This is a small book with a huge story. It is a book of a simple language in which complex and important thoughts are made clear. It is a very serious book which uses both wit and humour throughout. It is above all a book drawn from research and scientific discovery and yet the insights are always accessible, intelligible and except for the lively annexes, largely devoid of graphs and formulas. Tony Allan makes water issues understandable: Think of one cubic metre of water as three bathtubs.
Article from the Stockholm Water Front, issue no 4, 2011.
