“WATER” is a feature documentary film that focuses on Ohio’s source of water and what’s being done to protect it for future generations.

 

Anyone who pays any attention to the news these days knows that throughout the world there are major floods and droughts.  What did I really know about it?  Not that much.  Like most people living in Ohio I never thought about it because there’s so much water here.   All I knew was that Ohio has large aquifers, but had no idea how we get our drinking water.  I thought that the aquifer was a huge body of water underground, but it’s not.  On a blazing hot summer day I toured the water purification facility in Yellow Springs, where water is pumped directly from the aquifer.  I thought how nice it imust be to work here because it  was pleasantly cool, but there was no air conditioning. The entire facility is cooled by the water that’s being pumped in.  

 

I have interviewed very knowledgeable people, most of whom work in the water industry.  I learned how the aquifers were created and the history of the region.  I also learned about contamination, conservation, and what can and should be done in the future.

 

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