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re: Louisiana Is Running Dangerously Short Of Groundwater
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:45 am to fr33manator
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:45 am to fr33manator
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Agriculture consumes more than 61% of Louisiana's groundwater.
And puts it...back in the ground?
To an extent but a lot of it drains quickly into rivers. Natural river flooding every year filled these aquifers and since we try to control that then they don’t get refilled. I think that’s why lately we have seen more devastating floods due to high amounts of rainfall, nature is trying to correct itself to put things in balance.
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Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:46 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Farmers could utilize in clarified MS River water for irrigation and help replenish soil at the same time due to silt deposition as opposed to taking suspended solids free water and using it.
And hell that’s already got fertilizer run off in it
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:47 am to LoneStar23
But my yard hasn’t been trying dry in 2 months.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:47 am to JackaReaux
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Something tells me you don’t understand hydrology. This is not a political issue.
I hate to tell you this, but everything is a polical issue in 2021. Policy=money. We all need to realize this.
This post was edited on 3/19/21 at 8:49 am
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:52 am to OceanMan
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I hate to tell you this, but everything is a polical issue in 2021. Policy=money. We all need to realize this.
This. When Washington DC is picking winners and losers across the entire country and slinging TRILLIONS of dollars around, everything...and I mean *everything* is political.
The quickest and most efficient route to wealth and power flows through DC.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:54 am to LoneStar23
Can we start burying people now?
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:55 am to OceanMan
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I hate to tell you this, but everything is a polical issue in 2021. Policy=money. We all need to realize this.
OK. So potable water availability is a partisan issue. Let's go with that.
Which side wants to protect it through government oversight and which side wants people who are paid by industrial and agricultural groups deciding who gets to use how much of it?
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:56 am to LoneStar23
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It's simple, easy and free.
I can promise you 120 ft wells and diesel pumps are not fricking free. Whoever wrote this article doesn't know wtf they are talking about.
This post was edited on 3/19/21 at 8:57 am
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:56 am to LoneStar23
Only higher taxes can save us now!
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:57 am to Daygo85
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So you work for a plant that can make its own clean water. And that is easy to do. I get it. But tell me, how would you get that water to say, oh I don't know, about a million people?
Phoenix has a metro population of about 6MM people and their drinking water is pulled from the Colorado river. This is done throughout the world. Water filtration and cleaning technology already exists.
As some else has already posted, elected off I have been on the take for 70 years now. Saltwater encroachment has been an issue forever and is only going to get worse. It’s not a crisis, and it’s manageable, but I have no faith in LA leadership to get it done.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:58 am to wadewilson
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protect it through government oversight
“Protect it” through “government oversight”
Do you listen to yourself?
Are you that naive?
Posted on 3/19/21 at 8:59 am to fr33manator
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And puts it...back in the ground?
Maybe 10-15% return to the aquifer. You lose some to run off but the biggest chunk ends up going into the atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:00 am to LoneStar23
I am guessing we have a handful of geologist here and I would like to see the rebuttal to this.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:01 am to wadewilson
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Which side wants to protect it through government oversight and which side wants people who are paid by industrial and agricultural groups deciding who gets to use how much of it?
You are very, very naive if you think only one side is being paid to push for their agenda.
The people funding the push government regulation of this aren't doing it for charity.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:01 am to fr33manator
Some regulation does have a place.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:01 am to LoneStar23
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When it comes time to flood his rice fields in southwestern Louisiana, sixth-generation farmer Christian Richard just flips a switch. Within seconds, crystal clear water gurgles up a 120-foot well and shoots out a short spout, right into the field.
If these were black farmers they never would have been mentioned
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:02 am to Centinel
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You are very, very naive if you think only one side is being paid to push for their agenda.
The people funding the push government regulation of this aren't doing it for charity.
Did you even read the fricking article?
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:02 am to The Goon
quote:Thank you.
Phoenix has a metro population of about 6MM people and their drinking water is pulled from the Colorado river. This is done throughout the world. Water filtration and cleaning technology already exists.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:03 am to Upperdecker
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If these were black farmers they never would have been mentioned
Oh Jesus christ, that's enough internet for me today.
Posted on 3/19/21 at 9:05 am to wadewilson
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Did you even read the fricking article?
Ya, I did. What the frick does it have to do with what I said?
There is *always* a financial interest behind regulation. Always.
If you think otherwise you're dumber than I took you for.
ETA: I'm not saying there shouldn't be some sort of regulation, but you're simplistic "HERP DERP RIGHT WING CORPORATE SHILLS" take on this is just simply stupid and naive.
This post was edited on 3/19/21 at 9:07 am
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