The water technology our future might depend on
Make Me Smart
Marketplace
4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It’s spring break for a lot of you. So, today we’re taking you on a little road trip (sort of) to the Southwest. Water is running really low there. As part of the latest season of “How We Survive,” Marketplace’s climate solutions podcast, host Amy Scott traveled across the region to dig into the water tech solutions that are helping communities adapt. So buckle up and get ready to get smart about the water crisis in the West.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Marketplace listeners, you know around here we like to think you're never too young to learn about the economy and financial basics. |
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| 0:29.2 | Hey smarties, it's spring break for a lot of you. |
| 0:32.1 | So today we're jumping in the car and taking you on a little road trip well sort of in the southwestern United States water is running low and it's become a crisis. And that's what the latest season of |
| 0:45.2 | Marketplace's Climate Solutions Podcast, how we survive, is all about. So today |
| 0:50.5 | we're handing over the mic to host Amy Scott as she travels to |
| 0:54.8 | communities that are developing high-tech water solutions that our future might |
| 0:59.5 | depend on. Some of them may give you the ick. Others might sound fantastical. Either way, buckle up and get |
| 1:07.8 | ready to get smart. All right, here's Amy. |
| 1:12.4 | It's time for trivia. Here's Amy. |
| 1:15.1 | It's time for trivia. |
| 1:18.9 | It's trivia night at Desert Monks Brewing in Gilbert, Arizona, outside Phoenix. |
| 1:21.6 | Whoever wins first game wins a $10 gift certificate. |
| 1:26.6 | The crowd is lively and the beer is flowing. |
| 1:30.6 | Oh yeah, the rules, don't internet cheat and while you're discussing the answers |
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