Bountiful water? Tell that to California, the Plaines States and to the Colorado River that nolonger reaches the Gulf of California. This is a major problem for maintaining the current urban population of LA etc nevermind increasing it. You can't have this and increased intensive farm production too.
Bountiful water? Tell that to California, the Plaines States and to the Colorado River that nolonger reaches the Gulf of California. This is a major problem for maintaining the current urban population of LA etc nevermind increasing it. You can't have this and increased intensive farm production too.
My town is slated to "develop" to a population of 50K. There are about 10K now. There is no way this county can sustain that many people. We need to stop making so many new people, take in migrants and refugees, because they are coming.
The article below made a deep dent in my awareness years ago...the water wars
Our roofs should be very busy with cisterns, solar panels, wind turbines...
As a nation, we do have bountiful water, just not everywhere. The southwest was historically dry. I lived in LA for 10 years and I’m well aware of the waste that occurs there with regard to the water supply, better water management could improve that dramatically. As to population density I think that will self level over time, as much as I loved living in Southern California, I no longer live there today.
One of the key strategic worries of the canadians is that THEY have bountiful water but wish to keep it where it is and not be "obliged" to ship it south.
That certainly was the fear being taught in the 60s at the University I attended in western Canada. The suggestion was that there were secret plans afoot to move water from Canada to the SW USA through the "Great Rocky Mountain Trench". Dams, it was suggested, were being strategically placed along this trench to support that plan.
Hear, hear! A continuing problem in California was have the water for irrigation being syphoned off to support the LA area. My father-in-law was a rancher that grew peaches, almonds, and walnuts. He'd complain every year about the diversion and the taxpayers having to pay for it versus the rate payers who ultimately got the water. (In full disclosure, not sure if that part of the complaint was valid, but wouldn't be surprised.)
Bountiful water? Tell that to California, the Plaines States and to the Colorado River that nolonger reaches the Gulf of California. This is a major problem for maintaining the current urban population of LA etc nevermind increasing it. You can't have this and increased intensive farm production too.
My town is slated to "develop" to a population of 50K. There are about 10K now. There is no way this county can sustain that many people. We need to stop making so many new people, take in migrants and refugees, because they are coming.
The article below made a deep dent in my awareness years ago...the water wars
Our roofs should be very busy with cisterns, solar panels, wind turbines...
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-coming-global-water-crisis/256896/
As a nation, we do have bountiful water, just not everywhere. The southwest was historically dry. I lived in LA for 10 years and I’m well aware of the waste that occurs there with regard to the water supply, better water management could improve that dramatically. As to population density I think that will self level over time, as much as I loved living in Southern California, I no longer live there today.
One of the key strategic worries of the canadians is that THEY have bountiful water but wish to keep it where it is and not be "obliged" to ship it south.
That certainly was the fear being taught in the 60s at the University I attended in western Canada. The suggestion was that there were secret plans afoot to move water from Canada to the SW USA through the "Great Rocky Mountain Trench". Dams, it was suggested, were being strategically placed along this trench to support that plan.
It's been discussed here in Washington State as well.
Hear, hear! A continuing problem in California was have the water for irrigation being syphoned off to support the LA area. My father-in-law was a rancher that grew peaches, almonds, and walnuts. He'd complain every year about the diversion and the taxpayers having to pay for it versus the rate payers who ultimately got the water. (In full disclosure, not sure if that part of the complaint was valid, but wouldn't be surprised.)