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THE PRICE OF THIRST This page intentionally left blank T H E P R I C E O F T H I R S T GLOBAL WATER INEQUALITY AND THE COMING CHAOS Karen Piper University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis • London The publication of this book was assisted by a bequest from Josiah H. Chase to honor his parents, Ellen Rankin Chase and Josiah Hook Chase, Minnesota territorial pioneers. Portions of chapter 5 were previously published as “Revolution of the Thirsty,” Places (July 2012), http://places.designobserver.com. Copyright 2014 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401–2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Piper, Karen Lynnea, 1965- The price of thirst : global water inequality and the coming chaos / Karen Piper. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8166-9542-3 (hc : alk. paper) 1. Water supply—Economic aspects. 2. Water consumption—Economic aspects. 3. Water resources development. 4. Bottled water industry. 5. Water utilities. 6. Water security. I. Title. HD1691.P486 2014 333.91—dc23 2014019914 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Vimla Bahuguna This page intentionally left blank It is given to her to teach the art of peace to the warring world thirsting for that nectar. —Gandhi This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Colonial Origins of Global Water Inequality Part I. Wheeling and Dealing Water in the Americas 1. Water Hoarding in a California Drought 2. How a Coup Opened Chile’s Water Markets Part II. Postcolonial Water Insurgencies 3. South Africa’s Water Apartheid 4. Mother Ganga Is Not for Sale Part III. Water Wars in the Middle East 5. A Revolution of the Thirsty in Egypt 6. Targeting Iraq’s Water Conclusion: Imagining a Water-Secure World Notes Recommended Reading Index
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