Apr 13 Watch 6:17 Can water ATMs solve India's water crisis? By PBS News Hour About 76 million Indians don’t have regular access to clean drinking water, the most of any country in the world. But a new nationwide experiment aims to address the water crisis with “water ATMs,” machines that purify water on site… Continue watching
Apr 10 Watch 3:29 Water systems across country repeatedly exceed federal lead standards By PBS News Hour An Associated Press investigation of Environmental Protection Agency records has found nearly 1,400 water systems providing tap water to nearly 4 million Americans exceeded the acceptable lead level at least once between 2013 and 2015. AP Reporter Meghan Hoyer, who… Continue watching
Jan 18 Michigan Gov. says Clinton politicizing Flint's water crisis By Associated Press FLINT, Mich.-- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder responded Monday to criticism from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the Democratic debates for his handling of Flint's water emergency, saying Clinton is making it a political issue. Continue reading
Jan 13 Life after water on the Iran-Afghanistan border By Corinne Segal Mahdi Barchian photographs the unthinkable: life without water. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 6:28 Lost history treasures revealed as waters recede in Nevada By PBS News Hour The devastating drought that has ravaged the West has had an upside: it has made never-before-seen sights accessible. At Lake Mead in Nevada, recreational history hunters can now dive to see a B-29 bomber, and as special correspondent Sandra Hughes… Continue watching
Nov 16 Column: Water wars are coming By Vikram Mansharamani Climate change and food-driven water demand are creating a toxic cocktail that may shock global stability. Continue reading
Nov 06 Why these water droplets behave like trampolines By Nsikan Akpan This new material makes water bounce spontaneously and could be used as an ice shield for airplanes. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 8:04 To build or not to build, that's the dam question in dry California By PBS News Hour Across California, after years of punishing drought, reservoirs that normally fill canals and make crops bloom are greatly depleted or even empty. Some say that getting more water into storage by building more dams is key. But dams also create… Continue watching
Nov 03 Why dams are at the heart of California's water wars By Spencer Michels I’ve been covering California water issues a long time. As the years have gone by, the water wars have ebbed and flowed. Mostly flowed. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 5:22 Where there's water on Earth, there's life. Is the same true on Mars? By PBS News Hour NASA has found evidence of liquid water on Mars. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the inevitable question: does this mean there could be some form of life on the red planet?… Continue watching