Amazon.com Review
Books on healthy, organic eating proliferate, but the topic of water isn't as popular. You can always buy bottled, but Lewis takes on the issue in all its complexity. He describes the myriad contaminants and lists city violations. He tells how to purify your water and the possible illnesses incurred if you don't. It's not a pretty story, but someone needs to tell it, and Lewis does the job well.
From Booklist
For an incisive overview of water-quality concerns, it would be tough to beat this slim volume. Lewis not only enumerates the problems common to U.S. drinking water but also considers remedies ranging from home treatment to global strategies to preserve the total water supply in a healthy condition. Although its various appendixes and tables are impressive, the most attractive feature of the book is chapter 4, "The City List," a summary of all Safe Drinking Water Act violations reported by the 202 largest U.S. public water systems during 1992^-94; water drinkers throughout the land (including U.S. territories) will want to see how their water rates. Mike Tribby
