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

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Special Features

PRIMER

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. | »

Protestors disrupt the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan

ESSAY

California and Common Sense

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

Stockton citizens campaign for a public vote on the city's water outsourcing plans

CASE STUDIES

Harvesting Water from the Sky

We look at innovative techniques used around the world to harvest drinking water from rain, fog, and clouds. | »

A woman in Rajasthan carries water from the well to her house

ESSAY

Holy Water

"Some of us who live in arid parts of the world think about water with a reverence others might find excessive..." In 1979's The White Album, Californian Joan Didion mused about her relationship with water. | »

Author Joan Didion
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