I could not stop reading Chelsea Wald’s captivating book. Pipe Dreams is full of fascinating facts about toilets and sewage systems. But Pipe Dreams is also about so much more. It’s about the human condition and how we live in the world. Wald doesn’t just discuss the technology of sanitation systems, she also captures the human and cultural aspects that drive how we deal with our shit.

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Readers couldn’t ask for a more qualified guide to take them on a world tour of next-gen sewage schemes… [Wald’s] narration is frank and funny, and her sewage savvy allows her to weave in fascinating scientific and historic details…Pipe Dreams leaves readers […]

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Everybody poops. Pipe Dreams is an utterly delightful and deeply informative investigation into what happens next. Wald takes us around the world to meet waste archeologists, accidental toilet entrepreneurs, and subterranean sanitation workers, all in pursuit of the dream of transforming human […]

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