EditorialYing Chao gets water from a hydrant with the help of Vincent Derasmo, from the city?s Department of Environmental Protection, at the Jacob Riis housing complex in Manhattan?s East Village neighborhood, Sept. 3, 20222. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialI?igo Manglano-Ovalle with his artwork "Hydrant,? at the Sweetwater Foundation's urban farm in Chicago, June 22, 2021. (Evan Jenkins/The New York Times)
EditorialSummer workers with Trees Forever, an Iowa nonprofit, use a fire hydrant to draw water for newly planted trees in Des Moines on June 16, 2021. (Rachel Mummey/The New York Times)