Not many conference proceedings warrant being typeset into an attractive hardcover book. This proceeding of the National Conference on Ground Water Quality and Agricultural Practices, published by Lewis Publishers, is an outstanding state-of-the-art reference work for all practitioners of ground water science in and around America's farmlands. The 27 papers presented are of generally high quality. The papers fall into four broad topic categories including ground water usage, agricultural chemical usage, ground water pollution sources, and evaluation, protection, and management.-GROUND WATER