Canadians love our vast and beautiful expanses of water but know next to nothing about them. Eau Canada is a myth-busting, fact-based, comprehensive collection on all facets of our water that every Canadian should own. Without the knowledge contained in this book, we could lose the right to control our water in an increasingly thirsty world.
-- Maude Barlow is National Chairperson, Council of Canadians, and co-author of Blue Gold.

We Canadians display a passionate concern about water and about our stewardship of this resource, but sadly we know very little about either. Read this book and fix that problem. Looking at the state of Canada’s water resources and Canadian water policy, Eau Canada gives us the facts about both, and shows what we need to do to care for this priceless resource better. Lots of surprising information. Lots of good ideas. Well written. What more could you ask for? A good book to buy.
-- David Cameron, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He completed a major research study for the Walkerton Inquiry.

Canada's leading water experts paddle upstream against the flow of conventional wisdom in this excellent book. They are frank about Canada's water problems and forceful in describing the solutions that exist but aren't being implemented. Mandatory reading for all people concerned about the future of fresh water in Canada.
-- David R. Boyd, environmental lawyer, Trudeau Scholar, and author of Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy.

The volume skillfully brings together the perspectives of 28 of Canada’s top water experts who debate Canada’ most critical water issues and resolutions…The public at large, the academic community, water supply managers, environmental and water policy analysts, government officials, community groups and politicians from across Canada will find this book a high-quality read…The resulting product gives the interested non-technical reader a straightforward tool for use in understanding the insidious and complex problems plaguing water governance in Canada.
-- Connie Delisle, Strategic Advisor, Policy Research Initiative, Government of Canada, Horizons, vol. 9, no. 1, July 2006
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