West�s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis
Newsbot @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:20 pm
Title: West�s historic drought stokes fears of water crisis
Category: Weather
Posted By: N_Fiddledog
Date: 2014-08-18 00:57:40
bootlegga @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:20 pm
Wonder how long it will be before Americans want us to pipe water down to them?
ShepherdsDog @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:26 pm
They can have all the gray water they want, or water that comes from the Great Lakes.
bootlegga @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:34 pm
I'd laugh, but there have been several attempts by US states to increase their intake for water from the Great Lakes.
I've read many times that water will be this century's oil (the source of conflict and tension) and if things continue the way they are, it very well could be.
Goober911 @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:53 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... ml?hpid=z2
https://www.cbt.org/BasinHistory/HydroK ... Plans.html
http://www.arctic-waters-threatened.com/diversions.html
http://powi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/ ... y-2007.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_export
Schemes to export water from Canada to the US on a large scale have been proposed in the past. These schemes include the Great Recycling and Northern Development (GRAND) Canal scheme to dam James Bay to create a freshwater reservoir and divert the water from the 20 rivers that flow into it to Georgian Bay. The water would then be flushed through the Great Lakes into pipelines to the south-western US. The North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA) project proposed to divert the Yukon, Liard, and Peace rivers into the Rocky Mountain Trench to create an 800 km long reservoir that would transfer water into the US.[3]
Freakinoldguy @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:46 pm
Better yet America.
Don't build mega fucking cities in the middle of deserts. 
jj2424 @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:59 pm
In 2003 the left wing was claiming Alberta would be a dust bowl in 10 years. Didn't happen we have so much water, we could sell water to the US. Don't like the weather? wait a few hours.
PublicAnimalNo9 @ Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:10 pm
Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:
Better yet America.
Don't build mega fucking cities in the middle of deserts.
Don't build mega fucking cities in the middle of deserts.
It's not the cities that are the problem. In California for example, fully 41% of the water is used for agricultural purposes. Cities account for about 9%.
Jabberwalker @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:31 am
ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:
They can have all the gray water they want, or water that comes from the Great Lakes.
They already divert that and the water level on Lake Huron is getting noticeable lower.
bootlegga @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:57 am
jj2424 jj2424:
In 2003 the left wing was claiming Alberta would be a dust bowl in 10 years. Didn't happen we have so much water, we could sell water to the US. Don't like the weather? wait a few hours.
Got a link to prove that?
andyt @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:16 am
jj2424 jj2424:
we have so much water, we could sell water to the US. Don't like the weather? wait a few hours.
Doubtless there are numbnuts in Alberta planning to do just that.
bootlegga @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:22 am
It's not all bad news however, innovative ideas are helping restore waterways in the SW;
$1:
What do you get when 21st century “smart” technology hooks up with a 19th century irrigation ditch?
The short answer: more water-wise farming and a healthier river.
That’s the story of this innovative project on the Verde River in central Arizona, where forward-thinking farmers joined up with the Nature Conservancy and installed a solar-powered “smart” gate and water-level sensor on their 150-year old irrigation ditch. The automated gate allows the irrigators to take just the amount of water they need for their crops, and leave the rest for the river.
Now, instead of drying up for miles during the irrigation season, the Verde keeps flowing—supporting not only local farms, but fish, river otters, birds, anglers, boaters, and those who just want to appreciate a healthy river.
The short answer: more water-wise farming and a healthier river.
That’s the story of this innovative project on the Verde River in central Arizona, where forward-thinking farmers joined up with the Nature Conservancy and installed a solar-powered “smart” gate and water-level sensor on their 150-year old irrigation ditch. The automated gate allows the irrigators to take just the amount of water they need for their crops, and leave the rest for the river.
Now, instead of drying up for miles during the irrigation season, the Verde keeps flowing—supporting not only local farms, but fish, river otters, birds, anglers, boaters, and those who just want to appreciate a healthy river.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com ... rde-river/
andyt @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:31 am
They'll really look smart when they stop watering golf courses, lawns and swimming pools and send the water to the farmers instead.
Zipperfish @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:45 am
Hopwfully that El Nino they're predicting will come through and get some precipitation to the area. That will bring temperorary relief but replenishmnet of groundwater will take a few years.
andyt @ Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:49 am
They're using up groundwater faster than it can be replaced even during wetter times.