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Back to the Well

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Rethinking the Future of Water

Droughts. Floods. Contamination. Climate change. The perils to the global fresh-water supply have never been so clear or so numerous, as the crisis in Cape Town’s water supply in early 2018 can attest. In dozens of countries, not just ordinary citizens but whole cities have cause to worry about their water, and who will ensure that it is available, affordable, and safe.

In this refreshing examination of the fate and future of water, now available for the first time in trade paperback edition, Marq de Villiers takes on some of the biggest questions of the water world. Who owns water? Is access to water a human right? Who is responsible for keeping water clean and ensuring that it gets to the people who need it most? Is privatization of ownership really so bad?

De Villiers’s inspiring book offers a clear-eyed assessment of the politics of water and proposes innovative, real-life solutions. Writes Elizabeth May, “Back to the Well is a forceful prescription for a sustainable water future.”

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Marq de Villiers

Marq de Villiers is a celebrated author and journalist. He has written 15 books, including Water: The Fate of our Most Precious Resource, winner of the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction and the Canadian Science Writers Award. In 2010, he was appointed to the Order of Canada. He lives in Eagle Head, Nova Scotia

Chapter	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Introduction de Villiers begins the books with 4 assertions about our water future: 1. We aren’t doomed (yet). 2. There is not a global-scale water crisis. Rather, there are thousands of regional water … View	Marq de Villiers	4	2018	$0.40
The Dismal Arithmetic of Water In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing … View	Marq de Villiers	12	2018	$1.20
The State of Our Groundwater In this chapter, de Villiers explores how many parts of the world are being impacted or will be impacted by rapidly diminishing and increasingly polluted groundwater sources. View	Marq de Villiers	17	2018	$1.70
Rivers and Lakes in Trouble In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. View	Marq de Villiers	27	2018	$2.70
Who Owns Water? In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level. View	Marq de Villiers	15	2018	$1.50
Privatization and Its Discontents In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … View	Marq de Villiers	45	2018	$4.50
Are Dams Really that Bad? In this chapter, de Villiers discusses the controversies surrounding dams and hydroelectricity. Using a variety of case studies, he explores their benefits, as well as their impacts on both … View	Marq de Villiers	28	2018	$2.80
What We Don’t Know About Fracking In this chapter, de Villiers explores the risks and unknowns surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. He explores whether the economic potential is real and whether it is … View	Marq de Villiers	19	2018	$1.90
Bulk Water Transfers In this chapter, de Villiers investigates the impact of a series of hydrological mega-projects occurring around the world, and the potential risks and benefits associates with re-engineering … View	Marq de Villiers	17	2018	$1.70
Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. View	Marq de Villiers	16	2018	$1.60
Climate Change In this chapter, de Villiers explores the impacts of climate change on our global water supply, including who will be most affected and to what degree. View	Marq de Villiers	15	2018	$1.50
More People Using Ever More Water In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the impact of population growth on water availability, and tries to answer the question of whether there will be enough clean, safe water for a more populous … View	Marq de Villiers	9	2018	$0.90
Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. View	Marq de Villiers	35	2018	$3.50
Reframing the Debate In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level. View	Marq de Villiers	6	2018	$0.60
The Way of the Engineer In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply. View	Marq de Villiers	18	2018	$1.80
Soft-Path Solutions In this chapter, de Villiers continues to discuss efficiency and suggests that we should focus on increasing that instead of trying to redistribute and increase our water supply. View	Marq de Villiers	20	2018	$2.00
Conclusion Conclusion View	Marq de Villiers	11	2018	$1.10

Back to the Well

Rethinking the Future of Water

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Marq de Villiers

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