The Best Water & Drought Documentaries

Planet & Climate - 18 free documentaries about water & drought.

Start with The Surprising Solutions to the World's Water Crisis (24 min, Bloomberg Originals), then Rivers at risk - Water crisis on four continents (90 min, DW Documentary). All 18 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on water & drought is Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner.

• The Surprising Solutions to the World's Water Crisis | The Future With Hannah Fry (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Rivers at risk - Water crisis on four continents (90 min, DW Documentary)
• Who owns water? (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Why Is Desalination So Difficult? (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the Water (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Canary Islands paradox - Desalination plants: Curse or blessing? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Can You Safely Drink Your Own Pee? (11 min, Mark Rober)
• Are Beavers the Solution for Drought? | Full Episode | Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien (26 min, PBS)
• Water scarcity - Innovation to combat drought (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Do Droughts Make Floods Worse? (17 min, Practical Engineering)
• What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry? (14 min, Practical Engineering)
• How Wells & Aquifers Actually Work (14 min, Practical Engineering)
• When the Water Runs Out | Mega Disasters (S2, E9) (45 min, HISTORY)
• Colorado's Water Crisis is Getting Worse (16 min, The B1M)
• How The Rich Are Hoarding The World's Water | A World Without Water (76 min, Spark)
• Indonesia: Bali's water dilemma - Founders Valley (8/10) (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Using Technology to Cope With Drought I NOVA Now (28 min, NOVA PBS Official)
• For whom the well tolls: Why we must price water (24 min, The Economist)

Top-Rated Books About Water & Drought

1. Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner - View on Amazon
2. The Big Thirst by Charles Fishman - View on Amazon
3. When the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce - View on Amazon