# How to keep rivers and streams flowing

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRainier
- Speaker: Rob Harmon
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_harmon_how_to_keep_rivers_and_streams_flowing)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon talks about a clever market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek.

## Lectures

1. [How to keep rivers and streams flowing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rob_harmon_how_to_keep_rivers_and_streams_flowing/72ddfab47fc3), 9 min (TED's player)