Killing the Hidden Waters Quotes

“Safe yield in West Texas has long been abandoned for economic growth.”
― Charles Bowden, Killing the Hidden Waters

“Americans place 'strong subjective value' on the Father of Waters and will block any diminishment of its flow.”
― Charles Bowden, Killing the Hidden Waters

“To ask what is the impact of developing groundwater in arid lands is simply to seek the price that must be paid for this unique human knack of influencing the availability of water. The answer is this: man builds water-rich societies in arid lands by living out of balance with his water supplies. He uses water faster than it can be replaced by rain. When this fact becomes obvious, people call it the groundwater problem.”
― Charles Bowden, Killing the Hidden Waters