conflicts over water!

Water usage in the Midwest, large livestock confinements, meat and grain processing plants, expanding urban regions, are all increasing water use. Rural industries like livestock production, feed lots are being sited near ethanol plantsto be able to use grain distillars as as a foodsource, which is a byproduct of etanol production. Eethanol along with irrigation is affecting local aquafirs. These aquafires are normally recharged by heavy rainfall, but over pumping is insuring that the water table will be lower than expected. here is the link to the article http://www.agobseratory.org/library.cfm?refid=89449