Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner To Solve the Freshwater Crisis

By now, mainstream society is aware that it’s facing a water crisis, both in the United States and globally. Thompson (natural-resources law and behavioral sciences, Stanford Univ.; coauthor, Environmental Law and Policy, 5th Ed.), a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, utilizes his expertise and background to come at the water issue from a business perspective, exploring how private companies can collaborate with public entities to solve the crisis and create a sustainable water future. Divided into four sections, the book gives an overview of the tension between the public and private sectors in water management; explains the controversy of private-sector involvement; offers potential solutions and technological innovations; and issues a call for public-private collaborations to implement changes in water management. This title covers both history and hope for the future, and Thompson makes a persuasive case for the greater involvement of the private sector in this sensitive public issue.