Around a black hole 12 billion light years away, there's an almost unimaginable vapor cloud of water--enough to supply an entire planet's worth of water for every person on earth, 20,000 times over.

The ultra-pure water used to clean semiconductors and make microchips would suck vital minerals right out of your body. Plus it tastes really nasty.

The lessons of Perth, Australia, and how they can help us avoid a dismal new water forecast from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Strict controls and smart re-use means the water that happens on Vegas links stays on Vegas links.

Fact: The United States uses more water in a day than it uses oil in a year. And in four days, the United States uses more water than the world uses oil in a year.

In this installment of "The Big Thirst," the author and Fast Company writer explains why one oft-used statistic about the scarcity of water is misleading.

In the U.S., Canada, and Europe, we don't worry much about diarrhea. But diarrhea is a plague in much of the developing world--deadly and costly.

In this installment, "The Big Thirst" author and Fast Company writer explains how every drop of water you'll ever know, from the spigot to the toilet, is about 4.3 billion years old.

In this installment, "The Big Thirst" author and Fast Company writer explores how water, which technically can't be made radioactive, could be the least threatening byproduct of the hobbled Fukushima plant.