| Prologue: Under Pressure | 1 | (1) | |
| Part I Quality: What Is In Our Water? | 1 | (114) | |
| Part II Drought: A Creeping Disaster | 115 | (86) | |
| Part III Flood: Come Hell Or High Water | 201 | (30) | |
| Part IV Water In The Twenty-First Century: Conflict And Innovation | 231 | (112) | |
| Conclusion: The Ripple Effect | 343 | (18) | |
| Epilogue: "Water!" | 361 | (2) | |
| Acknowledgments | 363 | (2) | |
| Notes | 365 | (40) | |
| Index | 405 |