WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT: Drought, Climate and the Coming Global Water Crisis (THE WORLD UNDER PRESSURE)

What happens when the water we take for granted is no longer guaranteed?

Across Europe and around the world, droughts are becoming harder to ignore. Rivers are shrinking, reservoirs are falling, farmers are struggling with increasingly uncertain supplies, and cities once considered safe from water shortages are being forced to prepare for a very different future.

In When the Water Runs Out , journalist James H. Mercer investigates the emerging global water crisis — and separates reality from alarmism.

Why can a planet covered in water still face shortages? Could major cities really approach “Day Zero”? How much water is hidden in the food, clothes and technology we consume? Who controls increasingly scarce supplies? Could water become a source of international tension? And can desalination, recycling and smarter infrastructure prevent the worst?

From Cape Town to Europe, from farms and megacities to the rivers shared by nations, Mercer reveals how water scarcity is already reshaping economies, politics and everyday life.

Accessible, fast-paced and grounded in facts, this is a guide to one of the defining challenges of the coming decades.

The world is not running out of water.
But the water we need may not always be where we need it.