Drinking Water: A History
Salzman, J. (2017). Drinking Water. United States: Abrams Press
When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we probably don’t give a second thought about where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more convoluted than we might think.
In this revised edition of Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time. He adds eye-opening, contemporary examples about our relationship to and consumption of water, and a new chapter about the atrocities that occurred in Flint, Michigan. Provocative, insightful, and engaging, Drinking Water shows just how complex a simple glass of water can be.
Introduction: Mother McCloud
Chapter 1: The Fountain of Youth
Chapter 2: Who Gets to Drink?
Chapter 3: Is It Safe to Drink the Water?
Chapter 4: Death in Small Doses
Chapter 5: Flint
Chapter 6: Blue Terror
Chapter 7: Bigger Than Soft Drinks
Chapter 8: Need Versus Greed
Chapter 9: Finding Water for the Twenty-first Century
Afterword: A Glass Half Empty / A Glass Half Full