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  1. Thirsty Cities (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Seaton Findlay
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Latin America is home to some of the world’s largest megacities: in Mexico City (21m), Buenos Aires (12m) and San Paulo (18m) more than 300 immigrants arrive each week from the countryside in search of a...

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  2. Troubled Water (1993 Video)

    Director
    Harry Arp
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.

    Water, in the right amount, of the right quality, at the right place, at the right time, is essential to life all over the earth. Floods, droughts, salination and pollution, along with political claims,...

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  3. Advancing Water Quality (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Explains Advanced Water Treatment, an initiative that includes the use of granular activated carbon, ozone, and various other materials and techniques to improve the taste and odour of drinking water and...

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  4. Great Web of Water, The Central Valley Project (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., Free loan

    Recounts the history of the Central Valley Project, California, and shows many of its components, including more than 20 dams and reservoirs and 1500 miles of canals, etc. that make up the great water system.

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  5. Human Waste (1991 Video)

    Director
    Kate Woods
    Producer
    Kate Woods
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Examines the inherent drawbacks of our Victorian sewage systems and considers alternative ways of treating human waste - low-tech radical methods such as dry composting toilets, oxidisation pools and...

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  6. Piping Hot (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Studies combined heat and power (CHP), and district heating systems, and shows examples of both - Rotterdam, where a centrally situated power station, Schiehaven, has been converted to CHP and supplies how...

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  7. Building Our Future: Research into the Build Environment (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Looks at research work funded and supported by the Environment Committee in SERC and explains the need for such research and the practical benefits that can follow. Examines six specific projects in flood...

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  8. Soap and Water (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at two aspects of water supply - the provision of abundant quantities of clean water and the consequences of that water being available. The building of the Thirlmere Dam in the Lake District in the...

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  9. Vanishing Earth (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Andrews
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

    Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...

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  10. Technology and the Victorian City (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dr Denis Smith, Chairman of the Greater London Archaeology Department, describes how new technology was used to tackle some of London’s main social problems such as providing clean drinking water, hygenic...

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