I could easily stay for weeks and thank a thousand people for my daily water: the valve-makers, the water scientists trying to minimize the effects of climate change, the folks who mow the grass on top of the reservoir dams. “That’s a tough job,” says Adam. “These guys are stung by bees. They get smashed in the face by a sumac tree. Inevitably, they’ll step on a hornet’s nest and get stung.”
