21-03-2022 - New Mexico, USA-Dry Rio Grande riverbed, severe drought. Most of the river water above this point is diverted for irrigation but even that has been scarce during the severe drought affecting much of t... © Jim West

21-03-2022 - New Mexico, USA-Dry Rio Grande riverbed, severe drought. Most of the river water above this point is diverted for irrigation but even that has been scarce during the severe drought affecting much of t... © Jim West

15-03-2022 - Mayfield, Kentucky, USA-Food bank for tornado victims. Volunteers sorting donated food, water, clothing, and other supplies at the Tornado Relief Center at the Graves County Fairgrounds. The supplies... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

21-10-2021 - Hamtramck, Michigan, USA-Lead poisoning. Water filter distribution. Public queueing for free water filters after high lead levels were found contaminating water system in the city. The city of Hamtram... © Jim West

01-09-2021 - Oregon, USA-Migrant workers taking a break from planting and weeding ornamental shrubs early in the morning. Brought to America in the H2A visa program they are working for the nursery Advanced Orname... © David Bacon

28-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico - The Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Uni... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Drought. 93% empty Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande. Supplying water for southern New Mexico and western Texas it is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern Unit... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Dry irrigation canal near the Rio Grande © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Dying vineyard, New Mexico desert © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Dying vineyard, New Mexico desert © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico Desert, USA: Farm field irrigation, severe drought © Jim West

27-06-2021 - New Mexico Desert, USA: Farm field irrigation, severe drought © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Empty, dry irrigation canal near the Rio Grande © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Irrigation canal gate allowing water from the Rio Grande to be directed to a specific field. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are... © Jim West

27-06-2021 - San Acacia, New Mexico: Extreme drought. Irrigation canal gate allowing water from the Rio Grande to be directed to a specific field. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are... © Jim West

25-06-2021 - Algodones, New Mexico Extreme drought. An irrigation canal carrying water diverted from the Rio Grande but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert. © Jim West

25-06-2021 - New Mexico, USA: Hemp plant on the Roots and Herbs Farm. Following legalisation of marijuana in New Mexico in April 2021, farmer Michael Nezi plans to convert to marijuana production next year © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

23-06-2021 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Flint, Michigan, USA: The Flint Water Treatment Plant. Thousands of children were exposed to harmful concentrations of lead after the city water supply was contaminated in 2014. © Jim West

30-05-2021 - Flint, Michigan, USA: The Flint Water Treatment Plant. Thousands of children were exposed to harmful concentrations of lead after the city water supply was contaminated in 2014. © Jim West

10-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: The Great Lakes Water Authority sewage treatment plant, which serves Detroit and 76 other southeastern Michigan communities. Filter beds. The plant is the largest single site wastewater... © Jim West

10-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: The Great Lakes Water Authority sewage treatment plant, which serves Detroit and 76 other southeastern Michigan communities. Filter beds. The plant is the largest single site wastewater... © Jim West

10-05-2021 - Detroit, USA: The Great Lakes Water Authority sewage treatment plant, which serves Detroit and 76 other southeastern Michigan communities. Filter beds. The plant is the largest single site wastewater... © Jim West

07-03-2021 - Detroit, USA: Water tower, disused warehouse and industrial area on the east riverfront. General Motors HQ building. © Jim West

07-03-2021 - Detroit, USA: Water tower, disused warehouse and industrial area on the east riverfront. General Motors HQ building. © Jim West

07-03-2021 - Detroit, USA: Water tower, disused warehouse and industrial area on the east riverfront. General Motors HQ building. © Jim West

13-07-2020 - San Joaquin Valley,California, USA-Migrant workers picking pluots in a field near Poplar. A crew of Mexican immigrants. The temperature in the Valley can reach over 110 degrees in the afternoon. © David Bacon

03-07-2020 - Colorado, USA, Irrigation canal, Weld County. The area gets only 15 inches of rain per year, so water for irrigation is diverted from the western side of the Rocky Mountains. © Jim West

02-04-2020 - Detroit, Michigan USA Coronavirus Pandemic. Workers constructing an emergency field hospital at the TCF convention center. The 1,000-bed hospital will care for Covid-19 patients © Jim West

02-04-2020 - Detroit, Michigan USA Coronavirus Pandemic. Workers constructing an emergency field hospital at the TCF convention center. The 1,000-bed hospital will care for Covid-19 patients © Jim West

02-04-2020 - Detroit, Michigan USA Coronavirus Pandemic. Workers constructing an emergency field hospital at the TCF convention center. The 1,000-bed hospital will care for Covid-19 patients © Jim West

11-12-2019 - Severn Trent Water Church Wilne Water Treatment Works, Derbyshire © John Harris

11-12-2019 - Severn Trent Water Church Wilne Water Treatment Works, Derbyshire © John Harris

14-11-2019 - Coachella, California, USA, West Coast Turf growing, irrigator moving plastic irrigation pipes and sprinklers. The turf will be cut into rolls and taken to baseball and football stadiums © David Bacon

14-11-2019 - Coachella, California, USA, West Coast Turf growing, irrigator moving plastic irrigation pipes and sprinklers. The turf will be cut into rolls and taken to baseball and football stadiums © David Bacon

24-07-2019 - Detroit, USA Sign warning against drinking water from a tap © Jim West

24-07-2019 - Detroit, USA Sign warning against drinking water from a tap © Jim West

12-04-2019 - Bulgarian migrant workers harvesting spinach, Warwickshire © John Harris

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

22-03-2019 - Flint, Michigan USA: World Water Day volunteers distributing 12 truckloads of bottled. The water supply was contaminated with lead nearly five years ago © Jim West

23-12-2018 - Nebraska, USA, windmills that pump water, Downey Well Drilling © Jim West

23-12-2018 - Nebraska, USA, windmills that pump water, Downey Well Drilling © Jim West

23-12-2018 - Nebraska, USA, windmills that pump water, Downey Well Drilling © Jim West

23-12-2018 - Nebraska, USA, windmills that pump water, Downey Well Drilling © Jim West

15-10-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA Mural on a building infront of US Ecology hazardous waste plant showing chemicals being dumped into the ground. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas... © Jim West

15-10-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA US Ecology hazardous waste plant. The plants are all located in poor, mostly African-American areas. The company handles a wide variety of toxic materials and discharges much of... © Jim West

01-08-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Fire engine pumping water from a Kalamazoo fire hydrant down the street to connect wit... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Residents examining a map showing the extent of PFAS contamination of their drinking w... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross and local High School distributing bottled water to resi... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross and local High School distributing bottled water to resi... © Jim West

31-07-2018 - Parchment, Michigan USA, State of emergency declared after high levels of PFAS chemicals found in drinking water. Volunteers from the Red Cross distributing bottled water to residents as a State of em... © Jim West

09-06-2018 - Detroit, Michigan, USA: A sign warning of a lead hazard outside a house. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning. The number of children with elevated blood levels (EBLLs) in Detroit ha... © Jim West

15-11-2017 - Wadsworth, Texas, USA - A windmill in a field near the Gulf of Mexico © Jim West

14-11-2017 - Tilden, Texas, USA Sign offering water for sale from Rancho Tres Hijos for fracking in oilfield operations in the surrounding Eagle Ford Shale. Rancho Tres Hijos is a cattle and hunting ranch © Jim West

10-11-2017 - Casa Grande, Arizona desert, USA An abandoned irrigation ditch © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

03-11-2017 - Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West

06-10-2017 - Grand Rapids, Michigan USA ArtPrize competition Flint by Ti-Rock Moore about the Flint water crisis and racism, featuring dirty brown water flowing from a water fountain with a sign Colored © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Algodones, New Mexico. Extreme drought at the Angostura Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Algodones, New Mexico. Extreme drought at the Angostura Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. Extreme drought at The Isleta Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their cro... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - New Mexico desert: Pecan trees growing during severe drought. The extensive pecan farms around Las Cruces are watered by flooding orchards with irrigation water from the Rio Grande or by pumping water... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Algodones, New Mexico. Extreme drought at the Angostura Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - San Acacia, New Mexico. Extreme drought at the San Acacia Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their cro... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - San Acacia, New Mexico. Extreme drought at the San Acacia Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their cro... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - New Mexico, Jicarilla Apache Nation, dried out Dulce Lake due to prolonged drought © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. Extreme drought at The Isleta Diversion dam. It sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals. but farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their cro... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico. Extreme drought. Sandbars on the Rio Grade below the Isleta Diversion dam. The dam sends river water into irrigation canals. But much of the state is experiencing extreme dr... © Jim West

14-09-2017 - San Acacia, New Mexico. Extreme drought. The Rio Grande below the San Acacia Diversion dam. The dam sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals (right of the river).. farmers are not gettin... © Jim West

18-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA A water station left by a faith group in the desert near the US Mexican border at Mt. Signal. The water point flag is intended to be visible from a distance to help mi... © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA Irrigation canal for agriculture © David Bacon

17-08-2017 - Imperial Valley, California, USA The All American Canal flowing next to the US Mexican border, it eventually ends at the Salton Sea © David Bacon

14-06-2017 - Grenfell Tower Fire. Local residents outside the Latymer Community Church Centre in West London just a few hundred metres from Grenfell Tower collect contributions donated by other local people to hel... © Stefano Cagnoni

18-04-2017 - Tucson, Arizona - Members of the Tucson Samaritans place crosses in the desert at the places where the remains of migrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America have perishe... © Jim West

18-04-2017 - Tucson, Arizona, USA Mexican Border, Tucson Samaritans placing crosses in the desert where the remains of immigrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America die trying to evad... © Jim West

18-04-2017 - Tucson, Arizona, USA A water tank used by ranchers for cattle in the desert. A cross indicates that an immigrant died here when he climbed in to get water and drowned when he could not get out. Hundre... © Jim West