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Water Beneath Our Feet: A Story of Groundwater — The Valley and the Lake, Part 4, Conclusion

California water, groundwater, conservation. (Learn more and purchase at Green Planet Films: https://bit.ly/40TDrTS ) https://cbfilms.net Full-length documentary featuring Rob Hansen, completed 2022. There are only two kinds of water in the world, surface water that comes from the sky and the water beneath our feet, often called “groundwater.” With drought spreading across the earth, one might well ask, is there enough groundwater to balance the needs of our cities and our farms and still preserve the natural world around us. This video is part of THE VALLEY AND THE LAKE – a four-part film odyssey focused on water issues, conflicts, and hopes in California’s Central Valley, the breadbasket of the world and also the most human-altered landscape on the planet. With Water Beneath Our Feet, we reach the last stage of a long journey that has taken nearly four hours for those of you who watched the entire series. The equivalent journey for me has been a span of nearly twenty years. Tales of the San Joaquin was first released in 2003. I have added periodic updates and completed the entire The Valley and the Lake in 2022. For some of the pieces in the puzzle I traveled 250 miles in a day—to reach one of the last native desert landscapes in California's Central Valley—remembering that in an expanse of 20,000 square miles perhaps no more than 4% of the natural habitat remains in the Valley. As for the full story of water, as Lloyd Carter says in Tulare – The Phantom Lake, Lloyd discovers something new about water every day. "And I mean something big," he added. I managed to complete most of the story I had in mind. There is still more than appeared in the entire The Valley and the Lake series. The full story of how fresh water and salt water interact at our coastal areas in my experience remains to be fully told. Imagine a giant river of fresh water flowing from the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers through the Delta of those rivers. Imagine that the natural mix of salt water and fresh gave rise to hundreds of thousands of salmon—and that this particular piece of the puzzle would hold true for such countries as Japan and Russia. Imagine our concern for salmon could lead to common ground and understanding among the "salmon countries." Another film I directed should be included in this series, Once Was Water, produced by Diana Fuller, a portrait of water conservation in Las Vegas, Nevada and the reality of Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and the Colorado River. Las Vegas and the Colorado River are all part of the interlocking system of dams and canals and reservoirs that are linked as one interconnected system that spans the entire American West. A letter dated December 5, 1935 that gave the go-ahead for California's massive Central Valley project said in the space of two sentences, ". . . the President approved the Central Valley Project," signed Elwood Mead, the same Mead after whom the lake that supports Las Vegas is named. For the record, Las Vegas is a world leader in water conservation. The director of the Southern Nevada Water Authority said in Once was Water, "if you only walk on your lawn to mow the lawn, that lawn has to go." With that thought in mind, the Water Authority started paying people to remove their lawns. An organization called Green the Planet used the funds paid to schools plus additional fundraising to create organic, food-producing teaching gardens in Las Vegas schools. The gardens use around 10% of the water need to support lawns and now exist in more than 150 Las Vegas schools. https://www.greenourplanet.org FUTURE PROJECTS AFTER THE VALLEY AND THE LAKE I would like to complete a film for which I've been filming and gathering historical materials is called In Old Los Angeles, an exploration of what Los Angeles used to be and where the city now stands in the world of contemporary water. Without imported water Los Angeles is able to support three million people. The population now stands at 18 million. The film, Chinatown, dealt with Los Angeles water issues. Although not historically accurate, you get the picture. My initial filming followed the path of the Los Angeles River, including those who use the river itself, people fly fishing, bathing their pets, the unhoused, and those just walking, picnicking and hanging out on the banks of the Los Angeles River. One of my mottos is to always leave something for next time. Perhaps the un-made films sit comfortably in that category. Although I always have that ache for what comes next. NEW As always, for more information, behind-the-scenes stories and background on this and all the films on the Documentary by Christopher Beaver channel, check out my website: cbfilms.net. The website is brand new and ready to roll. Please let me know what you think about The Valley and the Lake. Good fortune to everyone who has taken the journey of The Valley and the Lake with me.