Re: Too much water - or not enough!

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:08:44 -0400, Brian K
<brian1951BLOG@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 6/12/2008 1:22 PM Russell Patterson plucked Senior Frog's Magic
Twanger and said:
With the almost perrenial flooding in the Mississipi basin, and the
ever present need for more water in the southwest, why hasn't anyone
proposed a pipeline system to move some of the excess water in the
Mississippi River to, say, Lake Powell?

This country has wasted a whole lot more money on much less deserving
projects!

I know a lot of people won't want the pipeline in their backyard, but
with sufficient planning and major buyouts of property at above market
prices, it could be done. If it is feasible to move enough water to
make a difference for either end of the pipeline, it sure is worth
looking at. The sediment could be filtered out before it is sent
downline so the water would be somewhat clean when it arrives in the
SW. It might even spawn new industry for making use of the sediment.

Your notion would eliminate places like the Painted Desert, and it's
ecosystem. Also, Death Valley might become "Green Valley". There would
be no more artists in the style of Georgia O'Keefe. She was inspired by
the arid clime of the South West. One of the great things about the USA
is it's diverse climates and ecosystems. It stimulates domestic tourism.
You must also be aware that the South and East also have droughts. Such
diversion would be like "robbing Peter to feed Paul". The only benefit I
see is for agribusiness which has already leveled and eliminate many of
our open spaces.

Did I say I wanted to flood the West? The object would be to take
some of the excess where it is causing a problem and move it to an
area that always seems to need more. Not so they can have their own
excess.


This newsgroup is intended for discussion of travel in the USA or
Canada. Your post doesn't really talk to either. I've responded only
to point out that such a plan, if ever implemented, would negatively
effect points of interest and travel in the USA and Canada.

Yeah, and nobody ever visits the Hoover Dam, because it is such a
blight on nature!
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