Discusses the problem of maintaining a clean water supply and relates this issue to such topics as pollution, depletion of sources, and other environmental concerns.
Collects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to water, discussing what affects resources, if there is a water crisis, how resources should be managed, and if drinking water is safe.
An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.