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In reply to the discussion: The American West is drying out. Things will get ugly [View all]
roamer65
(37,957 posts)147. Then the choice may be Lake Mead or Lake Powell.
Take ur pick.
I think it would be best to start draining Lake Powell and decommission Glen Canyon Dam.
I don’t think the system can sustain 2 reservoirs anymore.
https://www.glencanyon.org/fill-mead-first/
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Cut off the taps to all golf courses first. Then Nestle and all almonds groves.
flying_wahini
Jun 2021
#1
Look for trucks irrigating with non-potable gray water, or signs on the property saying the same...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#85
The most pressing infrastructure project is going to be soon publicly recognized
Hugh_Lebowski
Jun 2021
#2
This Montanan also says no. The SW needs to reimagine golf courses, end lawns
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2021
#45
I think by the time all of that is done, it's substantially less likely that
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2021
#78
If you're thinking Seattle, think again. We have droughts in the summer, and fires.
pnwmom
Jun 2021
#164
Agreed, but it's going to take a LONG time to argue, iron out plans, and build the thing
Hugh_Lebowski
Jun 2021
#13
I never water my lawn. I don't put fertilizer on it. I don't put insecticides or weed killers on it.
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#132
Stop farming animals and food for those animals and there'll be enough water nt
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2021
#47
Once the Oglalla Acqufer has been drained, the Northern States won't have any to spare.
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#8
You're assuming that the residents are the main issue, and would be leading the fight?
Hugh_Lebowski
Jun 2021
#44
Maruh, we are the country's Salad Bar, & a miniscule number of people live in castles...
Hekate
Jun 2021
#105
Apples, pears, cherries, peaches, peas, corn, squash, onions, green beans, lettuce, ....
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#138
It's like the popular notion that CONSUMERS can save the planet by recycling.
Beartracks
Jun 2021
#64
NOT going to happen. There have been schemes floated to get water from as far away as ...
eppur_se_muova
Jun 2021
#61
Just not a good idea to have them in major seismically active or tsunami areas.
roamer65
Jun 2021
#152
Let's see, a 1960's technology nuclear plant that was hit by a Tsunami and killed fewer people...
hunter
Jun 2021
#158
One of the reasons San Onofre NGS was decommissioned was its susceptibility to tsunami.
roamer65
Jun 2021
#159
Yes, it's the biggest reason Az is now blue..been going on for well over a decade
PortTack
Jun 2021
#15
The states of the SW need to quit praying for water, doing absurd wasteful election audits and get
PortTack
Jun 2021
#18
I thought that Chicago got it's water from Lake Michigan, discharged sewage down the Illinois River?
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#101
The Chicago ship and sanitary canal is the one path from Lake Michigan to the MS River.
roamer65
Jun 2021
#107
Google Street View gives a nice look at both the Des Plaines river and the CS&SC from I-355 bridge
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#115
The one small problem in the Great Lakes Compact is it allows export outside the aquifer...
roamer65
Jun 2021
#157
I've never understood why drinking water that's been standing around in plastic is a good idea?
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#133
Aside from not surviving the trip, icebergs are, unfortunately, not a renewable resource these days.
Beartracks
Jun 2021
#67
Saudi Arabia is testing a solar dome desalinization plant on an industrial scale
Kaleva
Jun 2021
#166
This is just the beginning ... it actually is "the end of the world as we know it"
ashredux
Jun 2021
#54
Ya think food prices are high now? Wait until there is NO food because of water shortages.
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2021
#81
By 2100, the most sought after resource will be naturally watered arable land
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#116
Megafarms and deeper wells are draining the water beneath rural Arizona - quietly, irreversibly
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Jun 2021
#175
The title is "The American West" yet the only states mentioned are AZ and NV.
former9thward
Jun 2021
#179
Another possible solution is more water storage for the years we do have a lot of rain.
Mr.Bill
Jun 2021
#131
I don't have any overt hostility to the project, but I think you've hit on the problem.
hunter
Jun 2021
#177
Glen Canyon Dam - How do you propose to supply Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah?
Klaralven
Jun 2021
#173