Beneath the billions of gallons of water that flow into the homes across eastern Massachusetts is a story of buried history, scientific discovery, and individual hopes and dreams, destroyed in the name of progress. Ed Klekowski, a UMass- Amherst biology professor with a passion for scuba diving, brings the fascinating details to light.

With co-producers Libby Klekowski, Jonathon Williams and Michael Volmar and aided by the Massachusetts State Police Underwater Recovery Team, Klekowski led the first group of divers ever to go under Quabbin in search of the remains of four towns permanently erased from the Swift River Valley to make way for the reservoir 60 years ago. "Time has healed the land," Klekowski tells viewers. "But underwater, destruction is laid bare as if it happened yesterday, revealing a tragedy of enormous proportions."