[Wayne Maybury]

I visited the Hoover dam 6 weeks ago and the water level must have been close to 100' lower than normal. They had most of the turbines shut down to conserve what was there. They were only operating a few turbines to keep some flow downstream from the dam.

I have been told that California has been allowed to get much more water from the Colorado River over the years than they are supposed to get. With increased demand in Arizona and Colorado, there is now not that much extra water left for CA.

The level of the Great Lakes has been quite a bit below normal for years but we had a good amount of snow this winter so hopefully the levels will increase. The St. Lawrence River was so low last year that ships had to limit their draft or else run the risk of running aground.

I have also heard that there eventually could be a war in North Africa over the water in the Nile.

Sooner or later the human race is going to have to understand that the world population cannot continue to increase as it has done in the past century. Many of the world's problems can be traced to over population.

Wayne