Breaking Point

Name: Breaking Point
Genre: recent, Investigative
Released: 2026-04-07
Duration: 59 min

2026·59m|

Recent·Investigative

- English

Drought, ecological disaster

One of the worst ecological disaster in U.S. history is rapidly approaching, a casualty of the drought and “water wars” in the Southwest. California's largest lake – the Salton Sea in the Sonoran desert - is disappearing.

Director:Bill Wesneski

Producer:Bill Wesneski

Writer:Bill Wesneski, Mona Witherington

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