Plunder, pollution, profiteering: how centuries of wars over London's drinking water turned a leading global metropolis into a Parched City.
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Plunder, pollution, profiteering: A history of London's public and private drinking water.
Water is something we take for granted: whether from tap or bottle, we rarely think about its source. But its journey to our glasses is more complicated than we realise. This title explains the overlooked and surprising history of drinking water - from Biblical conflicts to over…
"When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we might not give a second thought to where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more complex than we might think. With concerns over pollution and new technologies like f…
The author, a professor at Duke University and an environmental policy expert 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 these problems f…
"When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we might not give a second thought to where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more complex than we might think. With concerns over pollution and new technologies like f…
The author, a professor at Duke University and an environmental policy expert 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 these problems f…