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Whether you're standing on
the banks of the Nile watching the muddy river lap by,
or listening to the drips of your tap late at night, you
are in the presence of the most vital and valuable substance
on earth. Nothing can survive without a steady supply
of clean, drinking water. Yet, according to the UN, one
in every five countries will likely experience a severe
water shortage in the next 25 years. The overwhelming
consensus among experts of all kinds is that a water crisis
is looming, and something must be done soon.
This ninety-minute documentary, hosted by award-winning
author Marq de Villiers and based on his book Water, winner
of the Governor-Generals Literary Award, will present
one of the great crises facing our age. de Villiers takes
the viewer on a tour of the globe, from the foot of The
Great Wall of China to an arctic settlement in northern
Canada, as he explores our interdependence with that most
common and precious of substances. Water, Water will illustrate
the terrible peril we are currently in, how we got here,
and how to rescue ourselves before it's too late.
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What is water? How in the world can
we run out of it? And what can we do to rescue ourselves
before it's all used up? Marq de Villiers travels the
world, from the remotest reaches of the globe to our own
backyards, to bring us the answers. Panthera Productions
joins forces with 4 Square Productions to bring this exciting
new series to the small screen.
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