Las Vegas is the driest city in America, yet it leads the United States in sustainable water conservation. The city's efforts are producing promising solutions--technological, political, and financial--and provide a global model for any city creating their own sustainable water system.

Everything to do with Las Vegas's water supply and disposal is watched, measured and checked. 40% of the water is recycled for indoor use. Every drop is monitored acoustically to detect possible leaks within 6,500 miles of pipes.

In addition to a  visionary system of recycling wastewater, Southern Nevada's conservation efforts have generated a keen public awareness and spawned hands-on programs in the public schools to teach about food-growing and water use in the desert.

55 minutes.

DVD includes SDH captions for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and scene selection.

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Christopher Beaver & Diana Fuller also made Racing To Zero, about San Francisco's efforts to reach zero waste.