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Water World
Understanding the central role watersheds play in the availability of clean, fresh water is key to Program Two, Water World. At the same time fragile and resilient, watersheds worldwide are threatened by pollution, dams and diversions, which can result in unintended negative consequences for all living things. The first segment, "Pumped Up for Peace," features an indigenous Amazon community that is building a clean water system and visits the high school students in New York who raise funds for its construction. When six-year-old Ryan Hreljac of Canada learned that kids in Africa die from drinking polluted water, he couldn't rest until he did something to help. Ryan started out raising money by doing extra chores, but today the teenager's foundation is building wells in countries around the world, helping hundreds of thousands of people live healthier lives. "Ryan's Well Foundation" tells his inspiring story. A group of teens learn from Maryland watermen how challenging it is to make a living by catching crabs in today's Chesapeake Bay, which is featured in "Saving Chesapeake Bay." After discovering that pollution in the watershed is jeopardizing the bay's ecology and economy, the teens learn how they can take a leadership role in restoring the bay to health. When it comes to sharing water, what is fair? "Water for Money" takes aim at this question by examining the Great Lakes of North America, which contain 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water, but supply only a very small number of the world's inhabitants. In this segment, experts and teens inside and outside the Great Lakes watershed offer different perspectives on the sharing of water.
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CC - Closed Caption
HD - High Definition
16:9 - Anamorphic Widescreen
LTR - Letterbox
DVI - Descriptive Video Information for the visually impaired
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