Southern Spain is looking to ancient irrigation methods to irrigate a drought-stricken region. Around 800 years ago, the Moors, who ruled in Spain, had a network of canals that moved water from the Sierra Nevada down into cities and farms. Gerry Hadden reports from Granada, Spain, that archeologists today are trying to uncover those canals, and put the ancient wisdoms of irrigation to use today.
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