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.

Schoolkids are told not to brush their teeth, and rationing may be on the horizon.

Even with 60 inches of rain a year, Miami may not have enough to drink.

Why fears of rising seas and big storms don't cool the market.

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

More on the "legal water fence" that surrounds the Great Lakes basin.

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.

In honor of our series on water, win a water bottle.