- The enviable quality of life that we enjoy in the U.S. is largely dependent on the plenitude and health of our water systems. What are the water issues? River diversion, invasive species, coal ash, mercury, and over-development. Three young, adventurous college students seek to understand these complex issues in the film Tap Out.—Anonymous
- The world is running out of fresh water. Saudi Arabia is headed towards total depletion of its aquifers. In dry season, the Ganges no longer reaches the sea. China has 25% of the worlds population but only 6% of its water. Yet in the United States, many think that the world water crisis will not affect them. They would be wrong. Already, the vast Ogallala Aquifer in the Midwest is being depleted faster than it can recharge.
The documentary film, Tap Out looks at water in America, particularly the seemingly water-rich areas of the Carolinas. It looks at the challenges to water quality and quantity as well as the side effects of ignoring the ever increasing warning signs. Three students set out to travel the Catawba River in North and South Carolina and learn why it was named Americas most endangered river. On their journey, they talk with scientists, environmentalists and industry and government spokesmen about mercury contamination, ash ponds, invasive species, contaminated groundwater, sedimentation, flow and just everything that affects water.
In the martial arts, when a fighter is overwhelmed by a dangerous opponent and cannot escape, the fighter submits, or taps out. When it comes to fresh water, we want to be sure we never have to Tap Out. Tap Out was created by Virginia Tormey Friedman and Tim Fennell are co-producers and co-directors.
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