The Future of Water
This is a video essay presented in the style of a documentary. The narrator presents an overview of the state of worldwide competition over water.
- 2007-2011
- 1 season
- Documentary
This is a video essay presented in the style of a documentary. The narrator presents an overview of the state of worldwide competition over water.
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Waterlords
Mon, Aug 31, 2026 52 mins
As human population continues to expand, political strife over access to and control of water resources is beginning to flare up across the world.
Episode 2
New Uncertainty
Mon, Aug 31, 2026 52 mins
Tvedt calls our time the Age of Water Insecurity. Here the water expert takes the viewer to a fishing ritual in Mali, to deserts and melting glaciers in Tibet, to the Netherlands threated by their rivers and the sea, to the icecap of Greenland, to a Venice under water, to Bangladesh, and to huge undergrounds rivers of Mexico, and meets political leaders and affected citizens.
Episode 3
Water Age
Mon, Aug 31, 2026