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Water Resources Map of the United States

Where does fresh water come from where you live?

See this link Water Resources of the United States to find out where and what types of water sources exist where you live or do business. This is a USGS product.

Fresh water is one of the natural resources that will become in short supply, especially in the West. It is an aspect of climate change that we are starting to see, drought in some areas and flash flooding and an over-abundance of rain in others. Since we don't react until it is a calamity, I don't expect to see many changes in my lifetime. 

One success story is Las Vegas and Nevada where they got on the conservation bandwagon years ago and are having a real impact on the amount of water being used and recycled in their region. 

This just in from CNN, Trump May be Softening His Position on Climate Change. In reaction to that I'll say this, "The unpredictable is predictable for the next four years." 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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