Global corporations are rapidly becoming involved with local water supplies, trying to combine private profits with what many feel should be a fundamental right to water access. Looking at tensions in Bolivia, India and Stockton, California, "Thirst" reveals how water is becoming the catalyst for explosive community responses to the management of this precious resource. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: July 13, 2004 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

THE NEW ECONOMY OF WATER

What's driving privatization? Who are the main players? What different forms of public-private partnership are possible? Tackle this complex issue in our primer on the dynamics of water privatization.  » 

CALIFORNIA AND COMMON SENSE

California historian Norris Hundley remembers the last time privately owned water companies held sway in the Golden State.  »