NOVA · SEASON 7
The Water Crisis
Episode 16 · 1980-11-25

- Documentary
Episode overview
Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adirondack Mountains where acid rain is killing many high elevation lakes; to the Mississippi River where chlorine has combined with natural and manmade organic chemicals to form cancer-causing toxic chemical substances; to California, where conservation recycling has had to become a way of life; and to Bedford, Massachusetts, where the town wells have been contaminated by industrial waste.
55 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. The Elusive Illness1980-01-15
2. A is for Atom, B is for Bomb1980-01-22
3. Living Machines1980-02-05
4. Portrait of a Killer1980-02-19
5. Umealit: The Whale Hunters1980-03-04
6. The Safety Factor1980-03-11
7. A Mediterranean Prospect1980-03-18
8. Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland1980-03-25
9. The Pinks and the Blues1980-09-30
10. The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian1980-10-07
11. The Sea Behind the Dunes1980-10-14
12. Do We Really Need the Rockes?1980-10-28
13. The Big IF1980-11-04
14. Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond1980-11-11
15. The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor1980-11-18
16. The Water Crisis1980-11-25
17. Moving Still1980-12-02
18. A Touch of Sensitivity1980-12-09
19. The Red Deer of Rhum1980-12-23
20. It's About Time1980-12-30