Precious Commodity Providing Water for America Cities 1st Edition by Martin Melosi 9780822977766 0822977761

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ISBN 10: 0822977761
ISBN 13: 9780822977766 
Author: Martin V. Melosi

As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. Melosi provides historical background on the construction, administration, and adaptability of water supply and wastewater systems in urban America. He cites budgetary constraints and the deterioration of existing water infrastructures as factors leading many municipalities to seriously consider the privatization of their water supply. Melosi also views the role of government in the management of, development of, and legal jurisdiction over America’s rivers and waterways for hydroelectric power, flood control, irrigation, and transportation access. Looking to the future, he compares the costs and benefits of public versus private water supply, examining the global movement toward privatization.

Precious Commodity Providing Water for America  Cities 1st Table of contents:

Chapter One: “Improving” Rivers in America: From the Revolution to the Progressive Era

Chapter Two: How Bad Theory Can Lead to Good Technology: Water Supply and Sewerage in the Age of Mia

Chapter Three: Pure and Plentiful: The Development of Modern Waterworks in the United States, 1880-2

Chapter Four: The Environmental Impact of the Big Dam Era

Chapter Five: Private Water: The Curious Case of San Jose’s Water Supply

Chapter Six: The Historical Significance of Houston’s Buffalo Bayou

Chapter Seven: Houston’s Public Sinks: Water and Wastewater Services—Local Concerns to Regional

Chapter Eight: Privatization of Water: U.S. and Worldwide Implications

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