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The World’s Water: The Report on Freshwater Resources (from the Pacific Institute) is the pre-eminent publication regularly addressing global freshwater challenges and solutions. The first volume was published in 1998 and the current volume – the ninth – continues the tradition of tackling timely, critical freshwater problems in a fresh, easy-to-read style. Information on the previous volumes and important water data can be found online at www.worldwater.org. When the first volume of The World’s Water was published in 1998, the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2015 had not even been established. The concepts of water “footprints,” “virtual water,” “corporate water stewardship,” “peak water,” and other now-central topics had not yet been put forward or were mostly unknown. Yet today, the MDGs have been replaced with a new set of comprehensive environmental and social targets, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. A wide variety of research, academic, advocacy, and policy groups are addressing water problems in new and innovative ways. And the demand for good water analysis is greater than ever. This new volume continues to offer insights into critical global water problems, overviews of data and analysis around water use and management, and case studies of some of the greatest water challenges around the world. The chapters in the current volume include the issue of corporate water stewardship, the human right to water and sanitation, water-use trends in the United States, an assessment of the water footprint of California energy, the consequences of the severe five-year California drought, a review of water markets and economic strategies for water management, and a summary of the cost of alternative water supply and demand strategies. The current volume also includes the regular update on the Pacific Institute’s unique Water Conflict Chronology, with historical examples of conflicts related to water going back to 2500 BC and new entries through early 2017; a summary of the 2017 Pontifical Academy of Sciences Vatican meeting on the human right to water; and a review of critical issues around public access to water through drinking fountains. The World’s Water has always been about more than just bad news. There is plenty of good news and there are many innovative efforts underway to identify and implement sustainable water solutions. The latest volume continues the tradition of bringing these solutions to students, the public, policy makers, and scientists working to understand the world of water.

Dr. Peter Gleick is a scientist, innovator, and communicator on water and climate issues. In 1987 he co-founded the independent thinktank Pacific Institute, which he led as president until mid-2016, when he became president emeritus. Dr. Gleick received the prestigious MacArthur “genius” Fellowship and is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and recipient of the Ven Te Chow Award from the International Water Resources Association and the United States Water Prize from the US Water Alliance. Dr. Gleick developed one of the earliest assessments of the consequences of climate change for water resources, assessed the risks of conflict over water, and helped to define basic water needs and the human right to water – work that has been used by the United Nations and in human rights court cases. He has pioneered and advanced the concepts of the “soft path for water” and “peak water.” He serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations, and is the author or co-author of many scientific papers and eleven books, including the series The World’s Water (Island Press, Washington), Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind our Obsession with Bottled Water (Island Press, Washington), and A 21st Century U.S. Water Policy (Oxford University Press, New York). Dr. Gleick holds a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Sciences from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group of the University of California, Berkeley. www.gleick.com (Website) @petergleick (Twitter) pgleick@pacinst.org (Email)