Foss-Mollan, Kate (Author)
Purdue University Press
Physical Details: xi + 218 pp., illus., maps, index
Language: English
Description A brief look at urban water supply. Combining the areas of history, technology, politics, and policy-making, examines the formation, growth, and change in the Water Department of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1870-1995.
Review Cumbler, John (2003) Review of "Hard Water: Politics and Water Supply in Milwaukee, 1870-1995". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 185).
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