New book: Down the Drain

Down the Drain: How we are failing to protect our water resources scrutinizes the history of water management in Canada, comparing it to approaches in Europe and the US. The book provides an authoritative review of decades of legislation, research, and independent critiques, accompanied by riveting stories of water management failures in Canada. The authors, Ralph Pentland and Chris Wood explore how governments have failed to protect waters that support every aspect of our national economy, and that we continue to drink, fish, and swim in. They also propose measures to improve our performance, including a new charter that will hold governments to account. Down the Drain is written with years of research and compelling clarity about an increasingly crucial topic.