1. Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi generate more than 75% of the nitrate and phosphorous that creates a dead zone in the Northern Gulf of Mexico the size of New Jersey.

2. A 2006 U. S. Supreme Court decision that ">weakened the Clean Water Act threatens the already scarce sources of water in the "desert region" formed by New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada and southern California.

3. Trace levels of pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, psychiatric drugs, sex hormones, pain medication, drugs for cholesterol and asthma, as well as veterinary drugs, have been found in drinking and fishing waters all across the country. Although it is not known what the long-term effects of these trace levels are in humans, scientists do blame them for the severe reproductive problems that are increasingly found in many types of fish.

4. Even though water levels in the Great Lakes region are rising in general, Lake Ontario is still about a foot-and-a-half lower than the all-time records set in 1952.

5. 2007 was the year Georgia went almost completely dry. So how does the state government try to deal with the water shortage? They go on to question the government's 1818 border survey saying that Tennessee owes them 1.1 miles of land, lake and millions more of water.