The author on why water is a constant theme in his work

…in California, that is.

Agriculture uses 80 percent of the water in California

The average family of five uses 500 gallons of water a day. How much do you use?

Not yet, anyway. It's not built to recognize risks more than a few years away.

A weekly roundup of what we learned at Marketplace.

A Marketplace reporter tracks the water his family uses in a day – and its cost.

So close yet so far away: A town short on water tries to tap the lake 15 miles away.

Cities hit water problems even in wet regions, and finding a new source of water is difficult.

Entrepreneur's company tracks down leaky water pipes with data collected by sensors.