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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumslake mead and lake powell are endanger of disappearing. Western states need to change
TexasTowelie
(111,906 posts)if a pipeline with pump stations could be constructed to transfer water from the Missouri river basin into the Colorado river basin. Any sediment that settles should be sent to the delta of Louisiana to build up the wetlands.
cinematicdiversions
(1,969 posts)What do you think we are Ancient Rome?
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)And desalination on the level needed would be VERY expensive.
DFW
(54,268 posts)This was not just a foreseeable problem, but an already present problem whose urgency was already apparent five or more years ago.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)My recollection is that some years there are problems with river shipping due to low water.
Missouri River -- "Too thick to swim in; too thin to plow."
hunter
(38,301 posts)Well, at least those who sell the gas...
But that's not going to happen.
Rather, the largest users of subsidized Colorado River water are going to be in for a rude shock when urban users decide they no longer want to support the traditional lifestyles of Western farmers.
For example, it's a lot easier to transport soybeans for soy milk over the mile-high Continental Divide than it is to transport immensely greater volumes of water for the factory farm dairy industry.
Urban users, especially at the lower elevations of the Colorado River, can easily afford expensive water from desalinization and sewage recycling projects. Farmers can't.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)areas along the Missouri? California which uses most of the water? Nevada where it's short?
Probably missing a few other stakeholders.
Just getting agreement on who pays will take a decade.
kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,906 posts)and for instances where it is necessary such as golf courses it should require reclaimed water. However, diverted water could be very useful for irrigation and household uses. This doesn't seem like a problem that will resolve itself, so being to redistribute water, as well as other resources is a wise economic and national security move.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)... etc that gave them their allergies to begin with.
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)Americans are so accustomed to a green lawn = home.
I wish I could find the youtube about this town.
TexasTowelie
(111,906 posts)Over 100,000 people in the middle of the desert. Retiree destination.
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,906 posts)I've learned so much about politics, history, and geography that it somewhat makes up for avoiding those classes when I was an undergraduate. I always liked those subjects, but I procrastinated when starting writing assignments so I didn't believe those were wise selections for a major.
What is really odd is that a lot of material that I post does soak through and I can recall posting threads about an event or person several years ago. Now if I could only remember where I left the keys.
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)RandomNumbers
(17,573 posts)(as currently constructed that is)
Maybe don't need 10 billion people on a planet that is probably not sustainable for 7 billion.
Maybe it's time to stop forcing people to have babies they don't want to have.
Maybe it's time to figure out how to use the productivity and expertise of older workers rather than lamenting (stupidly) the "birth dearth".
And to your point, maybe we should be promoting ecosystem-appropriate landscaping everywhere. I.e. we don't need oodles of green grass pretty much anywhere.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,400 posts)The Monkey Wrench Gang was way ahead of it's time.
marble falls
(56,996 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/the-environmental-impact-of-lithium-batteries/%3famp=1