The Quiet crisis

Series: Moore Report Series

Duration: 55

Year Published: 1980

Creator: WCCO/TV--CBS

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines the vital role of water in industry, recreation, transportation, energy, and food production in the United States. Directs attention to the growing number of specialists and private citizens who assert that a water crisis is imminent due to the way water is used, population increases, and advanced technologies. Emphasizes the need to attend to and correct current negative trends before an irreversible freshwater shortage occurs. Blue Ribbon, 1981 American Film Festival. First Place, National Press Photographers Association, Scripps-Howard Public Service Journalism Award.