West’s historic drought stokes fears of water crisisWeather | 206815 hits | Aug 18 12:57 am | Posted by: N_Fiddledog  California’s last reliable water source under threat as a thirsty region pumps away groundwater reserves.Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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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.
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.
Don't build mega fucking cities in the middle of deserts.
Better yet America.
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%.
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.
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?
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.
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/