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Houston and Dallas are not really in arid regions, so water problems there are probably more political than anything else. Sante Fe and Phoenix on the other han

by cozzyd 8y ago

Houston and Dallas are not really in arid regions, so water problems there are probably more political than anything else. Sante Fe and Phoenix on the other hand.... I don't know what they'll do.

chomp 8y ago
Yes, we're technically subtropical in Houston and get a decent amount of rain, but that hasn't stopped subsidence: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/For-years-the-Houston-area-has-been-losing-ground-7951625.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/... Here's an interactive site from Texas' state water plan that has a really really great breakdown: https://2017.texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide https://2017.texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide Texas has virtually no natural lakes, we have to construct anything we want to drink from (or pump it from the ground). Actual billions of dollars are being poured into these drinking supplies, and I can't even count how many times election season includes a "water projects" ballot measure. We're very fortunate to live on the coast of a very warm body of water. I foresee more water projects to capture the moisture from the gulf here, but yeah I have no clue what the dry states are going to do.
batbomb 8y ago
Phoenix (+ Scottsdale) and Las Vegas are in a league of their own even compared to Santa Fe + Albuquerque/Northern New Mexico, water use, and water availability.
pathseeker 8y ago
>Sante Fe and Phoenix on the other hand.... I don't know what they'll do. Just price water like any other market good. It will wipe out farming in deserts (this happens a lot in California as well) and there will be plenty of water for residents. The increased revenue per cu/acre will allow more reservoir projects, water canals, and even desalination. I'm always shocked at arm-chair commentary on these threads that assumes people in the Southwest don't have the forethought to consider their water sources. The Central AZ Project hasn't even been built out fully partially because of lack of water demand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project
- tunap 8y ago
  There's also the Yuma Desalting Plant, it has been turned on twice in 26 years. The reason the lower colorado basin statea waste so much water is to save their allocations for future growth.

by cozzyd 8y ago

Houston and Dallas are not really in arid regions, so water problems there are probably more political than anything else. Sante Fe and Phoenix on the other hand.... I don't know what they'll do.

chomp 8y ago

Yes, we're technically subtropical in Houston and get a decent amount of rain, but that hasn't stopped subsidence: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/For-years-the-Houston-area-has-been-losing-ground-7951625.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/... Here's an interactive site from Texas' state water plan that has a really really great breakdown: https://2017.texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide https://2017.texasstatewaterplan.org/statewide Texas has virtually no natural lakes, we have to construct anything we want to drink from (or pump it from the ground). Actual billions of dollars are being poured into these drinking supplies, and I can't even count how many times election season includes a "water projects" ballot measure. We're very fortunate to live on the coast of a very warm body of water. I foresee more water projects to capture the moisture from the gulf here, but yeah I have no clue what the dry states are going to do.

batbomb 8y ago

Phoenix (+ Scottsdale) and Las Vegas are in a league of their own even compared to Santa Fe + Albuquerque/Northern New Mexico, water use, and water availability.

pathseeker 8y ago

>Sante Fe and Phoenix on the other hand.... I don't know what they'll do. Just price water like any other market good. It will wipe out farming in deserts (this happens a lot in California as well) and there will be plenty of water for residents. The increased revenue per cu/acre will allow more reservoir projects, water canals, and even desalination. I'm always shocked at arm-chair commentary on these threads that assumes people in the Southwest don't have the forethought to consider their water sources. The Central AZ Project hasn't even been built out fully partially because of lack of water demand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project

tunap 8y ago
There's also the Yuma Desalting Plant, it has been turned on twice in 26 years. The reason the lower colorado basin statea waste so much water is to save their allocations for future growth.