
The completely revised and updated edition of the definitive book on one of the most important and controversial topics of our time: drinking waterWhen 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...

"A surprising, delightful, fact-filled book." --Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel "Salzman has produced a gem of uncommon value--a fascinating book which slips in among its engaging stories their weighty implications...

In Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time--from globalization and social justice to terrorism and climate change--and how humans have been wrestling with...


