What percentage of the United States do you think is inland freshwater? According to the United States Geological Survey, excluding the Great Lakes, about 2.2% or 78,000 out of 3.5 million square miles of the U.S. is made up of inland water.
It is said “Water is Life”, yet like the air we breathe we typically take fresh water for granted. On a recent trip to Texas for our annual FEDA convention I was somewhat disappointed to land in overcast skies and cool rainy conditions much like the weather I had left in Louisville.