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The article discusses access to safe drinking water. The author notes the use of water to clean sidewalks near residential and commercial properties in the U.S., arguing that the public considers water to be a throwaway commodity and doesn't understand the expense associated with the complex water treatment processes that makes it safe to drink. Topics include a comparison between the public's view of water in developed nations with parts of the developing world, diminishing public concern of the threats to continued availability of safe water in developed nations, and how safe water is regulated in the U.S., which includes determining a maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) for each contaminant and enforcing the maximum contaminant level (MCL).

The article presents the volume 65, issue three of the journal. It outlines the different topics featured in the journal which include the challenged faced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Total Maximum Daily Load for Chesapeake Bay watershed pollutants, and the compensation sought by the Arkansas Game & Fish commission from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It also mentions several zoning cases in the country and environmental impact statement.

Focuses on the development of the Platte River Bottomland in South Central Nebraska. Investigations made byt he Nebraska Geological Survey and the Nebraska Water Survey; Views of the environing features of the Platte.