Yes, I predict it will be wet. Sal
> On Aug 26, 2018, at 12:55 PM, skymt...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] > <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20 > years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change? > > > > FF Water Department > > 1.Where does our water come from? > > > We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer. > > https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 > > > > > > Growing water use threatens to strain Jordan aquifer > > https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ > > > > The Jordan aquifer provides drinking water to about a half-million Iowans, as > well as water that is critical to industries that range from data centers to > food processing and ethanol production. > > The recommendations are designed to warn users that Iowa's now-rich water > levels could decline enough in the years ahead that they could hinder job > creation and economic development efforts if not managed carefully. > > "We know at some point we can't keep pumping it down and pumping it down," > said Todd Steigerwaldt, manager of the Marion Water Department and leader of > the task force looking at the issue. "We know there is additional cost — it's > more energy, which is money; and at some point, the lower we pump that water, > the poorer the water quality would become." > > Some major metro areas outside of Iowa that use the Jordan aquifer are > already running into trouble. In the Minneapolis area, for example, signs of > shrinking groundwater already have appeared, from declining lake levels to > wells running dry and damaged trout streams. > > "Here it's like we've gotten a note that we need to change our oil. In other > states, the red check-engine light is flashing," said Michael Anderson, a > senior environmental engineer at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. > "We want to deal with this before it becomes a big problem." > > > > > > > > > > > >
