Taps and toilets

Australia, 2000

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Episode number 4 of Series “Waterworks”.
Episode 4, ‘Taps and toilets’, deals with how human usage plays a role in the water cycle. Areas of human usage (both industrial and domestic) are discussed from the source point to the processes used for the purification of waste-water. Increased demand for water has highlighted long-standing problems with water supply including pollution. Forms of pollution discussed are tree clearing, salination and rainwater (carrying pesticides etc to our bays). Also discussed are unconfined aquifers (which explains our Billabongs), and confined aquifers like the Artesian Basin. Narrated by writer and producer Dick Beilby, this program creates relationships between our use of water and broader climatic environment beyond the taps and toilets - “the part of the water cycle that mostly connect with our lives”.

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Credits

producer

Dick Beilby

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2000

Appears in

Waterworks

Group of items

Waterworks

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

314714

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Coastal ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ecology - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Freshwater ecology

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Irrigation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Irrigation - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Irrigation water

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ocean

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ocean currents

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Ocean waves

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Salinity - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Analysis

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water - Pollution - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water conservation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water quality - Australia

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water resources development

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water table

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water use

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water, Underground

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-power

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-storage

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-supply - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Ocean waves

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Sewerage

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Sewerage - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water - Analysis

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water - Purification

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water consumption

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water quality - Australia

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water resources development

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-power

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-storage

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-supply

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-supply - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cholera

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drinking water - Health aspects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Water consumption

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Ocean currents

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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