The village living next to water they can't use (opens in new tab)

A reservoir holding enough water for about 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools sits above the villages of Khao Yai Thiang, Thailand\. But the people living below cannot drink from it, farm with it, or use it in their homes\. The reservoir is part of a pumped-storage hydropower system, where water is moved uphill when electricity demand is low and released to generate power when demand surges\. \"Since I was young, there’s been no water,\" said Charunipha Sawasdee, a villager\. To cope, village...