Great Basin Water Network (GBWN)
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 12:52 AM
Smoke
#2
Posted 29 November 2012 - 01:49 AM
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#3
Posted 29 November 2012 - 02:02 AM
Great Basin Water Network
link above
Thanks Ski, have not figured out how to cut and paste web. addresses yet!
Smoke:lol:
#4
Posted 10 February 2013 - 01:28 PM
#5
Posted 10 February 2013 - 04:38 PM
Craig K6JGV_________________________ 2004 2500 CTD 4X4 FWC HAWK 1960 CJ5
#6
Posted 10 February 2013 - 06:52 PM
Every time I see a new housing tract spring up in the SoCA desert I wonder where the water for those people is coming from. I foresee a time not too far off when the most expensive part of building a new building will be buying a water meter, and old buildings will be sold and razed just for their water meter.
Oregon has a gov't dept. that oversees all water within the State. I don't know that CA, NV, and AZ do, but they should.
Where does that road go?
#7
Posted 10 February 2013 - 10:27 PM
Craig K6JGV_________________________ 2004 2500 CTD 4X4 FWC HAWK 1960 CJ5
#8
Posted 10 February 2013 - 11:47 PM
We do though as with most things its subject to the whims of the politicians. I'm not actually opposed to improving the water conveyance through/around the delta if it was done right. I'm afraid the talk about the health of the delta is just that, talk. I am sure if its built it will be built to take the maximum amount possible.
One of the major repercussions of the coming major earthquake in Northern California will be the disruption of water to the south. Will tunnels be better?
If nothing is done about growth and growing population, water will be (is) the major battle in the west. Next will be food as we continue to cover some of the most productive farm land in the world (Sacramento Valley & San Joaquin Valley) under housing developments.
The water wars will start in Nevada (as we see in the original post here) and move over into California.
No matter what storage capacity you have, it only rains so much..................
All this talk about making water plentiful reminds me of the old saying so many wanted to believe in the past about moving west, "Rain will follow the plow."
2003 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II 2013 ATC Bobcat SE "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/
#9
Posted 11 February 2013 - 12:04 AM
The tunnels through the delta supposedly would withstand an earthquake. I'm pretty sure though, given the timetable for construction, assuming they're ever approved, we'll have that earthquake first. Its going to be interesting.
Craig K6JGV_________________________ 2004 2500 CTD 4X4 FWC HAWK 1960 CJ5
#10
Posted 11 February 2013 - 02:30 AM
Texas is already fighting New Mexico over Rio Grande water, and the levels in Elephant Butte reservoir keep dropping. It will only get worse as "continued drought" becomes more common. How long will it be before the Gila River is dammed in New Mexico?
The Colorado River water is already over allocated. The US Bureau of Reclamation released a study about how to deal with an increasing population and decreasing water supply from the Colorado River watershed. It is interesting reading. You can read the executive summary here. Of particular interest is Table 2.
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