States and Counties predicted to run out of water due to severe drought

[Oldgamer]

Houston Chronicle Link

CNN news article on California converting waste water to drinking water due to severe drought

I guess we will all be drinking recycled toilet water here soon.. lol

Enjoy climate deniers!

 

[Genx87]

Converting waste water into drinking water is actually a wise move.

 

[realibrad]

Global warming is real, but the lack of water is not really due to Global warming.

CA has a lot of people, and not a lot of water sources. Simply put, there are too many people in CA for how they use water.

 

[Genx87]

Global warming is real, but the lack of water is not really due to Global warming.

CA has a lot of people, and not a lot of water sources. Simply put, there are too many people in CA for how they use water.

I found it interesting when traveling around the country how some things we can take for granted are real issues in other parts. Like for instance. My sister moved to Dallas and they have a lack of access to fresh water. It feels so foreign to not have access to natural lakes nor plentiful amounts of fresh water like we do in MN.

 

[nageov3t]

it's been raining all week here.

clearly this drought is just a California hippy myth.

 

[nehalem256]

Houston Chronicle Link

CNN news article on California converting waste water to drinking water due to severe drought

I guess we will all be drinking recycled toilet water here soon.. lol

Enjoy climate deniers!

Meanwhile in Oregon they toss out 38 million gallons of water because of a few ounces if urine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...of-drinking-water-wasted/?tid=pm_national_pop

 

[nageov3t]

Meanwhile in Oregon they toss out 38 million gallons of water because of a few ounces if urine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...of-drinking-water-wasted/?tid=pm_national_pop

well, it's not like they're disintegrating it or blasting it off into space.

it'll go back up into the atmosphere and fall as rain somewhere else... fuck, for all I know the monsoons that have been hitting NYC this month have all been pee water. D:

 

[MrPickins]

Converting waste water into drinking water is actually a wise move.

This.

Water is water. Every drop you've ever had has molecules that were once in animal waste.

Global warming is real, but the lack of water is not really due to Global warming.

CA has a lot of people, and not a lot of water sources. Simply put, there are too many people in CA for how they use water.

The big problem in TX is people growing lush lawns in a climate not suited for it.

Also, I'm not sure we can directly blame the current TX drought on climate change; from what I understand, it's mostly due to normal ENSO fluctuations.

 

[dmcowen674]

States and Counties predicted to run out of water due to severe drought


Houston Chronicle Link

CNN news article on California converting waste water to drinking water due to severe drought

I guess we will all be drinking recycled toilet water here soon.. lol

Enjoy climate deniers!

Atlantan's have been drinking their own piss since 2002.

Wastewater is put right back into Lake Lanier.

We can pipe oil all over the planet, no reason can't pump water.

When water gets to $100 a gallon you can bet they will build pipes all over the planet.

 

[MrPickins]

I found it interesting when traveling around the country how some things we can take for granted are real issues in other parts. Like for instance. My sister moved to Dallas and they have a lack of access to fresh water. It feels so foreign to not have access to natural lakes nor plentiful amounts of fresh water like we do in MN.

Dallas has several lakes in the vicinity. Not 10,000 of course, but there are some.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Looks like the panhandle in Texas is getting some much needed rain and will be getting rain for the next few days.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Lubbock+TX+USTX0808

 

[realibrad]

Its funny how owning a house changes things. I used to live in CA, and moved to FL and hated the rain in FL.

Now that I have to water my lawn, I love the days it rains lol.

The main issue with water is that we simply use too much. Hell, the Colorado river does not even reach the ocean anymore because so much of it us consumed. For a long time, water prices have been too low, and eventually, we will see prices rise and consumption per capita usage drop. Desalination has the problem of leaving the area around it super salty and kills off life. We could try getting the salt split too, and use that, but that is a way off when current water prices are subsidized to appear lower then they actually are.

Global warming wont help either.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

I water twice a week which is just enough to keep the lawn green and the HOA happy. My sprinkler system has a rain sensor to prevent watering when a sufficient amount of rain has occurred.

 

[Genx87]

Dallas has several lakes in the vicinity. Not 10,000 of course, but there are some.

My understanding are many of these are man made.

 

[rudder]

Global warming caused lots of people to move to Nevada? Southern Nevada gets 90% of its water from the Colorado river... which also is sucked dry by people in Southern California (lots of agriculture to water).

And OP... you are telling me there has never been a drought in this area before? You do know that scientists have studied the wrings in trees, sediment, and other evidence left behind by droughts and determined that there have been multiple droughts in California over the last 1,000 years... some which lasted 10-20 years.

 

[Oyeve]

Water is water. no drought. The water available now has been available for billions and billions of years.

 

[Jaskalas]

Houston Chronicle Link

CNN news article on California converting waste water to drinking water due to severe drought

I guess we will all be drinking recycled toilet water here soon.. lol

Enjoy climate deniers!

Southwest desert... drought... who is the denier?

 

[Cozarkian]

This.
The big problem in TX is people growing lush lawns in a climate not suited for it.

California has that too (among with too many people and a large agricultural economy). In fact, I bet there are HoAs that would try to fine people for having a yellow lawn even in the midst of a drought.

 

[hal2kilo]

This.

Water is water. Every drop you've ever had has molecules that were once in animal waste.




The big problem in TX is people growing lush lawns in a climate not suited for it.

Also, I'm not sure we can directly blame the current TX drought on climate change; from what I understand, it's mostly due to normal ENSO fluctuations.

I spent my first 18 years of life drinking water from a very poluted (with feces) Patomac river. It's since been cleaned up quite abit, although I still wouldn't drink it straight out of the river.

It called water treament. Basically lots of filtration and chlorine.

 

[Zorba]

They need to make watering lawns and golf courses illegal, at least during droughts.

I also don't see the issue with returning waste water to the source.

 

[Zorba]

We can pipe oil all over the planet, no reason can't pump water.

When water gets to $100 a gallon you can bet they will build pipes all over the planet.

The amount of water consumed verses oil is staggering. Water main in medium sized cities are bigger than most oil pipelines.

In 2005 the USGS estimated that the US used 410,000,000,000 gallons of stored water per day, which is about 9,800,000,000 barrels. Meanwhile, per the EIA, the US uses only 18.89 million barrels of oil per day. In other words we use 520 times as much water as oil.

The water usage estimates also predate the recent hydraulic fracturing boom, that is a massive consumer of water (from what I've read).

Water Usage
Oil Usage

Not to mention pumping water all over the place would end up being environmentally devastating to the source areas. Just look at the Colorado River delta.

 

[Cozarkian]

Lol, I was right http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news...ock-fines-for-failing-to-water-lawns/25760176, in the midst of a drought and California is trying to pass a law to protect people who don't water their lawn from getting fined.

There are also local ordinances that impose fines for wasting water, but I suspect those are a lot like speeding laws, when 99% of the people are breaking it, there simply isn't enough time for widespread enforcement to stop the behavior.

 

[brycejones]

California has that too (among with too many people and a large agricultural economy). In fact, I bet there are HoAs that would try to fine people for having a yellow lawn even in the midst of a drought.

They actually do that in the Denver area, Highlands Ranch specifically.

 

[MrPickins]

I water twice a week which is just enough to keep the lawn green and the HOA happy.

Twice a week seems excessive. One deep watering per week should be more than sufficient.

My sprinkler system has a rain sensor to prevent watering when a sufficient amount of rain has occurred.

:thumbsup:

Few things irritate me more than seeing a sprinkler system running during/immediately after a rain shower.

 

[BoberFett]

Its funny how owning a house changes things. I used to live in CA, and moved to FL and hated the rain in FL.

Now that I have to water my lawn, I love the days it rains lol.

The main issue with water is that we simply use too much. Hell, the Colorado river does not even reach the ocean anymore because so much of it us consumed. For a long time, water prices have been too low, and eventually, we will see prices rise and consumption per capita usage drop. Desalination has the problem of leaving the area around it super salty and kills off life. We could try getting the salt split too, and use that, but that is a way off when current water prices are subsidized to appear lower then they actually are.

Global warming wont help either.

I hate lawns. The amount of potable water and fuel we use to maintain them is ridiculous. But everywhere you go, there seem to be local laws about how you have to maintain your yard, and you have to get a variance if you just want to let natural plants grow or risk fines.