** ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 31-APRIL 1 ** An ore freighter is silhouetted on Lake Superior near Whitefish Point, Mich., July 17, 1999. As governors of the Great Lakes states debated how to prevent outsiders from staking a claim to their precious water, advocates warned that without a deal, the region would be at the mercy of an increasingly powerful _ and thirsty _ Sun Belt. But since the eight governors shook hands on a water compact in December 2005, the loudest complaints have surfaced within the Great Lakes region itself, where people find it easier to say "no" to Arizona than to restrain their own appetites. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)