Alabama Public Water System Mapping Project

In 2009, the State of Alabama will begin a project to map all of the municipal and rural water systems within the state. As many of us here in the US know, a number of areas of the country have been experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions, and water resources are a contentious issue. Conflicts between various groups and government entities will likely grow, as more and more people move into areas that already have scarce water supplies. Although the Governor of Alabama denied that such issues played a role in the decision to set up the mapping program, Alabama and neighboring Georgia are already arguing about water rights. I expect that we will begin to see more initiatives like this in the coming years, as the first step in claiming the rights to scarce resources is identifying where they are and mapping them.

Via Prattville Progress

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