Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1 Water and Cities -- The Molecule -- Blue Planet -- A Global Water Cycle -- Terrain and Water -- Seasons and Cycles -- Variations in Rainfall -- Changing Climates -- Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide -- Fossil Fuels and Growth -- The Ancients and Water -- Dams -- Limits -- Sanitation -- Pollution -- Urban Drainage -- Potable Water -- Waste -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Recycling -- Biodiversity -- Restoration -- The Future -- Privatization and Regulation -- Coordination and Cooperation -- Towards a Better Future -- Chapter 2 A Brief History of Water Supply and Sanitation -- Genesis -- Bronze Age -- The First Aqueducts -- Nineveh -- The Nile -- The Minoans -- Qanats -- Pompeii -- Byzantium -- Yucatan -- The Incas -- Qi -- Lijiang -- Medieval and Early Modern Europe -- Early Victorian Period -- Germ Theory -- The Great Stink -- Modern Sewers and Sewage Treatment -- Sewage Treatment Refined -- Standards for Sewage Treatment -- Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 -- Los Angeles and the Owens Valley -- Chapter 3 Demand -- Basic Needs -- Personal Consumption -- Water Footprint -- Dependency -- China -- Germany -- India -- Indonesia -- Spain -- United Kingdom -- Water Footprint of Products -- Meat -- Vegetable Crops -- Power Plants -- Steel -- Mining, Oil and Gas -- When Will Water Consumption Peak? -- Chapter 4 Supply -- The Roof of the World -- Mountains -- Forests -- Reservoirs -- Impacts of Dams -- Lowland Rivers -- Licensing Abstraction -- Aquifers -- Nitrate -- Overabstraction -- Desalination -- Reverse Osmosis -- Impacts of Desalination -- High Cost of Desalination -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Pressure and Pumps -- Pipework -- Reliant on Rain -- Chapter 5 Climate Change and Water -- Climate Changes -- The Greenhouse Effect -- Callendar -- Keeling.

Atmosphere and Oceans -- Details of the Carbon Cycle -- The IPCC -- Stern and the Financial Crisis -- 400 ppm Breached -- Two Degrees -- Sea Level Rises -- Coastal Cities -- Warmer Seas -- Ice -- Feedback Loops -- Ocean Chemistry -- Snowmelt -- Models and Projections -- Summer Storms -- Heat Waves -- Drought -- Chapter 6 Microclimate -- Climate -- Microclimate -- City Microclimates -- Urban Heat-Island Effect -- Smog -- Solving the Air-Pollution Problem -- Cooler Roofs -- Living Walls -- Trees Cool Streets -- Parks -- Quality of Green Space -- Locating Trees -- Water Bodies -- Rivers -- Heat-Related Deaths -- Energy Savings -- An Overwhelming Case -- Chapter 7 Ecosystem Approach -- The Great Acceleration -- The Convention on Biological Diversity -- Ecosystem Approach -- Ecosystems -- Principles of the Ecosystem Approach -- Operational Guidance -- Ecosystem Approach and the Water-Sensitive City -- Impacts and Responsibilities -- Limits -- City-Scale Planning -- The City Spectrum -- Ecosystem Services -- Valuation of Ecosystem Services -- Supporting Services -- Regulating Services -- Provisioning Services -- Cultural Services -- Economics and Ecosystems -- Chapter 8 Rivers and Coasts -- The Source -- A River of Life -- Transport Revolution -- Regeneration -- Water Quality and Regeneration -- The Idea Spreads -- A More Natural Approach -- River Restoration and Urban Regeneration -- Greening the River Wall -- Coastal Cities -- Beach Life -- Fun in the Sun -- The Front Line -- An Uncertain Future -- Chapter 9 Near-Natural Drainage -- Rain-Garden Origins -- Scotland Takes Up the Challenge -- England & Wales -- Working with Nature -- Management Train -- Source Control -- Green Roofs -- Holding Water on the Roof -- Rain Gardens -- The Idea Spreads -- Other Permeable Load-Bearing Surfaces -- Underground Voids -- Trees and Water -- Stockholm Tree Pits.

Conveyance -- Rills -- Ponds -- Detention Ponds -- Attenuation Ponds -- Floating Wetlands -- Larger Water Bodies -- Make Space for Water -- Chapter 10 Reduce -- A Worthwhile Effort -- Reduce Leaks -- Monitor -- Check for Leaks -- Less Flush -- Toilets are Not for Trash -- Composting Toilets -- Showers -- Washing Machines -- Dishwashers -- Garden Irrigation -- The Workplace -- Behaviour Change -- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning -- Vehicle Washing -- Urban Farming and Recycled Water -- Diet and Water -- Soft Drinks -- Clothing -- Reduction Targets -- Chapter 11 Collect -- Reduce Reliance on Abstraction -- When Sealed Surfaces are Useful -- Rainwater Harvesting -- How Rainwater is Tainted -- First Flush -- Novel Methods -- Filters and Tanks -- Siting a Tank -- Materials -- Treating Rainwater -- Sizing Tanks -- City Centre Rainwater Harvesting -- Potsdamer Platz -- District Collection -- Singapore Wants Every Drop -- Legal Problems -- Dew -- Lanzarote -- Air Wells -- Lightweight Fog Catchers -- Foil Collectors -- Biomimicry: Desert Beetle -- Potential in Towns -- Condensate -- Collecting Alone is Insufficient -- Chapter 12 Recycle -- Huge Potential -- Treated Wastewater -- The Big Dry -- Greywater -- Treating Greywater -- Microbes and Membranes -- Regulations -- Standards -- German Pioneers -- Jordan -- Domestic Greywater Recycling -- Chapter 13 Water Quality -- Nature Cleans -- Safe to Drink? -- Microbes -- Which Pathogens to Monitor? -- Bacteria -- Protozoa -- Treatment -- Chemical Contaminants -- Nitrates -- Pharmaceutical Contaminants -- Radioactive Substances -- Smell and Taste -- Standards -- United States -- Europe -- China -- Clean Water Act -- Water Framework Directive -- Earlier Legislation -- The Struggle for Compliance -- Nonpoint Source Pollution -- Dust in the Streets -- Urban Runoff -- A Continuing Problem.

Chapter 14 Future Water-Sensitive Cities -- Waste Not -- Measure -- Water Collection -- Recycling and Cooling -- Smart Plumbing -- Water and Power -- Water and Roofs -- Water and Walls -- Blue-Green Infrastructure -- Making Room -- A More Permeable City -- Green Streets -- Street Life -- Sparkling Streets -- Urban Food Revolution -- Urban Farms -- Agricultural Reform -- Relax and Play -- Swimming and Boating -- Encounters with Nature -- Rediscovering Urban Waterways -- A Greener Looking City -- Living with Climate Change -- Tough Decisions -- Younger and Wiser -- Hope -- Useful Resources -- Water Molecule -- Water Cycle -- Ancient Civilizations and Sanitation -- Germ Theory -- Beginnings of Modern Water Supply and Sanitation -- Water Use -- Water Footprinting -- Uplands and Glaciers -- Reservoirs and Dams -- Aquifers -- Nitrates -- Desalination -- Climate Change -- Urban Heat Islands -- Microclimate -- Ecosystem Approach -- Rivers -- Near-Natural Drainage -- Rain Gardens -- Water-Sensitive Cities -- Water Conservation -- Rainwater Harvesting -- Greywater Recycling -- Green Roofs and Living Walls -- Street Trees and Water -- Urban Agriculture -- Urban Biodiversity -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Index -- EULA.