There are already many legal ramifications when you try to take water out of any of the Great Lakes. Just one "local" example: The city of Waukesha, WI is located only 15 miles from Lake Michigan. The drinking water from their wells contains high levels of radon. They are not permitted to get water from Lake Michigan because their drainage basin does not return water to the lake. It goes down the Fox River to the Mississippi River. They have been trying to get an exemption for a good while. I don't think they have gotten one so far.
Then there is a little item called the Great Lakes Water Compact. Eight States and two or three Canadian Provinces that border the Lakes. I believe the main reason for their existence is to prevent water from the Great Lakes being used anywhere else. I'm not saying myself that I agree with that philosophy. But I'm pretty sure that western states residents would consider any suggestion to take water from their rivers or reservoirs to ship somewhere else to be fighting words. Just an aside. For several years the water levels in the Great Lakes have been below the normal averages. Some Lakes were one to two feet low. It doesn't sound like much compared to 130 feet. But with lakes the size of Superior and Michigan it probably equals or surpasses the loss in Lake Mead. Only in the last two have they returned to normal. Of course any final decision on water usage from the Great Lakes will have to be a Federal one with the usual years of Congressional debates before anything happens. I just wanted to point out that it isn't just an engineering problem that will have to be resolved to get water from an area with an "abundance" to those areas with "shortages". From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Blake-Hedges Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 7:57 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] fishing Hi Chuck; At first look, this sounds reasonable but, I can't begin to imagine the cost. That plus the amount of energy to transport fuel through a pipeline is relatively small in relationship to the amount of energy in the fuel. I can't imagine the same applies for water. you would probably use more energy to transpot the water to hydroelectric dams then you could generate. So the energy to do this would probably make it cost prohibitive let alone the cost to build all the pipelines required. Wayneb --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com<mailto:bambot...@yahoo.com>> wrote: From: Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com<mailto:bambot...@yahoo.com>> Subject: Re: [VFB] fishing To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com<mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 7:23 PM Good Idea if it will work. Tony --- On Fri, 5/20/11, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net<mailto:chuckalexan...@centurylink.net>> wrote: From: Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net<mailto:chuckalexan...@centurylink.net>> Subject: Re: [VFB] fishing To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com<mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Date: Friday, May 20, 2011, 8:58 AM 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 6:25 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] fishing This is five years in a row with high water. Tony --- On Thu, 5/19/11, J Mck <jmck1...@yahoo.com<mailto:jmck1...@yahoo.com>> wrote: From: J Mck <jmck1...@yahoo.com<mailto:jmck1...@yahoo.com>> Subject: [VFB] fishing To: "Fly Box" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com<mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>> Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 10:10 PM Well it looks like trout fishing in Arkansas is going to be sad this year again, to much water. But, I do have a 12 day trip planned for Eagle Nest, NM in August, any suggestion are welcome as to water, flies, or technique. Jerry McKaughan, President CADDIS Fly Fishers P.O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org<http://www.caddisflyfishers.org> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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