Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Principle 1 Water is a Human Right
1 The Case for the Right to Water 9
2 The Fight for the Right to Water 20
3 Implementing the Right to Water 33
4 Paying for Water for All 50
Principle 2 Water is a Common Heritage
5 Water-Commons or Commodity? 67
6 Targeting Public Water Services 88
7 The Loss of the Water Commons Devastates Communities 102
8 Reclaiming the Water Commons 118
Principle 3 Water has Rights Too
9 The Trouble with "Modern Water" 137
10 Corporate Control of Farming Is Extinguishing Water 155
11 Energy Demands Place an Unsustainable Burden on Water 172
12 Putting Water at the Centre of Our Lives 189
Principle 4 Water Can Teach Us How to Live Together
13 Confronting the Tyranny of the One Percent 209
14 Creating a Just Economy 227
15 Protecting Land, Protecting Water 246
16 A Road Map to Conflict or to Peace? 269
Notes 289
Further Reading 312
Acknowledgements 314
Index 315