Regina Barber
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It's plastic.
Yeah, that's fine.
Thanks, Gina, for doing this experiment with me.
I produced this episode, and it was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez.
Aru Nair checked the facts.
Jimmy Keeley was the audio engineer.
Regina Barber here with producer Rachel Carlson.
So in honor of World Water Day, you and Burleigh, another producer here at Shortwave, are exploring the ways water touches our lives, from increasing water shortages around the world to how it's affecting agriculture and aquifers.
Which, of course, is now experiencing more intense water crises because of the war.
Right, we've seen places come close to Day Zero, right?
So Cape Town in South Africa, Mexico City, Chennai in India.
Today on the show, what happens when the taps run dry?
How cities are coping and why experts say we're overdue for rethinking our relationship to water.
You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.