[Wayne Maybury]

The last time I was in Denver visiting our distributor, he explained that water from the Colorado River is going to be a major issue in the near future. The way he explained it, So Cal has been getting much more water from the river than they are supposed to receive simply because Colorado and Arizona have not been consuming the volume to which they are entitled. As Colorado and Arizona use more water, there will be less excess water for Southern California. He said that this is going to become a very sore point in years to come.

The mid west is growing record amounts of corn, mostly due to fuel alcohol. Virtually all of that corn is grown with water that is drawn up from deep wells and the water table has been falling.

The Great Lakes are now at record low levels primarily due to less than normal snow falls which reduces spring run off combined with a lack of ice which reduces evaporation during the winter months.

Wayne