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MAKING CONTACT - a weekly international radio program
Waves of Change, Rivers of Doubt:
Global Water Issues and Solutions
August 23, 2006
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Water... it's the source of all life. 70 percent of the planet is covered in it, and more than half of your body is made up of it. We use water everyday to refresh, revive, to subsist... yet, water resources are growing increasingly scarce around the world and access to potable water is
alarmingly difficult in some regions.
In this edition, we look at some core water issues affecting people around the world, including privatization, access to clean water, desalination technology, bottled water debates, and non-point source pollution.
For a free Listener Packet of additional print material on water issues, or call 800-529-5736.
Featuring:
Kapua Sproat, attorney, Earthjustice; Duke Sevilla, co-founder and treasurer, Hui o Na Wai `Eha; Alan M. Arakawa, Mayor of Maui; Avery Chumbley, president, Wailuku Water Company; Wenonah Hauter, executive director, Food and Water Watch; Geoffrey Segal, director, Privatization and Government Reform/Reason Foundation; Chuck Swartzle, president, Besco Water Treatment, Inc.; William E. Lobenherz, Michigan Soft Drink Association; Dave Dempsey, Clean Water Action Great Lakes; Karl B. Stinson, operations manager, Alameda County Water District; Dr. Peter Gleick, director, The Pacific Institute; Richard Stover, Energy Recovery Inc; Conner Everts, director, Desal Response Group.
Senior Producer/Host/Writer: Tena Rubio.
Contributing Producers: Robynn Takayama, Lester Graham, Brian Edwards-Tiekert.
For more information:
Earthjustice
223 South King Street, #400
Honolulu, HI 96813-4501
808-599-2436
www.earthjustice.org
Mayor, County of Maui
200 South High Street
Wailuku, Maui, HI 96793
808-270-7855; fax: 808-270-8073
www.co.maui.hi.us/mayor/
Wailuku Water Company
255 E Waiko Rd.,
Wailuku HI 96793-9355
808-244-9570; fax: 808-242-7068
Hui o Na Wai `Eha
c/o John and Rose Marie Duey
575A Iao Valley
Wailuku, HI 96793-3007
808-242-8565
Food and Water Watch
1400 16th Street NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC 20036
202-797-6550; fax: 202-797-6560; foodandwater@fwwatch.org
www.fwwatch.org
Clean Water Action National Office
4455 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite A300
Washington, DC 20008
202-895-0420
Besco Water Treatment, Inc.
www.bescowater.com/
The Pacific Institute
654 13th Street, Preservation Park
Oakland, CA 94612
510-251-1600
www.pacinst.org
Energy Recovery Inc.
1908 Doolittle Drive
San Leandro, CA 94577
510-483-7370
www.energy-recovery.com
Desal Response Group
2515 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90403
www.desalresponsegroup.org