This Month in National Geographic Special Issue:

Fresh Water Crisis
By 2050 a third of the people on Earth may lack a clean, secure source of water. Learn more about challenges and solutions.

The Burden of Thirst
If the millions of women who haul water long distances had a faucet by their door, whole societies could be transformed.

Parting the Waters
The Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace?

Silent Streams
Freshwater animals are vanishing faster than those on land or at sea. But captive-breeding programs hold out hope.

And many more