re: Water experts debate 1,500-mile aqueduct from Cajun Country to Lake Powell

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quote: Two hundred miles north of New Orleans, in the heart of swampy Cajun Country No one caught this?

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Living 50 miles south of New Orleans I sure did.

He won’t. He will get rich but the state won’t benefit. It is the LA way

Gonna be a bunch of new jobs for dredging the lower part of the river constantly if they take water flow away because it’ll silt in faster with less flow

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FTR I've been saying for years now they will forcibly take the south's water eventually. I mean they'll pay us for it but it'll be forced by the feds and the payments will be determined by the feds as well

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Why would we care? This is only 8% of the Mississippi’s flow, and it would be for less than one year. After that it would be far less. This water would otherwise just be disgorged into the ocean.

Also, I think it’s unlikely western states would pay Mississippi and Louisiana anything, since those states don’t own the water.

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Why would we care? This is only 8% of the Mississippi’s flow, and it would be for less than one year. After that it would be far less. This water would otherwise just be disgorged into the ocean.

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I guess you’ve never heard of nor experienced unintended consequences? Robbing Peter to pay Paul?

There’s no way that diverting some of the Mississippi across the country to feed an overpopulated desert ends up good for all those involved on the long term

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“Citizens of Louisiana and Mississippi south of the Old River Control Structure don’t need all that water. All it does is cause flooding and massive tax expenditures to repair and strengthen dikes,” wrote Siefkes. "New Orleans has a problem with that much water anyway, so let’s divert 250,000 gallons/second to Lake Powell, which currently has a shortage of 5.5 trillion gallons. This would take 254 days to fill.”

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I hope this person isn’t in a position of political authority.

The feds, state, and local govt are about to spend billions on two diversions specifically designed at getting more of the River into more areas in S. LA.

Man this is ripe with good shite.

I shouldn't live in hurricane country? You shouldn't live in the desert.

Now we are ok with pipelines?

I like my water and I want to keep it

Water can flow uphill?

Those pumps sure are going to have to be really big. Where's the juice come from?

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So now they are good with pipelines?

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Drop the mic

Until I see some true feasibility studies I don't see how you can just divert a river with no serious unintended consequences.

If people don't have water in the desert they should leave.

Jackson MS is 200 miles north of NO. It’s known for swamps and cajans