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‘Where There Once Was Water’: How the driest places are finding innovative ways to conserve MORE In “Where There Once Was Water,” Darlene Arviso works with DigDeep to deliver water to residents in remote areas of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Photo courtesy of Brittany App.
Through her new documentary, “Where There Once Was Water,” Brittany App introduces innovative ways to conserve water, restore ecosystems, and reconsider our relationship with the natural world. The film follows her venturing through California and the Southwest in search of people practicing wise water management.
“How can we help those who don t have the means to still have access to clean drinking water? Because clean drinking water is and if it s not, it should be a human right. Not every human being needs to water their golf course, right? But we all need to be able to drink clean water. So I think we are entering a time where we will be for
Bringing Clean, Running Water to the Navajo Nation
May 3, 2021, 12:45 PM, Posted by Cindy Howe
Broken promises and structural racism have deprived New Mexico’s Navajo Nation of safe, running water for generations. A Navajo woman shares how she is actively changing this reality, one family at a time. The Water Lady Darlene Arviso fills water tanks for Navajo tribal members who do not have access to running water. Photo credit: DigDeep, 2019.
Go to the sink, turn on the tap, get yourself a glass of water. To most people in America, this sounds like the most routine of activities. But for the families I work with on the lands of the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico, it is not something we can take for granted. And so when water does flow from a faucet inside a home for the first time, the tears often flow with it. This is a moment of deep gratitude and joy for us.