High stakes at the Salton Sea

A documentary program about the increasing salination of the Salton Sea and the difficult water choices communities in Southern California must make. For if farm runoff is sent to cities and towns to use rather than allowed to run into the Salton Sea, less water will be drawn from the overused Color...

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Other Authors: Atkinson, Sue Pearson., Kilmer, Val, 1959-, Water Education Foundation., KVIE (Television station : Sacramento, Calif.)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Published: Sacramento, CA : Water Education Foundation, [2002]
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (56 min., 45 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 viewer's guide (1 volumes (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm)
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Summary: A documentary program about the increasing salination of the Salton Sea and the difficult water choices communities in Southern California must make. For if farm runoff is sent to cities and towns to use rather than allowed to run into the Salton Sea, less water will be drawn from the overused Colorado River, but the salinity of the Salton Sea will increase more rapidly, leading to loss of habit for bird and fish species.
Item Description: Val Kilmer, host.
Director of photography and editor, John C. Davis ; music, Bruce Turgon-Acara Music.
Broadcast by public television station KVIE in May, 2002.
VHS.
A documentary program about the increasing salination of the Salton Sea and the difficult water choices communities in Southern California must make. For if farm runoff is sent to cities and towns to use rather than allowed to run into the Salton Sea, less water will be drawn from the overused Colorado River, but the salinity of the Salton Sea will increase more rapidly, leading to loss of habit for bird and fish species.
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (56 min., 45 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 viewer's guide (1 volumes (unpaged) : illustrations ; 28 cm)
Format: VHS.
Production Credits: Director of photography and editor, John C. Davis ; music, Bruce Turgon-Acara Music.