i own a couple of shares in a water utility company and this is being
discussed as a viable way to get water to these desert areas that are
way to populated, of course there are profits to be made as well.
Peggy
On 5/20/2011 9:58 AM, Chuck Alexander wrote:
Tony: (Everybody) I watch a TV show called "Inspector America" and this
guy was a former bridge inspector etc and he goes all over the country,
inspecting the countries infrastructure, including the water situations
like floods, draughts etc. And last week's program talked about this
very thing. They built the Hoover dam in 1931 I think it was, and
created Lake Mead, which gives most of the South West, including Los
Angeles, Las Vegas etc, it's water supply for 90% of their water. Yet,
since 1999 (partly because of population explosions in the area, and
partly cause of draughts) the water level in Lake Mead had DROPPED get
this 130 FEET. And it's still dropping. And he had this water dept big
wig woman talking about the problem and they were talking about how we
have well over 600 MILES of the Alaskan oil pipeline, and THOUSANDS of
miles of Natural gas lines running from Texas all over the US. So, they
were saying "why don't we built water lines, to take water from where
there is too much (like where you are, and all through the mid west) and
pipe it over and into Lake Mead etc, to where there is a shortage of
water?? Makes sense to me. Ppl say "well, that cost too much". But look
at what the cost to this country will be when probably 20-50 MILLION ppl
who rely on water (and electrical power cause of the huge turbines that
run there) from Lake Mead and other lakes in that part of the country,
are suddenly out of water, and they all move "back east". What a mess
we'd have on our hands, and we'd better fix the problem while we can,
and I think the idea of "diverting water from flooded area, to those in
draught areas" makes perfect sense. Then, later, if Lake mead ever
flooded, and the Midwest was in a draught, the water could just be
reversed. Chuck
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