Where's the water?

[Kirk Freeman]

Started going to Texas in 1995. They talk about it but didn't do anything for many years. I asked about drilling and man-made lakes, they just shrugged.

Population growth and drought. No one does their homework until it is due.

Heat, drought and population growth have stressed aquifers that supply water to millions of Texans

Diminishing springs and aquifers due to heat, drought and high for demand water highlight the urgency for Central Texas conservation districts to prioritize climate-focused management, potentially involving reduced pumping for sustainability.

www.texastribune.org

 

[Leadeye]

I don't think so. I've read a more recent book on water rights and an older one on the dust bowl, but I don't think I've read that one.

From 1986, it's a good read about the history of water management and the players involved. Some of the stuff I remember from reading the papers as a kid, most is before my time going back to the turn of the century.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Of course, most of the water problems of the hairy-chested West is caused by politicians.

Newsom defies environmentalist opposition to build badly needed water tunnel

The long-planned tunnel, opposed by environmentalists, will bring water from the Sacramento River to the state's dry southern regions.

reason.com

 

[Bstarkey_46947]

Remember when Anderson, Muncie, Lafayette, Wabash, Logansport, and Marion were much busier in the 70s & 80s industrially (just to name a few)? Those industries were slowly ran out of town (or shut down) due to Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act restrictions and or compliance was too expensive. The industrial degreasers and solvents in the era (Trichlorethylene, Xylene, Toluene and the like) are coming back to haunt us. Global warming is real. (Note: I'm not a tree hugger).

 

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[smokingman]

The amount of water we're talking about between the four rivers combined is enormous, if it had all been redirected into flooding other areas I believe it would be very apparent.

Just had the thought that maybe this is a northern hemisphere problem so I checked on the Amazon river. Nope, it's at its lowest point in 120 years as well.

Well much of it has been diverted. The effort to reclaim and remake wetlands(a few were newly created as well) and for general use(farms,drinking,ect).

loads of "green" wetland projects going on up and down the Mississippi river.

"To protect wetlands in the Mississippi River basin from pollution, destruction, or insufficient mitigation by engaging regulatory agencies" I think the later diverting river flow to a swamp that dried out 1000 years ago may play a role.

Wetlands | Mississippi River Collaborative

MRC’S WETLANDS GROUP MISSION To protect wetlands in the Mississippi River basin from pollution, destruction, or insufficient mitigation by engaging regulatory agencies, monitoring and pursuing enforcement actions, and assessing the impacts of current regulations. What are wetlands? Benefits of...

www.msrivercollab.org

Restoration Projects in Barataria Basin | Restore the Mississippi River Delta

Key restoration projects in the Barataria Basin include the Mid-Barataria and Ama sediment diversions and the Large-Scale Barataria Marsh Creation project.

mississippiriverdelta.org

It is not a lack of water entering it(where it starts,though many rivers along the way have been diverted in part or fully for other uses). The lake at the head of the Mississippi hit a 10 year high earlier this year.

Mississippi River Headwaters

Itasca State Park is home to the headwaters of the Mighty Mississippi River. Check out the Mississippi River webcam on the headwaters, and learn more about the river.

www.dnr.state.mn.us

I am sure it is climate change though.

 

[Nazgul]

Living in CA in the '80s when the wife was in the Air Force, the environment movement had them letting much of the water go into the wetlands/oceans. Of course we were under water restrictions for home use. Had a "Water Police" force of retired guys driving around watching us. Had one stop because I had water on the sidewalk while washing my car. It was excessive in his eyes.
Remember when a local tv station showed the gov't buildings sprinklers running while it was raining. Their answer was "We can't reprogram then". Really, there should be an OFF switch somewhere.

Gov't level stupidity at it's finest.

Don

 

[Hookeye]

Too many people.
Yet the border is wide open.
Proly some new virus needed to adjust things.

Not being political, just sayin.