Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Her father, Fraser, worked for the city's water department.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

And many say the beleaguered nation is soon to have the first capital city without any clean drinking water.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

"If you add the fact that there is water all over the city, then the risks are even higher.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Another problem is access. Connecting informal communities to the city's water pipeline is a challenge because many are living on the land illegally.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

City trucks in Moscow water streets by day to prevent asphalt from melting.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Even after being processed at the city's water treatment plants the water takes another journey through leaky pipes that ensure it is no longer drinkable once it reaches people's homes.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

It was the center of their universe. And it was called the 'hydraulic city' because it had really remarkably massive arrays of barays, which are these giant water tanks and a series of canals and interconnected waterways that was really unparalleled in the ancient world in that part of the world."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05