Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- PART 1 MUDDY WATERS: HOW WELL ARE WE GOVERNING CANADA'S WATERS? -- 2 Great Wet North? Canada's Myth of Water Abundance -- 3 On Guard for Thee? Water (Ab)uses and Management in Canada -- 4 Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Taking Canada's Groundwater for Granted -- 5 Challenging the Status Quo: The Evolution of Water Governance in Canada -- IS CANADA'S WATER SAFE? A PHOTO ESSAY -- PART 2 WHOSE WATER? JURISDICTIONAL FRAGMENTATION AND TRANSBOUNDARY MANAGEMENT -- 6 Whose Water? Canadian Water Management and the Challenges of Jurisdictional Fragmentation -- 7 Drawers of Water: Water Diversions in Canada and Beyond -- 8 Thirsty Neighbours: A Century of Canada-US Transboundary Water Governance -- PART 3 BLUE GOLD: PRIVATIZATION, WATER RIGHTS, AND WATER MARKETS -- 9 Commons or Commodity? The Debate over Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply -- 10 Liquid Gold: Water Markets in Canada -- 11 Trading our Common Heritage? The Debate over Water Rights Transfers in Canada -- PART 4 WATERWISE: PATHWAYS TO BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT -- 12 A Tangled Web: Reworking Canada's Water Laws -- 13 Are the Prices Right? Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Sustainability in Water Pricing -- 14 Moving Water Conservation to Centre Stage -- PART 5 WATER WORLDVIEWS: POLITICS, CULTURE, AND ETHICS -- 15 The Land Is Dry: Indigenous Peoples, Water, and Environmental Justice -- 16 Half-Empty or Half-Full? Water Politics and the Canadian National Imaginary -- 17 Rising Waves, Old Charts, Nervous Passengers: Navigating toward a New Water Ethic -- 18 Conclusion: Governing Canada's Waters Wisely -- APPENDICES -- 1 A Survey of Water Governance Legislation and Policies in the Provinces and Territories -- 2 Additional Resources and Reading -- 3 The Waterkeeper Alliance -- Contributors.

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