What has caused the global freshwater crisis, and what must be done to ensure water availability for the world's populations?

Jay Famiglietti, Ph.D., appeared on March 11 2025 on Science for the Public's Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations program to explain the issue and the urgent need for government action across the globe. Dr. Famiglietti is a major researcher on this issue.

Jay Famiglietti, Ph.D., Global Futures Professor, School of Sustainability;
,Director of Science, Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University. Dr. Famiglietti also holds affiliated faculty appointments in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, and in the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. He is a former Chair of the Board of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), a former Editor-in-Chief of Geophysical Research Letters, and he has been a Visiting Professor at in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and UCLA. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and of the Geological Society of America, a recipient of AGU's Peter S. Eagleson Hydrologic Sciences Award, and a Distinguished Alumni of Tufts University.