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Tapping the Great Lakes
Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Documentary about water withdrawal in the Great Lakes
Water. Some people call it the new oil. Its value is increasing as climate change heats up the planet, pollution from carbon dioxides, microplastics, invasive species and lead becomes more threatening, population and development explodes, and the need for fresh clean drinking water grows.
![Great Lakes Now](https://image.pbs.org/contentchannels/iHEkuNY-white-logo-41-bWyoiCs.png?format=webp&resize=200x)
Tapping the Great Lakes
Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Water. Some people call it the new oil. Its value is increasing as climate change heats up the planet, pollution from carbon dioxides, microplastics, invasive species and lead becomes more threatening, population and development explodes, and the need for fresh clean drinking water grows.
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