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This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi. Water and air. Literally

the stuff of all life on this planet. But when we've done shows about water in the past,

we've focused on water crises. I mean, for example, just recently we did a show

about the astonishingly fast disappearance of the Great Salt Lake,

or we've done a lot of programs on the mega drought gripping the entire Western United States,

excuse me, United States, or climate changes impact on the world's oceans, or water as a source of

conflict, or water as a reason for increased migration. So yes, there are crises going on out there, but knowing that a crisis exists and what's causing it isn't

enough, is it?

We all need solutions. And that's where David Sedlack's new book comes in.

Sedlack is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California Berkeley.

He's also director of the Berkeley Water Center.

And his new book is called Water for All, Global Solutions to a changing climate.

And in it, he redefines how we should think about the global water crisis.

He breaks that big frightening generic down into specific types of challenges and then introduces us

to communities around the world who are leading the way with innovative solutions to those

specific problems. So taken together, Sedlack believes the world

can find its way to water for all. And he joins us today from Berkeley, California.

Professor David Sedlack, welcome to Onpoint.

Oh, thank you for having me.

Magnit's great to be here.

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