Acre Foot of Water
Aug 27, 2017 20:28:48 #
PinOakEO
Loc: NA
An acre of foot of water is 326K gallons. They claim that some parts of TX have 4 ft of water. 9 trillion tons of water!
GBTX
GBTX
Aug 27, 2017 20:59:20 #
Hey, we're willing to share some of that H20 with anybody who wants some...you listening, Phoenix?
batman
batman
Aug 27, 2017 21:35:58 #
Batman wrote:
Hey, we're willing to share some of that H20 with anybody who wants some...you listening, Phoenix?
batman
batman
Bring it on! Actually, our thoughts and prayers are with you. A local, informal group to which I belong will be sends some assistance to help.
Aug 28, 2017 09:30:32 #
tairving
Loc: Magnolia, Texas USA
We are more than willing to share. But we are currently unable to provide transportation; you will have to come and get it yourself.
We have measured 25" here at the house so far and they are telling us to expect up to 20" more over the next 4 days.
We have measured 25" here at the house so far and they are telling us to expect up to 20" more over the next 4 days.
Aug 28, 2017 11:22:08 #
Batman wrote:
California could have used it last year but they don't need it anymore. If you can store it until the next drought they may take some of it then.Hey, we're willing to share some of that H20 with anybody who wants some...you listening, Phoenix?
batman
batman
Aug 28, 2017 11:23:49 #
Batman wrote:
Hey, we're willing to share some of that H20 with anybody who wants some...you listening, Phoenix?
batman
batman
We have pipelines for oil. I've often wondered why we don't have pipelines for water.
Aug 28, 2017 11:53:41 #
SteveR wrote:
Southern California has been stealing water from the north for years. From Wikipedia:We have pipelines for oil. I've often wondered why we don't have pipelines for water.
"The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California."
Now his kid, Jerry, wants to build more pipelines for water from the north to the south. From the LA Times:
"Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant tunnels to send Northern California water southward moved a step closer Thursday to final state and federal decisions, with the state's release of a 90,000-page environmental review supporting the $15.7 billion project."
Aug 28, 2017 12:47:51 #
How much of the flooding was due to the volume of water falling and how much due the flatness of that part of Texas (i.e., no well developed drainages like wide & deep river gorges).
Aug 28, 2017 12:56:05 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
Southern California has been stealing water from t... (show quote)
a few years ago Ca talked about getting Colombia river water. that went over like a lead balloon in Or
Aug 28, 2017 14:04:32 #
SteveR wrote:
We have pipelines for oil. I've often wondered why we don't have pipelines for water.
I've wondered about that also. We had electrical wires strung all across America to electrify us and that was supported by the government to modernise even rural communities. Why, especially during the Dust Bowl era water was needed many places, and no one thought to take water from one place to aid another. Today we hear about droughts, if water lines or canals were built we could achieve re-distribution from heavy places to places where needed. That would lessen the cost of damage from both places.
Aug 28, 2017 14:46:41 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
Batman wrote:
Hey, we're willing to share some of that H20 with anybody who wants some...you listening, Phoenix?
batman
batman
If you can get it here, we'll take it! Often wondered why we do not have a way to capture it to replace lost groundwater supplies.
Aug 28, 2017 14:49:10 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
tairving wrote:
We are more than willing to share. But we are currently unable to provide transportation; you will have to come and get it yourself.
We have measured 25" here at the house so far and they are telling us to expect up to 20" more over the next 4 days.
We have measured 25" here at the house so far and they are telling us to expect up to 20" more over the next 4 days.
Sorry, I just checked with my local Home Depot. They can't supply that many 5 gallon buckets.
Hope you get through it okay. Fingers crossed for you and yours.
Aug 28, 2017 14:56:16 #
chazz4623
Loc: Prairieville, La
I've thought the same thing for many years. Especially for forest fires. The losses could easily pay for the cost of an extensive network of water transfer lines. Add in all the other needs mentioned (including drinking, etc. and it seems clear (to me at least)
SteveR wrote:
We have pipelines for oil. I've often wondered why we don't have pipelines for water.
Aug 28, 2017 16:47:07 #
I'm afraid until Star Trek's transporters become real, the cost of transporting water from wet to dry places is too high for the political will to do it. There is also the "it's my water" attitude of those who have the surplus in other than flooding conditions.
Aug 28, 2017 16:52:55 #
chazz4623
Loc: Prairieville, La
I suspect that no one would miss water from the Mississippi river, it never runs low. If you research the amount of board feet of lumber lost and its value, along with the value of water for irrigation and many other uses, it becomes obvious that transporting and reservoiring large amounts of water is, in fact, quite a bargain.
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