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UnDisciplined: Navigating the future of the global water crisis

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Water treatment plant, Saudi Arabia

Water crises are nothing new. Indeed they’ve influenced the very course of human history again and again but we’ve never had a planet with 10 billion people on it before, and so can we solve the water crisis at a global scale.

About 1 in 10 people across the globe already lack access to clean water, and this resource is likely to be further strained as the population continues to grow. 'Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate' is the name of David Sedlak’s new book, and he joins us for the episode.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.