The Water Crisis: New Emergencies Face Drought Areas
The Water Crisis: New Emergencies Face Drought Areas
After four straight years of below-average rainfall, many Eastern states are facing an unprecedented water emergency. Example: New York City supply stands at a fraction over 50% of capacity - normally at this time of year it is 87%. The Delaware River on the New York-Pennsylvania-New Jersey border is a source of water for 20,000,000 and now is dangerously low. Water taken from here by four States is now to be severely rationed. Meanwhile research is going on for new means of desalinization of seawater and the finding of new sources. The water problem is a big one and must be solved before it is too late. Wide Angle Shot - The Delaware River way below water level. Dry reservoir shoots where water usually runs down. A dried out part of the Deleware River, a row boat turned up-side-down. The Delaware River maybe a couple feet deep in spots in other areas a couple of inches, rocks in the Deleware which are actually sitting in a 4 to 7 inches of water. "Wanaque Reservoir - Help Keep The Water Pure" and the camera pans down to the reservoir are bone dry. A man's hand holding and squeezing the very dry soil. Livestock drinking at their dried out water hole. A new well being dug. Aerial view - Manhattan and the low water level around it. People in the park, eating ice cream, reading, just relaxing by New York's empty pool and waterless fountain. Truck filling up the water buckets for New York's horses. A horse drinking water out of a bucket. Cracks in the soil in the Wanaque Reservoir.