Documentary: The Future of Water

Hi everyone,

 

I just want to make a quick post about a documentary I am watching, The Future of Water, made by Norwegian geographer Terje Tvedt in 2007. It is divided into three one-hour segments and covers a diverse range of topics all related to the political and economic future of water. There are many case studies on Africa (including water privatisation in Johannesburg!) but also on very different places like Norway, Pakistan, Tibet and the Netherlands.
If you want to find out what will happen in the Indus valley when the Himalayan glaciers melt, how Egypt is building a 'second Nile' in the desert, and even how mismanagement of water might have led to the collapse of ancient Mayan civilisation, give it a watch! The documentary is available on Netflix, and you can watch the trailer here.


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