Climate Cast: Solutions to America's water crisis
Tucson's resident rainwater guru Brad Lancaster has transformed the sidewalk along his street into an oasis of hardy desert shrubs and fruit-bearing succulents. Lancaster cut away the curb where storm runoff from the street can flow to where it is needed to water plants and has shaped the landscape to make full use of the desert's sparse rainfall.
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MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner spoke with journalist Cynthia Barnett about the "Blue Revolution" and cities with "water ethics" — places in America where communities are adjusting to having less water.
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