Langbeschreibung
..."a book as rich in detail as it is devastating in its argument." -SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN"Water Follies deserves a place alongside the late Marc Reisner's classic Cadillac Desert." -ENVIRONMENT"a lively account of hydrology" -NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS"if you want to scare yourself silly, read Water Follies, by Robert Jerome Glennon. In it you'll learn how America is irrigating itself to death-just like the Sumerians-while sucking its groundwater aquifers dry."-TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL