Yeah. I'm already writing this same seemingly "boring" story since about five years now. Because 20 hours of my weekly work-life i still am a geodetic.

This problem is not only coming to US. It also severely affects Europe. Poland and Germany i know first hand but i also heard from Czech Republic and i got a "governmental" friend in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(greater_region) offering me quite a lot more than i'm used to. To get me and my Kasachian construction / boring expert there. They are losing a lot of water there.