David Sedlak is the Plato Malozemoff Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and director of the Berkeley Water Center. He is author of the award-winning Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World’s Most Vital Resource. He lives in Berkeley, CA.
“Although war, climate change, and the economy capture the headlines, water is the real issue that deserves our attention and is the critical common thread among those challenges. Water for All is a forward-looking roadmap for how to improve the world’s relationship with water so that human civilization and ecosystems can thrive together.”—Michael Webber, author of Power Trip: The Story of Energy and Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival “Water for All is a well-researched and engaging guide to clever ways to meet our future water challenges.”—William Alley, coauthor of The Water Recycling Revolution “In this remarkably factual book, David Sedlak shows that we have the knowledge, technology, and means to solve the world’s water problems. If you read only one book this year, read this one.”—Asit K. Biswas, chief executive, Third World Centre for Water Management, and visiting professor, University of Glasgow