...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 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
