Episode
Explained: The World's Water Crisis
Overview
The global water crisis is at an inflection point. How do we price our most valuable resource, while also ensuring access to it as a human right?
Details
- Series
- Explained
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2018-09-12
- Runtime
- 17 min
Episode context
The World's Water Crisis is Episode 19 in Season 1 of Explained. It aired on 2018-09-12. The runtime is 17 min.
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