Water is scarce and the global demand is increasing exponentially - also because our way of life is using more and more water. Based on a journey along six rivers on four continents, the film shows how and why the resource of water is becoming increasingly scarce.

Or is the raw material just unevenly distributed? Agriculture is the main consumer, at 70 percent, and a large part of this is used to produce animal feed, i.e. meat. Mighty rivers such as the Spanish Ebro or the Colorado in Mexico and the USA are drying up as a result. "Where the rivers disappear" is an investigative documentary that captivates with emotional stories of protagonists all over the world.

With people offering solutions, it also shows that water shortages are not a law of nature: in France, for example, dams are being demolished to revive rivers, in an Egyptian oasis the residents are experimenting with new methods, and in India the so-called water man uses an ancient technique to get dried-up rivers flowing again.