Water [electronic resource] : towards a culture of responsibility / Antoine Frerot.

Originally published: Paris : Autrement, 2009.

Introduction : a time to take responsibility -- The water century -- Satisfying growing needs -- Preventing further loss of the quality of our water resources -- Europe sets a goal : a return to good water quality -- Water : the primary issue for human development -- Water's false friends -- Climate change and water : disturbing facts -- Two misplaced "good ideas" : "free water" and "user pays for all" -- The private sector : too much or too little involvement? -- Water : is the service too expensive? -- Funders, often criticised but indispensable -- Finding new models -- New resources -- New economic and financial models -- Helping more the disadvantaged -- Governance : at the root of the problem, at the heart of the solution.

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