Water Encyclopedia

This is a five‐volume encyclopedia. Individual volumes are:

Reference Reviews was sent the final volume for review. The volumes are separately sold for £200 each.

As you might guess from previous reviews, I first looked up caves. These are mentioned in the index and this volume has a good account of Karst topography; there is also an index reference to cave formation in the fourth volume. Fossil aquifers are another topic that interests me. The account here is good and ends with a point not always made that, apart from their heritage and hydrological interest, the real concern is that...