KCET investigates L.A.’s water quality*

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Recommended viewing tonight: Los Angeles’ public television station, KCET 28, dives in at 8 with a look at how difficult it is to keep local waterways and the Pacific Ocean free of pollution. The segment, ‘Too Poor to Go Green,’ on the weekly ‘SoCal Connected,’ probes the battle between water quality control officials and upstream cities that claim they don’t have enough money to pay for environmental fixes. Also on the show: an ‘eco-skeptical’ commentary by humorist Sandra Tsing Loh.

Immediately following ‘SoCal Connected’ at 8:30 is ‘The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?,” a documentary on western water issues.

*UPDATE: As Carol notes in the comments below, ‘The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?’ will be shown four more times on KCET this weekend (Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.). Read Times staff writer Tony Perry’s review of the show.

Here’s a preview of the local show (courtesy of KCET):

-- Martin Beck