The book focuses on key issues which points to the importance of rivers in communities where pipe borne water is not readily available. It shows how the people of the community depends on the river for their drinking water, daily washing and also as a point of socialization or meeting place for families in a community. It also shows how the people of a rural community exisit in harmony with the nature until development begins. The issue of pollution from chemicals, in the absence of laws show how developers can destroy the balance of nature at the expense of communities. The books makes a plea for the preservation of what is natures greatest gift to man and encourages that education which will lead to preservation as well as advocacy for the preservation of the environment must done.