Trusting the Tap 29.2

Trusting the Tap 29.2

Water Privateers – Tony Clarke
International trade agreements and loan conditions are pushing the privatization of public water systems around the world.
Inset: Water Privatization Glossary – David A. McDonald
Inset: GATS Threat – Karl Flecker

Public Water – Ron Crawley
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has been leading the fight against the privatization of municipal water services in Canada.

Water Privateers – Tony Clarke
International trade agreements and loan conditions are pushing the privatization of public water systems around the world.
Inset: Water Privatization Glossary – David A. McDonald
Inset: GATS Threat – Karl Flecker

Public Water – Ron Crawley
The Canadian Union of Public Employees has been leading the fight against the privatization of municipal water services in Canada.

Liquid Assets – Karen Bakker
How we provide water depends on whether we view water as a commodity or as a public good.
Inset: Water Pricing and the Poor – David A. McDonald

Trusting the Tap – Kathleen Cooper
One key lesson from the Walkerton and North Battleford tainted water tragedies is the need to protect our drinking water at the source.

Chlorine Conflict – Shirley Roburn
Residents of Erickson, BC, treasure their clean water and do not want it chlorinated.

Watershed Canaries – Chris Jones and Brian Craig
Aquatic insects, crustaceans, worms and molluscs are excellent indicators of early water quality changes.

Myth of Abundance – John B. Sprague
The common claim that Canada boasts the world’s largest supply of fresh water is false.

Against the Flow – David B. Brooks
A better response to the coming world water crisis is not expansion of supply, but less waste and fairer allocation.
Inset: Grey Water in Iqaluit
Inset: Urban Farmers Use Wastewater – Mark Redwood
Inset: Rooftop Water in Nepal – Gopal Nakarmi and Juerg Merz

Mandatory Co-operation – Jennifer Pedersen and Evan D.G. Fraser
Because water knows no political boundaries, water-sharing nations must work together.

AlterNotes
Plus Canadian News, Global News, Campaigns, Research Findings

Science Desk – Denyse O’Leary
Lab accident links plastic chemical to reproductive disorders; climate change may weaken monsoon.

Letter from Yellowknife – Petr Cizek
Petr Cizek finds the diamond rush has made the “New North” a lot like the Old South.

Emissions Test – Paul Bobier
A quiz to check your greenhouse savvy.

Full Blast – Monty Ilan Kapoor
Noise invades our common spaces, to the detriment of our health and civic culture.

Political Science – Stephen Bocking
Stephen Bocking examines why most research on BC salmon farming explores business opportunities, not environmental effects.

Reality Cheque – Kathryn Townshend
The Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network shows where environmental funding goes in Canada.

Review essay: In Poor Health – Neil Arya

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EXTRA reviews

Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water – Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke
Coffee with Pleasure: Just Java and World Trade – Laure Waridel
The Natural Step Story: Seeding a Quiet Revolution Karl-Henrik Robèrt
The New Economy of Nature – Gretchen Daily and Katherine Ellison
Wolves and Human Communities: Biology, Politics, and Ethics Virginia A. Sharpe, Bryan Norton, and Strachan Donnelley, eds.

A Modest Proposal – Albert Koehl
Albert Koehl vows to help make the world a safer place by buying an SUV.

Plus: Poster Pullout map of Canada’s Water Hot Spots.