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.

"We still have too few incentives for farmers to use water more efficiently. Farmers are good businesspeople; they respond to incentives that affect their bottom line." The United National General ...

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 April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most people don’t have the opportunity to swim in aquifers, but National Geographic Young Explorer Jennifer Adler ...

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 ...

Our connection to this precious natural resource is clear—the human body is nearly 70 percent water. Without water to drink, a person could die of dehydration in a matter of days, even hours.