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Maxheader

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1. Scary shit...

Reply to Klaralven (Original post)

Thu Jun 10, 2021, 07:35 PM

Jun 2021

Water resources going down. Western kansaas depends on the ogallala aquifer for irrigation and...

"Today the Ogallala Aquifer is being depleted at an annual volume equivalent to 18 Colorado Rivers. Although precipitation and river systems are recharging a few parts of the northern aquifer, in most places nature cannot keep up with human demands."

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Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low, in sign of extreme western U.S. drought [View all] Klaralven Jun 2021 OP

Scary shit... Maxheader Jun 2021 #1

Nobody is going to starve if those farms have to be abandoned. hunter Jun 2021 #8

+1 dalton99a Jun 2021 #9

Drought is awful. rownesheck Jun 2021 #2

And the rich are buying up water rights left and right. smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #3

It's too bad we don't have the technology to store and divert water from floods Buckeyeblue Jun 2021 #4

The dams along the Colorado River are very good at capturing floodwaters. hunter Jun 2021 #7

What about using oil drilling technology to get to underground water supplies Buckeyeblue Jun 2021 #11

Using fossil water merely postpones the problem... hunter Jun 2021 #12

Why couldn't we use wind or solar energy as the power source for desalinization? Buckeyeblue Jun 2021 #13

Wind and Solar are not able to provide energy 24 hours every day of the year. hunter Jun 2021 #16

Kansaas is STILL looking at... Maxheader Jun 2021 #10

Yep, advocates even have their own web page. hunter Jun 2021 #14

Farming is a complicated business... Maxheader Jun 2021 #15

I'm not a militant vegan, sometimes I eat meat and dairy products. hunter Jun 2021 #17

Can I dig a well? n/t HiramWisdom Jun 2021 #5

Soon to be the great north american desert Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 #6