Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments xxiii
5. Introduction 3
6. The Advantage of a Flow of Water 11
7. Navigating Aquatic Priorities 31
8. A Source of Civic Pride 57
9. The Water Closet Revolution 78
10. Municipal Evacuation 98
11. Learning to Live Downstream 128
12. The Bacterial Assault on Local Government 154
13. The Dilutionary Impulse at Chicago 183
14. Separating Water from the Waterways 213
15. Streams Are Nature’s Sewers 244
16. Riparian Resurrection 267
17. Governing Water 291
18. Conclusion 322
19. Notes 333
20. Suggested Reading 391
21. Illustration Credits 395
22. Index 397