![]() ![]() Mark TwainĪcknowledgments For being helpful-nay, essential-along the way. Turkish businessman, 1998 Whiskey is for drinkin’ water is for fightin’. Levi Eshkol, Israeli prime minister, 1962 Millions have lived without love. Mostafa Tolba of Egypt, former head of the United Nations Environment Program and Grand Old Man of the environmental movement Water is like the blood in our veins. Now we think water will be the critical issue. Ecologists’ motto, adopted by Margaret and Jim Drescher, Windhorse Farm, New Germany, Nova Scotia We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Army Corps of Engineers We’re all downstream. We have to deal with real things-real dams, real rivers, real demands, real crises. They have no responsibility to manage real resources. the Reverend Mother Darwi Odrade Why repeat mistakes when there are so many new ones to make? -Descartes Frankly, most of the academic studies are irrelevant to practical decision-making. ![]() To the memory of JOHANNES JACOBUS DE VILLIERS, who farmed in a hard land and knew water’s true value Water resources development-Political aspects. ![]() Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: Toronto : Stoddart, 1999. Water: the fate of our most precious resource / Marq de Villiers p. The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows: De Villiers, Marq. Limited For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016. Solutions and Manifestos Back Matter Bibliography About the Author Connect with HMHįirst Mariner Books edition 2001 Copyright © 2000 by Jacobus Communications Corporation ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDįirst published in Canada in 1999 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Contents Title Page Contents Copyright Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Preface Part I 1. ![]()
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