How Water Is Bought and Sold

The Adaptors by Flora Lichtman and SoundVision Productions

May 7, 201516:29Science & Medicine

Reporter Ryan Bradley lives in California. Given the drought, he figured it'd be a good idea to buy some water rights. It was more complicated than he thought.

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