GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.--  Do Americans over-use and abuse water? Do we need a national tax on water? Do we face a water crisis?  Author Robert Glennon answers "yes" to all those questions in his latest book, Unquenchable. 

Robert will explain more during a free, public lecture tonight, Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Student Center.

The lecture is sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the university's College of Biological Sciences as part of 2010 - The Year of Water.

To register to attend the lecture, go to www.freshwater.org.

You can find Robert Glennon's book, Unquenchable, in bookstores everywhere.