Watering the Desert

Synopsis: Highlights the frightening environmental problems that can be caused by the over-development of the desert areas of the southwest USA. Demonstrates the ecological damage being caused by irrigation without drainage; irrigation without export of salts; subsidising irrigated agriculture to produce crops that can be grown by rain-fed agriculture elsewhere; mining groundwater.
Series: Physical Resources and Environment, Course S268
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Environmental science
Keywords: irrigation systems; salinity; United States of America; water supply

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