Table of Contents
Introduction You Just Turn on the Faucet, Right? xiii
Chapter 1 Getting the Lead Out-Water Infrastructure Problems 1
Chapter 2 From Chemicals to Coal-Industrial Pollution 23
Chapter 3 Pipelines and Protests-Fracking Contamination 45
Chapter 4 Farm to Water-Agricultural Pollution 71
Chapter 5 When the Water Runs Red-Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Red Tides 82
Chapter 6 Drugs in the Water-Pharmaceuticals and Accidental Pollution 93
Chapter 7 Dry Wells and Day Zero-Water Supply Issues 100
Chapter 8 Hell or High Water-Flooding and Sea Level Rise 114
Chapter 9 Conflict and Cooperation-How Water Stress Affects Nations 125
Chapter 10 From Desalination to Reclamation-Potential Solutions and Action 138
Chapter 11 How You Can Make a Difference 154
Acknowledgments 169
Glossary 170
Resources 171
Source Notes 173
Index 181
