re: Image showing all the water on Earth as spheres

Well if it's on the internet it must be true.

Do you even Geological Society?

"75% of the earth is water"

And it's the size of Nebraska and Colorado? What am I missing here

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North Texas was in drought conditions for a number of years and water restrictions aplenty. We have three sources for water. Their combined capacities we down to 28%, which is scary low and no more than a two year supply. Received abundant rainfall over a five month period in which all three reservoirs reached capacity and that remains...Is pretty amazing to experience. Never thought much about water growing up in South Louisiana, I do now, and am amazed how much water and access to water there is. Have always thought the Texas legislature needs to fund a water purification plant on the Gulf

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It was VERY bad in Wichita Falls. Approaching a legitimate crisis.

The solution is not a desalination plant. We need more reservoirs.

There was actually a plan in the 1950s that would have constructed enough reservoirs to meet our present needs in drought times, but it was scuttled by first-wave environmentalists, in particular a book called "Goodbye to a River", and never picked back up. Today we are much worse off for that shortsightedness.

This is surprising, I expected the sphere to be much larger.

I am disappoint

It is a concern. Takes a long time to stand up a reservoir and as the population grows in Texas I sure hope somebody has it all figured out as no need to play with fire.

We had a re-use system in place and it eased the crisis. Are on the threshold of a permanent re-use process which is wonderful. City/County leaders have been carting around for some 25 years now about an additional reservoir, east of town, north of Henrietta...it'll take email 20 years, won't see it in my lifetime.

My Gulf suggestion is one could turn the State into a perpetual Garden of Eden. I wonder how much money in claims, agriculture, business and the likes were lost in the drought as compared to a plant, the cost that is.

Our present combined lake levels are at 97.2% capacity, 546,130 acres

Does the fresh water include what's in the atmosphere and what's underground? What would a giant ball of oil look like?