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KMFJD

KMFJD

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the common folk will have to start water rationing , golf courses and water intensive crops however will continue to have enough water i bet
 
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feralkid

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It's a crying ass shame. Particularly when so many politicians (you can guess which party) only talk about dumbass pie-in-the-sky ideas, like a canal to the Mississippi or desalination plants (which Mexico will surely pay for) but nary a word on conservation or that Communist/hippie concept of sustainability.
"Grow or Die" is their creed; however it most likely will be both for all of us.

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Zorba

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This is has been a known issue for 20 years, yet we've just kept developing Vegas and Phoenix like crazy, seemingly with no concern about how we'd provide water to them.
 
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Franz316

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Zorba said:
This is has been a known issue for 20 years, yet we've just kept developing Vegas and Phoenix like crazy, seemingly with no concern about how we'd provide water to them.
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Exactly. This is a slow moving train wreck that we created ourselves. I wonder when the turn in real estate will happen once people realize Lake Mead will be trending towards empty over the next decade and a half. Throw in 4 months a year of 100+ temps and the appeal really wears off quickly.
 
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K1052

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The ag users will be cut off long before the cities. It's already happening.

I think NV just banned like 30% of the state's grass but it doesn't go into force for like 5 years. Might want to hurry things along guys.
 
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Brainonska511

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K1052 said:
The ag users will be cut off long before the cities. It's already happening.

I think NV just banned like 30% of the state's grass but it doesn't go into force for like 5 years. Might want to hurry things along guys.
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Grass! If you're in the desert, there should be a total moratorium on planting things that require constant watering, and there should instead be much bigger use of xeriscaping. That's the trade-off you have to live with for living out there.
 
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I went to Vegas 10 yrs ago and it was considered low at that time. yeah chronic drought in deserts are the norm, the last 100 years have been pretty wet from my readings and 150 yr droughts weren't uncommon historically for that SW clump of the US
 
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Brainonska511 said:
Grass! If you're in the desert, there should be a total moratorium on planting things that require constant watering, and there should instead be much bigger use of xeriscaping. That's the trade-off you have to live with for living out there.
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I think there are requirements to use recycled water (treated effluent) for a lot of bigger irrigated areas like golf courses but yeah its not great. Certainly nobody should have live lawns.
 
Zorba

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K1052 said:
I think there are requirements to use recycled water (treated effluent) for a lot of bigger irrigated areas like golf courses but yeah its not great. Certainly nobody should have live lawns.
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That water could be treated and made potable again, though.
 
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Zorba said:
That water could be treated and made potable again, though.
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That is essentially what happens to the rest of it as I understand things. It is dumped into a creek that runs off back into Lake Mead.
 
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Back in 2004 I had an opportunity to move to Phoenix for work. Won't lie, the idea of living on borrowed water concerned me. Mead was dropping quick even then. The idea of living in a place not meant for most life and only sustained by water from another state was worrying.
 
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Jaskalas

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Jaskalas

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Zorba said:
This is has been a known issue for 20 years, yet we've just kept developing Vegas and Phoenix like crazy, seemingly with no concern about how we'd provide water to them.
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That growth and development is all a scam akin to golden parachutes. Develop it today, make a quick buck, and wash your hands of it later when it all turns to !@#$.

Feel sorry for anyone buying in the Southwest today.
I feel something else for those who developed it.
 
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What's the stat again...1 almond. 1. Single. Almond. Takes 1 gallon of water to produce. Now sit back and think about that one for a bit.
 
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Zorba

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ROFL, mitigation?
Add millions more people to our population. Why... water will just fall from the sky and all will be well.
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This is where anti-development laws would actually make sense. But inside it's grow like crazy, deal with the consequences later.
 
HomerJS

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This has all things conservatives are against or deny

Infrastructure spending almost 700M in today's $. Conservatives would have said no despite it paid for itself many times over.
Climate change effects. They'll just ignore it.
Conservation
 
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