Freshwater has been described as the oil of the 21st century [1]. In the wake of extreme water stress events across the globe in places like Cape Town, Mexico City, and Australia, I wanted to take a look at water issues here at home in the United States. Major factors like population growth and climate change are causing localized regional pockets of water stress that will soon affect other areas of the country without action. To change our relationship with water, action must come in the form of both infrastructure investments and behavioral changes.