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Drinking Water

By James Salzman

A History. Overlook Press, 2012.

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A fact-based text supported with research, data, and science on the history of drinking water, its use in today’s world, and what might become of it in the future.

Key insights in Drinking Water

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What do you get from this book? Discover the worldwide impact drinking water has on health, politics, and the environment
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Bottled water is rooted in medieval times, but its controversy and monetization continue to this day
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“Magical waters” are based in legend, but archeologists have uncovered real “holy wells” that promised to heal visitors
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The “Rule of Sharing” Proclaims Everyone Has the Right to Clean Water, but Eighteenth-Century New York Worked to Privatize It
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Cultural ideas propelled a country’s beliefs regarding disease and clean drinking water; john snow advocated for “germ theory”
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Edwin Chadwick shocked people with his sanitation report, paving the way for new laws and regulations
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Arsenic and other contaminants found in water can lead to birth defects and cancer in humans and animals
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A terrorist attack on America’s water supply is a very real threat, though it would be difficult to achieve successfully
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Perrier changed the face of bottled water through strong marketing tactics that drive huge profits
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Water privatization is controversial, but new “POU interventions” may make clean water more accessible
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The great lakes are being tapped for their freshwater supply, while icebergs are getting towed around the world
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Water bottles hurt the environment, but new technology is being developed to help this issue by purifying “Wastewater”
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Drinking Water

Environmentalists • sustainability experts • hydrologists • scientists • educators • students

About the author of Drinking Water

Professor James Salzman holds Harvard degrees in both law and engineering and carries the title Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law. Salzman has also worked as an environmental director in both London and Paris. He maintains a position on the Environmental Protection’s Agency National Drinking Water Advisory Council and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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