Aqua Shock: Water in Crisis

"We must shift from  business as usual—what we at Earth Policy Institute call Plan A—to a plan of  action to save our environment—Plan B. That plan includes restoration  of aquifers. We can arrest the fall in water tables by increasing water  productivity—getting the most use from every drop of water that we do have.  That means, as Aqua Shock details, recycling, re-use, conservation, and  re-thinking how and where we use water today. We can do it, but time  is not on our side. We must act now before it's too  late." 
—Lester R. Brown
President  of Earth Policy Institute and author of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

"Susan J. Marks's book, Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America, brings to our attention the dire straits that America faces in the future because of water shortages and pollution of existing sources.  It is time that the American public awakens to these conditions and takes steps, however costly, to change them.  Aqua Shock will help achieve this desired goal."
—Joel A. Tarr
Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

"Thankfully, Marks not only spells out in rich detail how and why we as a country find ourselves in the present predicament, but also how we can emerge from it and satisfy our thirst for water in a safe and sane manner.  It is within our power to solve this problem, and we must."
—Ronald F. Poltak
Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission