In this Episode of H2O and Beyond, I'm joined by Dr. Kathryn Sorensen from the Kyl Center for Water Policy at ASU to discuss Arizona's fight for water! We'll discuss some of the most pressing issues happening to the state, such as its worst drought in over 1200 years, an influx of new residents, and a need to shift away from groundwater.

We'll even discuss the logistics of how semiconductor manufacturers like TSMC get their water from when their new factory is located in the middle of the desert!

0:00 Intro

1:36 Why is water in Arizona such a unique problem?

4:34 Arizona's large groundwater supply

11:30 Agriculture in the state

14:25 Other sources of water

15:26 Nuclear power

17:15 TSMC and big tech in Arizona

19:37 Which regions are suffering the most?

22:01 1980 Groundwater Management Act

27:03 What about the native Americans?

33:49 How do you convince residents to save water?

39:54 Farmers and the changing water landscape

43:35 Future of Arizona's water

48:40 Closing

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In this Episode of H2O and Beyond, join Mr. Dick Lanyon, former executive director of the Chicago MWRD, as we talk about how Chicago managed to reverse the flow of its river!

In the mid-late 1800s, the Chicago River, heavily polluted with human waste, flowed into Lake Michigan, the only water source for residents at the time. Waste began to accumulate in Lake Michigan, and so Ellis Chesbrough, the chief engineer of the city, devised a radical plan to reverse the flow of the river to divert the waste away.

0:00 Intro

2:10 What was happening in Chicago in the 1800s?

6:52 Consideration of possible solutions

8:01 Logistics of reversing the river

14:18 Construction begins

20:03 Role of immigrants in construction

24:38 What changed for Chicago?

29:28 Consequences on the communities downstream

32:24 Invasive species infiltrating the river

37:38 State of the river today

43:25 Closing

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In this Episode of H2O and Beyond, I'm joined by Mr. Michael Turco from the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District. We'll discuss the subsidence, or sinking, that's happening in Houston as a result of excessive groundwater withdrawal, methods of data collection, and what can be done to slow down and prevent further sinking!

0:00 Intro

2:08 What is Subsidence?

8:20 Subsidence in the Houston Area

16:00 How is Subsidence Monitored?

23:09 Solutions for Subsidence

29:10 Communication of issues

31:07 What defines success in slowing down subsidence?

35:28 Future challenges

37:53 Closing remarks

38:57 Ending

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