[caption id="attachment_377878" align="aligncenter" width="345"] A Lidar-derived digital elevation model image of the dry Colorado River Delta in Mexico. Photo by Daniel Coe [1].[/caption]

As the cycles of flood and drought intensify across the world, we are quickly learning that our water infrastructure — think dams, levees, sea walls, reservoirs, wells — are either not holding up or are actually making the problems we face much worse. So what can we do to build and maintain a healthier relationship with water? Earth Island Journal [2] editor and Terra Verde host, Maureen Nandini Mitra, talks with Erica Gies, science journalist and author of the new book Water Always Wins [3], to find out.

[1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/165735975@N07/48145740957/in/photolist-2gmtvq2-2mecyU3-2gmts8W-CpsR2z-AWeXCp-FLXoPt-2g6ToAb-2gmt1Gu-krVwNa-ZwcM4U-2jueBX5-YaV5fY-YgYCtn-mFNFm3-AWTwLB-bnyqag-2gmt4FR-2gmsX4C-2gmtAtZ-KhMEvr-DX8YjR-b4ZtdP-Kbp3E8-FByh3y-2heeGKh-2gmtxQs-2m5Yqz8-2gmt7jg-2kr2sRa-2kMWP5y-2hHRBjo-pewHwB-2jM55o1-peLCsS-QLGiZg-9YFF83-2cS4RGw-2eoBJ9b-u2Ujhi-auiuhf-zm1Wnb-WjK3mR-peLCyd-29SSKd6-EpRKw1-2jkMHVx-wejJzh-2k1owm4-pcLFtY-2mvcDvN

[2] https://www.earthisland.org/journal/

[3] https://slowwater.world/