William E. Marks has been working with water for most of his life. To experience firsthand the status of America's waters. he made a meandering 7,000-mile horseback journey from San Diego to Maine. He also studied industrial pollution and historical water management practices in Europe, North Africa, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, and Australia. He was an environmental water analyst briefly for the City of Newark, New Jer-sey, and for 15 years he operated a water-testing and research laboratory and an environmental consulting firm on Martha's Vineyard. He is also the founding publisher and editor of Martha's Vineyard Magazine.
This is an extraordinary book, the results of one man's passionate
effort to save us--to save civilization--from our ignorant waste of
our precious water resources.
--Walter Cronkite"Readers won't find a more intimate, spiritual,
and informative look at what is without question the world's most
vital and versatile resource."
--Ted Danson, Founding President, American Oceans Campaign"At a
time when Earth's waters are under siege, we need Marks' message
more than ever before. If there is a Bible of water, this is
it."
--Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing
Words"What we need to know about water and why we need to know it
... an evocative and compelling book that informs the mind while
nourishing the spirit."
--Susan Seacrest, President and Founder of the Groundwater
Foundation"William Marks has spent a lifetime fighting for clean
water, being touched by water, and even healed by water. In this
fascinating mix of science and memoir he shows us how to find a
future for our fragile planet by increasing our sense of value for
water. An inspiring and free-flowing work."
--David Rothenberg, author of Blue Cliff Record and Sudden Music,
editor of Writing on Water"Profound...an inspiration to all of us
in the quest for clean water and a healthy life."
--The Courier
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