Lake Meade, how come nobody cares

[49er12]

I thought water was needed to live , hum priorities simply disregarded from the folks in the District of Columbia, they should be deported where they can experience awefulness, leaders like this shameful

 

[mdc002]

I care, but the desert is not capable of supporting the population that is there and it will get worse if the desert states don't start putting limits on development.

 

[golddigger14s]

Here's why we can't bring it from the East:

Moving water from the Mississippi River to west would require massive and expensive pumps

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[newnan man]

Here's why we can't bring it from the East:

Moving water from the Mississippi River to west would require massive and expensive pumps

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Good story with common sense facts. Plus the ecological damage digging an aqueduct & reducing the volume in the Mississippi. It's pretty foolish to build such large water consuming cities in a desert.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Yes,It,s foolish to do that,but it,s been done.Problem now is what to do about it? Don,t list the reasons it can,t be done,figure out how and do it.

 

[Neshannock Jim]

Obviously a fisherman got a snag and pulled the plug.
Go put it back in.

 

[mdc002]

Cost of 7 billion is pretty low and the water could be used to irrigate more land en route to the colorado river.

Have you ever seen a cost estimate for a project of that magnitude that did not have huge cost overruns? You can bet that it would probably cost double that!

 

[ROBOTCOP13]

So double it, $14 Billion, This country gives that much away all the time for BS.

Don't forget the appreciation value on all that land once it is irrigated a little bit.

Call it Infrastructure improvement.

I don't even live out west but a bond program could offset it also.

I think the Egyptians irrigated a desert from the Nile about 3,000 years ago.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Have you ever seen a cost estimate for a project of that magnitude that did not have huge cost overruns? You can bet that it would probably cost double that!

Even double that to $14 billion, so what, the cost is invested back into America and American jobs, and businesses and it corrects 2 major problems, the constant flooding of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and water is used by farmers all along the path to the Colorado River.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Have you ever seen a cost estimate for a project of that magnitude that did not have huge cost overruns? You can bet that it would probably cost double that!

So what? We,ve given over 40 billion and climbing to finance somebody else,s war so far. We give away well beyond that much in military assistance to other countries every year. We left way beyond that in free military gear for the Taliban in Afghanistan. What,s the cost for resettling all those Westerners some where else in America? Where they,ll put a strain on water resources there. The people are there,it can,t be undone now.Stop the Bull jiving and figure out a way to get excess water from places that have it to the people who need it. Do something for America for once.

 

[mdc002]

So double it, $14 Billion, This country gives that much away all the time for BS.

Don't forget the appreciation value on all that land once it is irrigated a little bit.

Call it Infrastructure improvement.

I don't even live out west but a bond program could offset it also.

I think the Egyptians irrigated a desert from the Nile about 3,000 years ago.

The evaporation rate would have an impact on how much water would actually reach the west. Plus going over the rocky mountains would be very expensive. so I doubt the project could be done even for $14 billion.

 

[mdc002]

I thought water was needed to live , hum priorities simply disregarded from the folks in the District of Columbia, they should be deported where they can experience awefulness, leaders like this shameful

Well, those people knew they were moving to desert country. If they didn't then they were sorely uninformed.

 

[crashbandicoot]

The evaporation rate would have an impact on how much water would actually reach the west. Plus going over the rocky mountains would be very expensive. so I doubt the project could be done even for $14 billion.

Why don,t you figure out a way to make it work instead of sitting there thinking up ways it might not. 14 Billion is chump change in the overall scheme of Federal budgets. Maybe one shipload of 155mm shells for that other folks war we,re funding. Like I said,it would be really expensive to relocate all those Westeners somewhere else,or do you just intend to let them die?

 

[crashbandicoot]

Well, those people knew they were moving to desert country. If they didn't then they were sorely uninformed.

People been moving there for hundreds of years. That means nothing,absolutely nothing,they,re there. If you don,t intend to let them die,start working on a solution,not placing blame on someone. We,ve got plenty of that going on as it is.

 

[mdc002]

Why don,t you figure out a way to make it work instead of sitting there thinking up ways it might not. 14 Billion is chump change in the overall scheme of Federal budgets. Maybe one shipload of 155mm shells for that other folks war we,re funding. Like I said,it would be really expensive to relocate all those Westeners somewhere else,or do you just intend to let them die?

I did figure out how to make it work and so have many others. Use less water and restrict development in arid country.

 

[crashbandicoot]

I did figure out how to make it work and so have many others. Use less water and restrict development in arid country.

That,s not an answer to the current problem,a lack of water for the people there.That,s a Liberal talking point.No more,no less. What about the people there now? Answer?

 

[treasureguy56]

your answer is to change ecosystems more and deplete water from another area? No we need to quit the crap practices of farming in arid areas, and stop having lawns and fountains in the dang desert....

Ill never understand how so many businesses continue their automatic sprinkler systems even when its raining . Its that kind of ignorance that helps to hurt us on top of the fact that people just dont use their heads .

 

[mdc002]

That,s not an answer to the current problem,a lack of water for the people there.That,s a Liberal talking point.No more,no less. What about the people there now? Answer?

Since I have been alive I have seen the world population more than double from 3 billion to over 6 billion. Soon or later we are going to run out of water. What should we do about that? Leave it for our grandchildren or great grandchildren to deal with it? And that's not a "liberal talking point", that is a scientific reality and a human talking point.

 

[davest]

toilet to tap is one way of conserving water, limiting development is another because you can't put the genie back in the bottle once he's out.

those aren't "liberal" talking points, they're facts but in order to fix a problem you have to acknowledge the entirety of it and I'm not going there in this thread. As a hint though, look at what's happening in Italy, India, Bangledesh.

 

[mdc002]

toilet to tap is one way of conserving water, limiting development is another because you can't put the genie back in the bottle once he's out.

those aren't "liberal" talking points, they're facts but in order to fix a problem you have to acknowledge the entirety of it and I'm not going there in this thread. As a hint though, look at what's happening in Italy, India, Bangledesh.

I agree and I'm not suggesting that anyone move out. But, when you have people moving to the desert from non-desert climes and start planting plants that are not indigenous to the region including lawns that have to be watered on a daily basis they become part of the problem.