Congratulations to Margaret Cook, Lionel Frost, Andrea Gaynor, Jenny Gregory, Ruth Morgan, Martin Shanahan and Peter Spearritt for the publication of Cities in a Sunburnt Country: Water and the Making of Urban Australia (Cambridge University Press, 2022). The book ‘is the first comparative study of the provision, use, and social impact of water and water infrastructure in Australia’s five largest cities. Drawing on environmental, urban, and economic history, this co-authored book challenges widely held assumptions, both in Australia and around the world, about water management, consumption, and sustainability.’