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Overdrawn

Eight watersheds across the country. Our nonprofit work starts here, in Colorado.

FormatAnthology Series
Episodes8, Standalone
RuntimeAbout 50 min
StatusIn Production
LanguageEnglish
CountryUnited States
Colorado First

The series travels nationwide, but Drop Water Project is a Colorado nonprofit. Every dollar raised funds work here first, starting with the episode set on the Colorado River.

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The Master Clock

Water rules for 40 million people, 7 states, and 30 tribes expire on the same day.

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Every episode has one place and one person, fighting a fight most people never see. The clock is real: it runs out on December 31, 2026.

Eight watersheds, in order.

Every episode feels different: a thriller, a quiet story, a mystery, a homecoming.

EP. 01

The Kingdom's Water

· La Paz County, Arizona
HOLLY IRWIN, County Supervisor

A county supervisor spends eight years fighting a Saudi-owned farm pumping the desert dry to feed cattle overseas.

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EP. 02

King of the Playa

· Great Salt Lake, Utah
KEVIN PERRY, Atmospheric Scientist

A scientist bikes across an emptying lakebed, tracking what a vanishing lake leaves behind.

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EP. 03

The Logo in the Blood

· Afton, Minnesota
KRIS HANSEN, Former 3M Chemist

The chemist who found "forever chemicals" in blood worldwide reckons with the company that kept it quiet.

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EP. 04

When the River Knew What to Do

· Klamath River, CA/OR
BROOK THOMPSON, Restoration Engineer

After the largest dam removal in U.S. history, an engineer watches salmon come home for the first time in a century.

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EP. 05

Forever

· Cape Fear River, North Carolina
EMILY DONOVAN, Clean Cape Fear

A mother turned organizer fights to keep contamination limits in place as regulators try to erase them.

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EP. 06

Senior Rights

· Colorado River BasinColorado
AMELIA FLORES, CRIT Chairwoman

A tribal chairwoman holds the river's oldest water rights, fighting for a seat at a table never built for her.

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EP. 07

The Ogallala Road

· Colby, Kansas
JULENE BAIR, Author

A farmer's daughter reckons with the aquifer her own family helped drain.

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EP. 08

Project Blue

· Tucson, Arizona
VIVEK BHARATHAN, Organizer

A city council votes no to a data center's water use. Construction starts anyway.

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The series funds water projects across Colorado.

Drop Water Project is becoming a nonprofit. It will fund clean water projects across Colorado, using the national series to raise the money.

Still being finalized. This is a first draft. See full details →

A series that raises money, not just awareness.

Drop Water Project is a nonprofit built around Overdrawn. The show raises money for clean water projects across Colorado, our home state.

8Watersheds, One Season
40M+People Tied to the Clock
7States, Colorado River Basin
30Tribal Nations at the Table

Eight overdrawn accounts. One shared deadline.

Beautiful footage. Real people fighting for their water. Eight stories, one shared deadline.

In production. Full treatment, stills, and synopsis available on request.

StatusIn Production
SeekingFestival Premiere
Press Contactpress@dropwaterproject.org
SubmissionsBy Request
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