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An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking watersupply Once believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest,water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New Englandto California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America,author Susan J. Marks provides a comprehensive analysis of thecurrent conflicts being waged over dwindling water supplies. Shepresents the findings of university studies, think tanks, andresearch groups, as well as the opinions of water experts,including Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute forStudies in Development, Environment, and Security. The book Explains where our water comes from and who controls it, aswell as the cost of water on cash, commodities, and capitalism Describes the risks of running out of water Details how we can preserve and protect our most precious, yetmost undervalued natural resource Right now, battles over water supplies rage across the country.Aqua Shock is an objective look at how we arrived at thiscrisis point and what we can do-and should be doing-to solve thewater crisis in America.