This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When my young daughter says she’s thirsty, I take for granted that the water from our kitchen tap is clean and safe.

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. From India to Bolivia, it was always the women who knew exactly how much water their family needed. When photographer ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... etched heartland is the scene of one of the most dire water crises today. Last year, a government study revealed ...

This story appears in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. If I were called in / To construct a religion / I should make use of water, wrote the English poet Philip Larkin in 1954 ...

This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on global water issues. Rivers are the lifeblood of many plant, animal, and human communities. Yet many of the world's rivers have ...