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Aqua Shock: Water in Crisis, Revised and Updated

ISBN: 978-0-470-91806-7
Paperback
272 pages
April 2011
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Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Liquid Gold 7

Chapter 2 Where Our Water Comes From: A Global Perspective 31

Chapter 3 The Disappearing Act 59

Chapter 4 Danger! Safe Water at Risk 91

Chapter 5 On Governing Water 113

Chapter 6 America’s Water Gods 139

Chapter 7 The Cost of Water: Cash, Commodities, and Capitalism 157

Chapter 8 Can Our Water Be Saved? 189

Epilogue 223

Glossary 229

Recommended Resources 235

About the Author 241

Index 243

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