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In The Big Thirst, Charles Fishman argues that inspiring awe for our most essential resource is key to creating effective water solutions

WE PAY good money for bottled water. But we will often take a few sips, forget the bottle in the car for a day and throw it away when its contents become unappetising.

It’s a common scenario that sums up our contradictory attitudes towards water. As Charles Fishman writes in The Big Thirst, though water is a priceless – and precious – necessity, too often we treat it with outright carelessness. That bottled water costs hundreds of…

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