At an event co-presented by Occidental College, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Jeffrey Kightlinger, California State Water Resources Control Board chair Felicia Marcus, Arizona State University sustainability scholar Michael Hanemann, and Natural Resources Defense Council water program director Steve Fleischli talked with Occidental political economist Sanjeev Khagram about why water is so difficult to transport and distribute, and why clean water remains elusive for many communities around the globe.