This 1966 New York State Water Resources Commission film presents New York State’s plans for better water resource management. It begins by introducing NYs different water resources on a map and with live footage. This is followed by work that is being done including flood protection, pollution prevention, reservoir construction, and prevention of water waste. It stresses the importance of water resource management for public well-being, by providing protection from flooding, and opening up economic and recreational opportunities. Official synopsis: The state is New York. The threats were basic — stream pollution, lake degradation, spoilage of coastal waters, drought, flooding, misuse of related land resources. They affected municipal, industrial and agricultural supplies, fish and wildlife habitats, recreational use and aesthetic enjoyment. The problems began locally but were spreading and multiplying across the state. Expedient but uncoordinated programs by many agencies sometimes alleviated immediate problems without providing long range solutions. New York’s imaginative answer is based on its Comprehensive Water Resources Program — actually a carefully-devised group of complementary programs — anchored in local community initiative, but with centralized, statewide coordination of planning and action at every level — local, state and federal.
0:08 a duck playing in water, 0:41 a duck family, 0:53 a close up of a waterfall, 1:15 a river flowing, 1:36 wetlands, 1:53 a barren marsh, 2:19 overview of a large forest area, 2:34 a boat driving past coastal wetlands, 2:41 a flowing river, 3:01 a dried out New York City water reservoir, 3:11 polluted water flowing into a river, 3:39 a lake, 3:53 “Water Resourcefulness” presented by New York State Water Resources Commission, 4:00 a map of rivers and water resources in New York State and their connections to other states, 4:28 map of 4 different river basins in NY, 5:16 map shows different features of NY’s water system including a canal system, lake shoreline, lakes, and streams, 5:43 Long Island Wetlands, 6:10 a conservationist looking at a bird nest in the wetland, 6:35 housing development next to the wetlands, 6:51 New York City’s harbor with different ships in it, 7:46 a man fishing on an old pier, 8:13 a ship dredging for sand, 8:49 overview of damages in a suburb after a flood, 9:55 a collapsed shoreline with a house right at the edge, 10:25 workers building a dam, 10:48 a complete “impoundment” lake, 11:00 a farm pond, 11:07 a marsh, 11:26 Clinton’s Ditch, 11:51 a boat driving through a sluice, 12:20 a large barge driving on a canal, 12:38 private boats on the canal, 12:55 people swimming at a lake, 12:22 excessive aquatic plant growth being cut down by a barge, 14:14 polluted water flowing into the lower Hudson river, 15:22 city workers inspecting a fire hydrant and trying to find leaks in New York City, 14:06 children playing with fire hydrants, 16:48 Sacandaga Reservoir, 17:14 people swimming in the reservoir, 18:25 a meeting of the NY State Water Resources Commission, 19:15 a farmer, an industrialist, an official, a conservationist, a public administrator, 19:32 a public meeting at the town hall in Elmer, 20:25 Niagara Falls, 20:47 summary footage of what constitute water resource management, 21:48 a rowboat on a lake, 22:05 produced by Stuart Finley, Inc. for New York State Water Commission.
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