece los costos de este nuevo tipo de competencia por el agua que surge a ra�z de la llegada de nuevos usuarios. Este video es uno de tres videos que ilustran las conclusiones provenientes del programa de investigaci�n "Competencia por el Agua".

Los videoreportajes puedan ser vistos desde diis.dk/?water/?videoreports. El programa Competencia por el Agua (diis.dk/?water) es un programa de investigaci�n colaborativa que ha documentado la extensi�n, la intensidad y la naturaleza del conflicto y de la cooperaci�n relacionado con el agua tomando lugar durante un periodo de 10 a�os en un municipio de cada uno de los siguientes pa�ses: Bolivia, Mali, Nicaragua, Vietnam y Zambia.This project is funded by DIIS and Danish Development Research Council.

More info: www.diis.dk/water/videoreports
Produced by: DIIS & Sten Rehder
Year: 2010
Language: English and Vietnamese with Spanish subtitles

Water knowledge portal: step wise

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-20 17:31:28

The WISE-RTD Water Knowledge Portal can be used to locate considerable policy, research and industry resources that can help with water management. Intelligent keyword linking algorithms allow you to quickly and easily find policy, science and technology related information and to see the inter-relationships between them. This video introduces the portal.

More info: www.wise-rtd.info
Produced by:�
Year: 2011
Language: English

Re-building livelihoods

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-21 10:38:35

The continuous process of land erioson and�sedimentation is characteristic for the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Through climate change, erosion and sedimentation rates, as well as the�sites of erosion and sedimentation,�change continuously. The new land created by sedimentation proccesses, called chars,�is not no-ones land, but subordinate to ancestral claims,�the state, patrons or the land less.�Bangladesh government adopted a pro-poor land-law, in which land-less livelihoods are provided priority in the land allocation process�of the new created chars. This video highlights the challenges this land-less people are confronted with, to make this land their new homestead. These people were assisted�doing so,�during the�Char Development and Settlement Project III.

More info: http://www.cdsp.org.bd/
Produced by: MEDIA LINK
Year: 2011
Language: English, Bangla

Micro-Dams

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-21 11:29:39

In Tigray, Norther Ethiopia, excess rainfall is being captured by series of micro-dams. The walls of these dams are typically constructed with soil and covered with a layer of stones. On average 1.5 to 2 million cubic meter of water can be captured in this way, providing water for agricultural and domestic usages; while recharging groundwater resources and creating a cooler local micro climate.�

More info: www.wahara.eu
Producer: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Resilient Bangladesh: Fishermen cope with rougher seas

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-21 12:18:27

One of the effects of climate change experienced by the coastal communities in the Magna River delta (Bangladesh) is the higher frequency of cyclones and hard winds. As consequence of increased wind speeds, the sea becomes rougher affecting fishermens' ability to catch fish. The consequence of this was experienced physiccally by Mohammed Illias in 2008.�In a terrible storm of 2008, he and 10 other fishermen, experienced their local boat type was not able to withstand the rough waves.�Luckily, all of the fisherman on-board survived. In order to assist the fishermen to make their boats climate proof, their local boats were reinforced�with steel bars, as part of the UN Socio-Economic Development Programme.�Mohammed Illias feels confident now that his boat will�be able to withstand the rough waves. As an added result, the improved boat allows him also to travel further out into the sea and increase his catch.

More info: http://ourworld.unu.edu/�and http://isp.unu.edu
Produced by:�Nishikura, M. and Patron, L.
Year: 2011
Language: English, Bangla

Tree plantation campaign in Bangladesh - CDSP-III

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-21 15:39:59

The new gained land, locally called chars,� along the coast of Bangladesh remain vulnerable to the erosive forces�of the ocean. In order to strengthen local communities to protect their new reclaimed land, a tree planting programme was started. The trees lower the energy level of the waves, diminishing the erosive impact of the water on the land. With commuity role plays, sketches and theather plays�awareness�is created among the local residents how and which trees to be planted. Koen de Wilde, from the Dutch led programme CDSP-III (Community Developed and Settlement Programme) explains also children are made aware through inclusion of climate change topics in teaching material at primary schools.

More info: www.cdsp.org.bd
Produced by: MEDIA LINK
Year: 2011
Language: Bangla

Competencia por el agua: el desaf�o para la gobernanza local del agua

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-23 11:11:36

En muchos pa�ses, corresponde a las alcald�as y otras autoridades locales autorizar y monitorear el uso de agua para riego de peque�a escala (es decir un par de hect�reas o menos) y asegurar que el riego a peque�a escala no compite con el uso de agua para el consumo humano y para animales. El video ilustra la magnitud y la complejidad de esta tarea -- una tarea y un nivel de gobernanza del agua que muchas veces est� descuidada en los esfuerzos para mejorar la gobernanza del agua. Direcci�n, grabaci�n y edici�n: Sten Rehder en colaboraci�n con Ligia G�mez, Tania Paz y Helle Munk Ravnborg.

More info: www.diis.dk
Produced by: DIIS and Sten Rehder
Year: 2010
Language: Spanish

Spate Irrigation in Northern Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-27 10:33:17

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Large parts of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Afar regional states are arid/ semi-arid. The annual floods there are crucial to irrigation and agricultural output. This video depicts how spate irrigation structures in the region work, and some of the activities that go into their maintenance during the off season.

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Global Water Experiment (International year of Chemistry)

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-28 10:04:50

The theme for the global experiment project “Water: A Chemical Solution” implies the dual meaning of “solution.” First, solutions are the answers that chemistry can provide to questions about delivering safe water to people all over the world. Second, in the chemical sense, the term is helpful for introducing important chemical principles such as pH, salinity, and solubility. In the global experiment, teachers will involve classes of students in the investigation.

Consider for a moment how many students might participate:100 countries, 1 000 schools per country, 10 classes per school, and 10 students per class would lead to millions of participants and a giant experiment! With such an extensive reach comes a responsibility to achieve valuable educational goals. The context of water provides relevance and the experiment will give students learning experiences that are engaging and edifying so that they learn valuable practical skills and useful chemistry. At the same time, students will discover the power of chemistry to provide reliable information and data within our society.

More info: water.chemistry2011.org
Produced by: IUPAC & UNESCO
Year: 2011
Language: English

Dr. Sharon Megdal on research achievements

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-28 11:00:09

Dr. Sharon Megdal is Director of the UA Water Resources Research Center (WWRC), C. W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor and Distinguished Outreach Professor at the University of Arizona. WWRC is a unit that concentrates on state and regional water resources management and policy, including environmental water requirements, aquifer recharge and assessment and planning to meet future water needs in the region. The University of Arizona hosted its 9th annual Innovation Day at the UA on March 6. The event celebrated the UA's success in technology development and innovation by highlighting the research achievements of students and faculty and staff members.

More info: innovation.arizona.edu
Produced by: Arizona Board of Regents
Year: 2012
Language: English

Zeolite stonemeal use in the Ukrain

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-28 11:19:14

Zeolite�is available on the Ukranian market since the last�10 to 15 years now. When added to the soil, the zeolite increases�soils nutrient storage capacity, as well as act as a sponge, buffering ans storing water. When zeolite first was applied in the Ukrain, in the late 90's, application rates in between 15 to 30 ton per hectare were common. At the moment this is brought back to 3 ton per hectare in a mixture with organic matter. Its marketing name is CEOLORG-U, developed�by the Institute of Agricultural Soil UAAS, led by professor Henry Masur Adolfovich.

More info:�www.ecoagromax.com
Produced by: ECOAGROMAX
Year: 2012
Language: Spanish and Ukrainian

Spring Development

TheWaterChannel — 2012-03-29 10:56:12

How a community in Tigray, Ethiopia is maximizing the benefits of a local spring by constructing a diversion checkdam and irrigation canals.

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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River Dynamics, River Restoration, Mike Kline- Vermont Rivers Program

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-02 10:15:05

Mike Kline from the Vermont Rivers Program (Part 2) gives an overview of River Dynamics.

This video was directed, filmed and edited by James Valastro of South Burlington Vermont. James Valastro has made many videos about river science and river restoration.

More info:�http://www.anr.state.vt.us/
Produced by: James Valastro
Year: 2010
Langauge: English

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Meet the Water Canary

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-02 18:18:24

After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the Water Canary.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.

More info:�http://www.ted.com/speakers/sonaar_luthra.html
Produced by: TED
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Australian Rockdust Minplus

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-03 09:59:33

Australian farmer Sam Catalano discovers new fertilizing strategy way to rejuvenate soils and reduce costs. In the nineties Sam recognized faster growth of grasses and adapted cattle grazing behavior to locations where minerals were applied. This discovery led to current product, containing basalt powder, called MinPlus.

In the video a banana farmer explains how use of MinPlus strengthened his trees: "In the past the banana trees had a productive live span of about four years, as roots became affected by nematodes at the end. Sine using MinPlus the root density expands and the stronger roots are not affected by nematodes anymore". As the Australian continent is known for its old and probably also among most depleted soils in the world, this new technique is among main solutions reducing farmer input costs in future. Besides, Sam explains: the MinPlus is able to increase organic matter content of the soil and so increase water retention capacity. Also Minplus has a liquid limit of 23 per cent which means that it's weight increases by 23 per cent when it is wet, therefore increasing water storage capacity in the soil".

With these characteristics it holds certainly promise for farmers to adapt to changing rainfall patterns in arid zones.

More info: http://www.minplus.com.au/
Produced by: MinPlus
Year: 2009
Language: English

Stone Bunds

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-03 10:36:27

A look at how stone bunds are employed as a crucial component, in the large-scale soil conservation efforts in Tigray, Ethiopia.

More info: www.wahara.eu
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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How does the Groasis waterboxx work?

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-03 17:56:27

The�Groasis�waterboxx is an instrument that supports plants and trees in order to survive in difficult circumstances without using any groundwater or electricity. The instrument collects water by catching rainwater and producing and catching water from condensation. It subsequently distributes over a long(er) period the collected water to the tree placed in the centre of the waterboxx. Furthermore it stimulates the capillary processing and the prevention of evaporation of groundwater, steadies the temperature around the roots, fights competitive weeds near the planted tree, as well as prevents the damage by rodents. In this way the�Groasis�waterboxx stimulates an optimal growth of the planted tree.

More info:�http://www.groasis.com/en/technology/principle
Produced by: Groasis
Year: 2010
Language: English

Outlook for trans-boundary Cooperation in the Nile Basin

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-06 19:18:53

In this presentation, Dr. Yacob Arsano from Addis Ababa University presents an outlook for trans-boundary cooperation in the Nile river basin.

Historically, the geopolitical profile of the basin has been marked by competing quests for hegemony among riparian countries. For long, Egypt and Sudan have wanted to maintain the status quo on the basis of colonial/ post-colonial agreements, while Ethiopia and other upstream countries have have been wanting a negotiated agreement.

There has been, and remains till date, an environment of net distrust between the upstream and downstream countries. It was under such challenging circumstances that the inter-governmental Nile Basin Initiative was established in 1999. While the body enjoys unprecedented international support, it faces the tough challenge of forging a mechanism of cooperation from conflicting interests/ demands from member countries.

However, “…there is no viable alternative to upstream-downstream cooperation for equitable and reasonable utilization and sustainable benefit sharing..,” sums up Dr. Arasano, as he lays down his analysis of what the policy ingredients of such cooperation would look like.�

More info:�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

Anorthite Use in Grass Production

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-03 18:45:48

Biological dairy farmer Mr. Hengel, uses Norwegian rock dust (Anorthite, added with Nepheline and Manganese) to replenish soil nutrients and minerals on his farm. Mr. Hengel explains: “a lot of calcium and other minerals leave my farm, through milk and meat production.�The stonemeal, mixed with compost, restores the calcium-magnesium ratio in the soil, and provide better fodder for the cows, and a finally a better product for the consumers”. The trial on his farm is being run by Arcadis, a Dutch engineering company.

Bert Carpay and Huig Bergsma (both Arcadis) explain the benefits of this type of stonemeal: (1) the stonemeal requires less energy for production, transportation and application on the land, as compared to chemical fertilizers; (2) it is more effective, as the stonemeal is solid and does not leach, in contrast to a lot of soluble agricultural salts which easily leach; and (3) �this stonemeal type sequesters CO2, while lime and other agricultural salts release additional greenhouse gasses (CO2, N2) due to fierce reactions in the soil. Probably the trial may lead to further scaling up of this practice.

More info: www.arcadis.nl; www.provincie-utrecht.nl
Produced by:�EPP Public Relations / NEOS Producties
Year: 2009
Language: English

Eco Talk: River Manafwa endangered

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-04 12:00:32

River Mafwa is considered the longest river to flow through Mbale and Butalejja Districts. The river is fed by many tributaries and small streams from Mt. Elgon. It feeds communities residing near it, but activities such as sand mining are starting to have negative effects on this water body.

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More info: www.ntvuganda.co.ug
Produced by: NTV Uganda
Year: 2010
Language: English

Micro Basins

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-06 10:19:23

Micro-basins, also known as 'half-moons' are semi-circular stone bunds enclosing plants of agroforestry value.�These structures trap run-off and make soil and water settle down and feed the plant.

They have been employed at a large scale in Ethiopia and to good effect, as this video from Tigray province shows.

More info:�http://www.wahara.eu/�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Clean Sea

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-06 10:42:41

The 'Clean Seas' thematic network aims to promote knowledge exchange between industry and universities/research institutes and to coordinate and combine initiatives. In this way, the various parties can work in line with European Maritime Policy to reduce the environmental impact of ocean shipping.

More info:�http://www.imares.wur.nl/UK/
Produced by: IMARES Wageningen
Year: 2012
Language: Dutch and English

Diversion Weirs

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-10 10:48:44

This video demonstrates how a diversion weir is used to divert waters from a river to agricultural fields at a higher level. These images are from Tigray, Ethiopia.

More info:�http://www.wahara.eu/�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Water and land in the Wakhan valley

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-10 11:32:22

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The secluded communities in the -Alai mountains in Kyrgyztan and the adjacent Pamir ranges in Tajikistan are unique in their bio-diversity. Equally unique are their land/ water systems and the issues their farmers are faced with.

Abundant surface water flows through the semi-arid landscape, but the irrigation infrastructure transporting it to fields old dates back to the Soviet-era and is in urgent need of repair. Large parts of the landscape are hilly and agricultural land is limited, therefore people have taken to cultivating hillsides. This makes the soil very susceptible to water and wind erosion, and has led to decreasing land productivity over the years.

This video documents findings of the PALM project, which aims to restore, sustain, and enhance the productive and protective functions of the trans-boundary ecosystems of the High Pamir and Pamir-Alai Mountains. It also shows how experts from the project have been able to work with farmers in the region and bring about some positive changes to their productivity and livelihoods.

More info: http://www.ehs.unu.edu/article/read/palm
Produced by: United Nations University
Year: 2012
Language: English ��

3012: The Space Salmon Incident

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-10 11:52:47

Sometimes fantasy can become reality. Although in this case we hope that is not so. Salmon Water Now's new video, 3012: The Space Salmon Incident was intended to be a cautionary tale for Earth Day. A way to tell the story about salmon and water in California that is just a little bit silly, a little absurd. But in the context of political reality, this video may be useful to help people understand the dangers ahead.

California Senator Diane Feinstein seems determined to destroy California native salmon in order to give the Westlands Water District whatever they want. The Golden State's senior senator reportedly is circulating language to be attached to an appropriations bill that would dramatically alter the way water is allocated in her state. The changes would allow more water exports south of the Delta, remove protective Wild and Scenic River status for a 'portion' of the Merced River, and renege on promises made in 1992 under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to balance the damages brought by the Central Valley Project, and institute water contract reforms while further relaxing water sale rules.

There was outrage and concern over Congressman Devin Nunes' HR-1837 when it was introduced and then actually passed by the House of Representatives. In fact, Senator Feinstein was among the loudest voices calling for it's defeat. But now it seems that her objections have turned into a blueprint for her own re-election gift-wrapped legislation for Westlands and Big Ag.

Here is the short list of what the Senator's legislative proposals would mean:�
• Remove a Wild and Scenic River designation— the first time in our Nation's history.
• Export more water from one of the most endangered ecological communities—the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta—one of the most important estuaries containing critical habitat and spawning for California Salmon and where 20 species face extinction.
• Facing an increase of water divisions for export, scientist predict a further ecological crash of Salmon, other fish populations and the Delta food web.
• The impacts to the watersheds and surrounding communities from these water diversions are being ignored. All of these moves are a way to go around state and federal processes, that would divert and drain even more water from these critically impacted ecological treasures.

It would be a travesty if it is allowed to happen. These icons in California, and one of the nation's most important estuary that feeds and spawns salmon throughout the west, depends on river habitat to survive. It's not just the salmon that are in danger, California is a place where millions of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway feed on their migratory routes. They also are threatened by those powerful interests seeking federal intervention to assure they move to the head of the water bucket line.�All this comes at a time when the prestigious National Academy of Science confirms that the system is out of balance. That too much water is being taken and that this over-allocation of water and diversion of needed flows is the basic cause for the ecosystem collapse.

We hope you will watch and share SWN's newest video, 3012: The Space Salmon Incident. Sure it's got some silly stuff in it, but it is time for people to speak up about the real horrors that are pending in Congress. You can make a difference by forwarding this video to your friends and family and asking them to call or write their Senator to stop this end run around state and federal laws that protection our environment, water, and endangered species. Today it is California's last remaining Wild and Scenic Rivers and on of North America's most important estuary that are at stake. Tomorrow it might be the river or estuary in your neighborhood. Greed should not be allowed to take this heritage away from future generations. Watch, 3012: The Space Salmon Incident!

More info:�http://salmonwaternow.org/
Produced by:�Salmon Water Now
Language: English
Year: 2011

Fishing for Litter

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-11 10:56:30

A film about the 'Fishing for Litter' Project of KIMO Netherlands & Belgium of the KIMO Local Authorities International Environmental Organisation. Amongst other, the Fulmar research guided by IMARES is used to explain the importance of fishermen returning the marine debris that they find in their nets.

More info:�http://www.imares.wur.nl/UK/
Produced by:�IMARES Wageningen
Year: 2012
Language: English and Nederlands (Dutch)

Food Production during Energy Descent

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-12 10:01:24

Full title: A Holistic Approach to Food Security in the Energy Descent World, by David Holmgren

David Holmgren explores the nature of Permaculture within the context of an energy descent world where future generations will be forced to rely on progressively less energy and fewer material resources to provide their needs.

He outlines some of the key strategies for food security from a Permaculture perspective including: garden and urban agriculture; uses of prime arable land; uses of parsotal and woodland; food marketing; public policies. He also outlines some key "hazards and red herrings" that we must be aware of in developing sustainable food systems.�

This presentation was part of a conference held from June 23rd to 25th, 2005 in Dublin, Ireland, which sought to answer a crucial question: How can the world's population be fed without the extensive use of fossil fuels in the production, processing and distribution of food?

More info:�http://feasta.org/events/foodconf/foodconf_media.htm
Produced by: Featsa�
Year: 2005
Language: English

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Innovative crops of the Alai Valley

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-12 10:52:58

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In the semi-arid Alai Valley of Kyrgyztan, land and water are in short supply. Communities here lack the resources to risk experimenting with various crops, and therefore stick to growing potatoes, an unprofitable but safe bet.

This video highlights the story of an innovative farmer-couple who ventured to grow higher-value crops like ginger, garlic, onions and tomatoes. Doing so, they were able to improve their income considerably. The technical assistance they received from the PALM project was invaluable. It is worth considering whether similar interventions in other parts of the world would be equally beneficial to farming communities there. � ��

More info:�http://www.ehs.unu.edu/article/read/palm
Produced by:�United Nations University
Year: 2012
Language: English

MESMA: A Project on Marine Spatial Management

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-16 10:28:43

(MESMA: Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areasa �)

MESMA is a European FP7 project on the evaluation of marine spatial management (2009-2013) in which IMARES works with other partners. The MESMA method consists of a framework that reviews how the management initiatives in a certain area were established, a governance analysis, tools and spatial data. We use 9 different case studies to test our method.�

More info:�http://www.mesma.org/
Produced by:�IMARES Wageningen
Year: 2012
Language: English

Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-16 10:38:30

Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy waters (in a Speedo) to highlight the melting icecap. Watch for astonishing footage -- and some blunt commentary on the realities of supercold-water swims.�

Pushing his body through epic cold-water swims, Lewis Gordon Pugh wants to draw attention to our global climate. He's just back from swimming in a meltwater lake on the slopes of Mount Everest.

His swims have given him a sea-level view of our planet, and inspired him to do his bit to help preserve it. He left a career in maritime law to become a public speaker on environmental issues with his group, Polar Defence Project -- and of course to plan more astonishing swims and treks.

"Glaciers are not just ice: they are a lifeline, they provide water to 2 billion people, and we need to protect them," he says.

(Watch Lewis Pugh talk about his swim in thw glacial Lake Imja, up on the Mount Everest)�

More info:�http://www.lewispugh.com/pages/default.aspx�
Produced by:�TED
Year: 2009
Language: English
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Le compostage artisanal en zone sah�lienne

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-16 12:54:24

This video describes the benefits of compost, the process of composting and the application of compost to the soil.�

More info: www.wsafrica.org
Produced by: CREPA,�Water and Sanitation Africa
Year: 1998
Language: French�

De l�eau pour Nouakchott / A myriad of water supply structures

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-17 10:14:22

Nouakchott is a city like no others. Built in 1957 as political capital of Mauritania it became a growth nuclei for all Mauritanian living in the desert. Especially during the droughts of the seventies and eighties herds of people fled to the new capital. As basic infrastructure development of the city could not keep pace with this enormous flow of people, water and sanitation problems became key problems. Even up to today inhabitants of Nouakchott face water and sanitation issues every day. Even after the ambitious water pipe line project, bringing water from the Senegal river, with a 200 km pipeline, to Nouakchott water problems remain.�

In 2009, eauservice, the water utility of the city of Lausanne, partnered with the “Communaut� Urbaine de Nouakchott” to improve access to water for disadvantaged populations in the city of Nouakchott. A first project was launched from October 2009 to March 2011 and reached 17’000 beneficiaries with safe access to water. The main actions were: extension of the water system, rehabilitation and connection of water points, purchase water trucks and sewage truck, and the development of an awareness campaign on issues related to water. A new three years project was launched in November 2011.�

More info: http://www.lausanne.ch/eauservice�
Produced by: CUN and eauservice Lausanne
Year: 2011
Language: French and Arabic

Without the Western Scheldt, Antwerp Would be a Dead City

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-19 17:51:43

This video describes the political conflict between The Netherlands and Belgium around the Western Scheldt. The row about the Hedwig polder stems from a 2005 agreement between Brussels and The Hague about deepening the Scheldt estuary. The river forms the border between the two countries and keeping it navigable is their joint responsibility.

The 2005 agreement led to the loss of wetlands on both sides of the border: Belgium created wetlands elsewhere but the Netherlands has refused to honour its side of the bargain and flood the Hedwig polder. The Dutch failure to respect the treaty has angered the Belgian government and the European Commission. Various Dutch governments have promised to honour the treaty but so far, none have done so.

More info: www.vjmovement.com/truth/377
Produced by: Simon Broersma, VJ Movement
Year: 2009
Language: Dutch

Micro finance

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-20 11:49:30

This video describes how microfinance is used as a strategy to support projects on drinking water, hygiene and sanitation.

More info: www.wsafrica.org
Produced by: CREPA,�Water and Sanitation Africa
Year:
Language: French

Groundwater in Ethiopia

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-21 17:08:29

Full Title: "Groundwater in Ethiopia: Current State and Development Outlook"

A presentation by Seifu Kebede from Department of Hydrogeology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He talks about the social, economic and and climatic importance of groundwater to Ethiopia over the years, and some of the key features of the groundwater resources in the country.�

Presenting an outlook on the future, he also outlines his vision of an ideal mix of strategies to manage the challenges and �grab the opportunities to develop the sector. �

More info:
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Desperate for rain in northern Tillab�ri

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-23 09:54:20

Since 2008, herders and farmers in the region of Tillabery are clashing / fighting to get access to water and to fertile land. Their herds are decimated and the harvests insufficient to feed the population due to the recurring drought. Insecurity, linked to a proliferation of weapons, has led to a climate of fear which hinders trade and agricultural activity. The ICRC is distributing food and good quality seed to the most vulnerable families.

More info: www.icrc.org
Produced by: International Committee of the Red Cross
Year: 2011
Language: English subtitles

Gaza: The Battle Against Sewage

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-07 09:56:49

The ICRC has been working with local water boards to upgrade waste water treatment plants, build sewerage and storm-water networks and renovate pumping stations. The results: better waste water management and clean drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Yunis, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia.

More info:�http://www.icrc.org/eng/
Produced by:�International Committee of the Red Cross
Year: 2012
Langauge: English

After The Harvest: Fighting Hunger in the Coffeelands

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-25 12:57:35

Coffee farmers in Chiapas, Mexico greet the rainy months between May and September with a mix of hope and trepidation. Consistent rainfall is vital to their crops, but too much water makes their rural dirt roads impassable. The price of beans and corn goes up, just when income from the coffee harvest is depleted. These are “los meses flacos,” or the thin months, when families make ends meet by eating less, eating cheaper foods, or borrowing against their future. This is a short film that brings the day-to-day challenges of the thin months to life in the voices of coffee farmers themselves, and shares the successes of creative projects that have been established to eliminate this annual period of food insecurity.

More info: www.aftertheharvest.org
Produced by: Optic Nerve, The Coffee Trust
Year: 2011
Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Pastoralist Voices on Climate Change

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-25 13:19:43

Pastoralist Voices on Climate Change is being produced in conjunction with the Livestock-Climate Change CRSP Pastoral Transformations to Resilient Futures: Understanding Climate from the Ground Up (PTRF) project led by Dr. Kathleen Galvin and Robin Reid, from Colorado State University. This film was produced and directed by Joana Roque Depinho with support from the Livestock-Climate Change CRSP and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The film team also includes Lindsay Simpson and Nicholas Tapia.

The full-length documentary (to be released in Spring 2012) will illustrate the collaborative and participatory process between scientists and pastoralists in Kenya, documenting two collaborative workshops whereby local land users directly inform the scientific process and climate change science, which, in turn, feeds back to local decision-making.

More info:�http://lcccrsp.org/2011/05/pastoralist-voices-on-climate-change-documentary-trailer-released/
Produced by: Livestock Climate CRSP
Year: 2011
Language: English

TEDxTC - Jonathan Foley - The Other Inconvenient Truth

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-26 10:36:18

The Other Inconvenient Truth: How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet We typically think of climate change as the biggest environmental issue we face today. But maybe it's not? In this presentation, Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use are maybe a bigger culprit in the global environment, and could grow even larger as we look to feed over 9 billion people in the future.
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More info: www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth.html
Produced by: TEDx
Year: 2011
Language: English�

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Pakistan Floods: Balochistan in Dire Need

TheWaterChannel — 2012-04-26 10:43:46

Security concerns, isolation and restrictions on the movement of staff in Balochistan region further aggravate the prevailing dire needs for food, water, shelter and medicines. As floodwaters slowly recede, an estimated 600,000 displaced flood victims are preparing to return to what is left of their homes. The ICRC and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society stand ready.

More info:�http://www.icrc.org/eng/
Produced by: International Committee of the Red Cross
Year: 2010
Langauge: English

Recognising Customary Rights

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-01 12:54:31

Full Title: Bio-Cultural Protocols: Recognising Customary Rights

Pastoralists across the world have developed breeds that are invaluable assets for humanity: in conserving bio-diversity, adapting to climate change and achieving food security in harsh and challenging environments.

This video captures an exercise whereby the ‘Raika’ pastoralist community in India and the ‘Samburus’ in Kenya were helped to establish their bio-cultural protocols. The protocols document the pastoralist communities’ indigenous knowledge with regards to livestock, and articulate the services they provide towards managing their ecosystems.

In today’s world, as pastoral and other communities struggle to keep their place in the world, such protocols could form the basis of workable pathways to their access and benefit sharing in animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. And that could be crucial to developing sustainable food systems, and achieving food security amid a changing climate.

More info:�http://ikrweb.wordpress.com/
Produced by: The League for Pastoral Peoples, Lokhit Pashu-Palan Sansthan and Moving Images
Year: 2010
Language: English

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Windmill-powered Water Pumps in Wajir, Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-01 15:50:48

In the water-scarce Wajir district in Northern Kenya, a windmill-powered groundwater pump reduces the time and effort that it takes women to fetch water. This is a cooperative farm, run by a women\'s group who share the revenues between themselves. Installation of the system was facilitated by Arid Lands Development Focus (ALDEF), Kenya.

More info:�http://www.aldef.org/�
Produced by:�ALDEF Kenya
Year: 2011
Language: English

Moving Coastlines

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-02 14:23:55

Full Title: \'Moving Coastlines:�Emergence and Use of Land in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Estuary\'\'

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna estuary forms the central and most dynamic part of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. It is being shaped by a complex pattern of interactions between phenomena as the discharge of water, the sediment load, tidal forces and estuarine circulation. This leads to a permanent process of formation and erosion of land and, indeed, to moving coastlines. It is a unique environment, not seen at this scale in any other part of the world.

In this presentation, Koen de Wilde presents an overview of his book of the same name. The book follows three interwoven themes. It follows a chronological line, focusing on natural and biological resources: emergence of land and the subsequent use of new land for forestry, fisheries, animal husbandry, agriculture and infrastructure. It highlights the people and their institutions. Erosion victims lose their land and move to new chars, building new livelihoods in a harsh environment. Community based institutions emerge and government gradually makes its influence felt in these virgin territories. The third theme is the impact of climate change on the livelihoods of people and on the physical processes in the estuary.�

Koen de Wilde studied political and social science at the University of Amsterdam. He has a vast working experience in Bangladesh, in various capacities, spanning a period of more than thirty years. He was involved in the different stages of the Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP) along the southeastern coast, and in Integrated Coastal Zone Management. Currently, he is Chief Technical Adviser of CDSP III, on a contract with Euroconsult Mott MacDonald.

Click here to buy the book

More info:�http://www.cdsp.org.bd/�
Produced by: TheWaterChannel�
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Keepers of Genes : Part 1

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-02 18:57:32

Full Title: Keepers of Genes �- India\'s Pastoralists and their Breeds - Part 2

Watch Part 2 and Part 3

The League of Pastoral People has teamed up with award-winning documentary filmmakers, Moving Images to produce a series of films on pastoralism.

More info:�http://www.pastoralpeoples.org/�
Produced by: Moving Images and�The League of Pastoral People�
Year: 2009
Language: English

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Inheritance for my Descendants

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-03 12:40:17

The Blue Nile sub-basin is the most important one in the transboundary Nile River Basin. Over the years, rapid population growth has put tremendous pressure on water and other natural resources in the region. This is best illustrated by the extent of watershed degradation: about 152-207 million metric tonnes of soil is washed out of the watersheds every year. �The present economic costs of degradation are valued at 670 million USD, set to rise up till 2.5 billion USD in the next 25 years.

It would appear that it is mostly Ethiopia that has to bear these costs. However, this is a transboundary issue affecting� reservoirs, canals and other hydrological structures in the downstream countries (Egypt and Sudan).

The Eastern Nile Watershed Management Project tries to address these issues by focusing on watershed management,� livelihoods development as well as global benefits such as carbon sequestration. This video documents the context of the region, the project’s experiences and strategies for the future.

More info: Eastern Nile Watershed Management Project�
Produced by: Eastern Nile Susidiary Action Program
Year: 2012
Language: English

Pasture Re-seeding Programme in Northern Kenya

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-04 10:41:02

Mama Zainab and the women\'s group of Makoror farm in Wajir show how a pasture reseeding programme helps to create sustainable livelihoods.

More info:�http://www.aldef.org/�
Produced by:�ALDEF Kenya
Year: 2011
Language: English

Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Needs of a Pastoral Community

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-04 11:18:35

Water scarcity is a major challenge in Wajir, Northern Kenya. ALDEF Kenya has assisted pastoral communities by creating access to clean and safe water through infrastructural development as well as education on safe sanitation and good hygiene practices.

More info:�http://www.aldef.org/�
Produced by:�ALDEF Kenya
Year: 2011
Language: English

Water Scarcity

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-08 10:36:48

Learn about water scarcity, what is it, where is it... it is not just about water physical presence...

More info:�http://www.fao.org/nr/water/
Produced by: FAO Water
Year: 2009
Langauge: English
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Recognizing the value and diversity of local climate knowledge systems

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-09 09:49:32

Excerpt from interview with Youba Sokona, Co-Chair Working Group III Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recorded at \"Climate Change Mitigation with Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples: Practices, Lessons Learned and Prospects\" 26-28 March 2012, Cairns, Australia

The workshop aimed to:
*Reflect the wide and diverse range of perspectives concerning indigenous peoples/local communities and climate change responses (including mitigation)
*Support the build-up of understanding and peer-reviewed literature in the field of Indigenous peoples, local communities and climate change mitigation
*Compile regional and local data and grey literature that are relevant for understanding climate change mitigation involving local and Indigenous knowledge holders, local populations, and developing country scientists
*Support Indigenous peoples\', local communities\'and developing country scientists\' engagement and research in international climate dialogues
*Provide policy-makers with relevant information on the mitigation potential of Indigenous peoples and local communities
*Outline a publication in a Special Issue of a peer-reviewed scientific journal For background papers and meeting reports visit:�

More info: www.unutki.org/climate�
Produced by:�United Nations University
Year: 2012
Language: English

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Flood Diversion/ Spate Irrigation in Tihama Wadis, Yemen

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-09 15:50:22

More info: www.spate-irrigation.org��
Produced by:
Year: 2012
Language: Arabic�
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UNU Field Visit in Sendai Tsunami Area

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-10 10:39:33

A one day field visit in the area around Sendai, Japan. UNU Vice Rector Jakob Rhyner and Prof. Joern Birkmann visit together with researchers from Tohoku University the locations affected by 11th March 2011 Tsunami.

More info:�www.unutki.org/climate�
Produced by:�United Nations University
Year: 2012
Language: English

Ethiopia - The Afar - by Peter Ribton

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-10 14:12:27

A journey to the hottest place on earth. We spend time with a small tribe of Afar people in Logiya, then travel to the south, Lake Ziway where water is abundant, a true contrast.

More info:�http://www.waterwideweb.org/�
Produced by: Peter Ribton
Year: 2011
Langauge: English

River Restoration in Vermont

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-11 17:11:08

Understanding the science of rivers will help reduce expensive conflicts between communities and our rivers. This video is about Vermont rivers and watersheds but the conflict between communities and rivers is universal. Directed, filmed, edited by James Valastro, Vermont Rivers Program

More info:�http://www.anr.state.vt.us/
Produced by: James Valastro
Year: 2010
Langauge: English

Vermont River Meanders and Floodplains

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-11 17:52:25

This video covers how floodplains and meanders have been altered by humans and how these alterations have effected channel equilibrium.

Cross section anamation and video footage help explain how rivers function in times of high water events. This video illustrates how rivers adjust to restore and preserve channel equilibrium over time. This is presented by Shayne Jaquith, Vermont Rivers Management Program, River Restoration Scientist.

James Valastro Productions has over 100 hours of video footage of river science and river processes.�

More info:�http://www.anr.state.vt.us/
Produced by:�James Valastro
Year: 2010
Langauge: English

Water for Food

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-14 10:09:49

A large quantity of water is needed to produce the food we ear every day. More water than most think. This video shows the relationship between food production and water use and some quick facts about water.

More info:�http://www.fao.org/nr/water/
Produced by: FAO water�
Year: 2008
Language: English

Suction pump training 1 of 2

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-15 09:43:26

Demonstration of the operation and maintenance of suction pumps by Brian Skinner of the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC).

More info:�www.youtube.com/wedclboro
Produced by: WEDC
Year: 2012
Language: English

Suction pump training 2 of 2

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-15 09:57:27

Demonstration of the operation and maintenance of suction pumps by Brian Skinner of the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC).

More info:�www.youtube.com/wedclboro
Produced by:�WEDC
Year: 2012
Language: English

Water Awareness in Yemen

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-15 10:23:16

This video tells the story of an old village in which once a fruit and vegetable farm was flourishing. Agriculture played an important role in the village untill the farm owner died and one of his sons decided to grow qat on the farm for which large amounts of water are needed to irrigate the land.

More info: British council connecting classrooms project Westminster and Sana\'a Partnership
Produced by: Nadeem Al-Murshedi
Year: 2010
Language: Arabic with English subtitles

Falevatia: a toilet for our future

TheWaterChannel — 2012-05-16 10:35:35

\"Falevatia: a toilet for our future\" highlights the water crisis in Funafuti Tuvalu and solutions being undertaken such as composting toilets� It shows how composting toilets can help conserve water and minimise threats to the environment, food security and human health.

The documentary was produced by ReRu�for SOPAC, as part of the GEF Pacific IWRM Project on Funafuti, Tuvalu.

More info:�http://www.pacific-iwrm.org/�
Produced by:�ReRu�for�SOPAC
Year: 2012
Langauge: English

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