Just an observation about the Western U.S. from me in the adequate water, (so far), Northeastern U.S. Perhaps building more retention facilities for winter snowmelt and rain fall; perhaps building desalinization facilities; perhaps limiting the number of people that may live/work in locations; perhaps a fee based water transport pipeline from water abundant areas. It would seem that some actions are needed to ameliorate this recurring situation. I view the Western U.S. water shortage situation as a foreshadowing of future resource shortages from both global warming and global human population increase.