On this week's special edition of Earthbeat we flood you with stories about water. We hear problems of water corruption in Pakistan, we travel to India to find out how the deluge of monsoon rains can be a force for good and a tent that can clean even the filthiest of waters.

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Corrupted water in Karachi
In the Pakistani city of Karachi, both rich and poor alike are affected by a water problem. It isn't always available when you want it. But people have found a way to manage which has spawned a whole industry to deal with it.
Listen to the report by Naheed Mustapha
 

Dealing with the deluge in Mumbai
In an exhibition in Mumbai two experts Anuradha Martha and Dilip de Cuhna argue that residents of the city need to approach the annual monsoon differently. The Indian city is in the bizarre situation of flipping from a drought to deluge. Marnie Chesterton met the pair in Mumbai and they elaborated their concepts of tapping into the seasonal rains instead of draining the water away.
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top photo: Monsoon clouds looming over Mumbai, photo by flypig

Making saline water drinkable
We get a demo of the water pyramid, a huge tent designed to make even the most saline water drinkable, but is it being used where people most need it?
Listen to the report by Thijs Westerbeek

Coming up on next week's programme:
We take a walk on the wild side and find out why bisons have made themselves so at home in the Dutch sand dunes. We go in search of a pack of elusive wolves in Germany who are causing controversy between hunters and environmentalists and we hear from the dodo, well uncover a skeleton at least which points to more clues to why it died out. So whether endangered species or extinct ones, an interesting mix on next week's programme.