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Central Valley Uses Technology to Address Contaminated Water

New technologies attempt to overcome political and cost challenges in filtering tap water.

Aired 05/16/2018 | Rating NR

Earth Focus

Central Valley Uses Technology to Address Contaminated Water

Preview: Season 1 Episode 4 | 11m 49sVideo has Closed Captions

New technologies attempt to overcome political and cost challenges in filtering tap water.

California's Central Valley is home to 19 percent of food production in the world yet about 100,000 of its residents have lived without clean drinking water for decades. New technologies attempt to overcome political and cost challenges in filtering toxins out of tap water in this rural region. New technologies attempt to overcome political and cost challenges in filtering toxins out of tap water

Aired 05/16/2018 | Rating NR

Earth Focus is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal

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