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I'm sorry, but have you actually read the article? Or even opened the page? The graphic right at the start shows problems throughout the country. The very first

by arp242 3y ago

I'm sorry, but have you actually read the article? Or even opened the page? The graphic right at the start shows problems throughout the country. The very first line is "Overuse is draining and damaging aquifers nationwide", the very first concrete example cited is Kansas, which is hardly the South-West, and the second example is New York state, which is even less in the South-West. It goes on with many examples, stories, and anecdotes from outside the South-West.

linuxftw 3y ago
You can look at the 'record lows' map and see that the vast majority of these wells are in the south west and California. And for the east coast and Mississippi region, they don't use deep aquifer wells, they use rain-charged ground water wells that fluctuate with the climate.
goodbyesf 3y ago
> and the second example is New York state New York and pretty much all states east of the mississippi suffer from an overabundance of rainwater/water. Water will never be a long term problem here, at least not for a very very very long time. As for kansas, no offense, but who cares? There have always been supposed water issues in that part. If the fear mongers were right, kansas would have been a barren deserted wasteland decades ago. Of course if the fear mongers were right, civilization would have ended already due to peak oil, global cooling, global warming, 2012, the pandemic, etc. BTW, more than 70% of americans live east of the mississippi. So america isn't using up its groundwater like there is no tomorrow. Small parts of america might be. But on the whole, the US is rich in water. Water isn't a problem in the US and will never be. But for some reason, the fear mongering never ends. Maybe fear sells. I don't know. Every fear years, the news runs the same fear mongering story. It's like groundhog's day. Whatever happened to lake mead? Did the apocalypse already happen and I miss it? I swear a few years ago, california was over due to water. California still around? Mount Rainier was supposed to lose its snow cap by now. Is Mt Rainier bald as a monk now?

by arp242 3y ago

linuxftw 3y ago

You can look at the 'record lows' map and see that the vast majority of these wells are in the south west and California. And for the east coast and Mississippi region, they don't use deep aquifer wells, they use rain-charged ground water wells that fluctuate with the climate.

goodbyesf 3y ago

> and the second example is New York state New York and pretty much all states east of the mississippi suffer from an overabundance of rainwater/water. Water will never be a long term problem here, at least not for a very very very long time. As for kansas, no offense, but who cares? There have always been supposed water issues in that part. If the fear mongers were right, kansas would have been a barren deserted wasteland decades ago. Of course if the fear mongers were right, civilization would have ended already due to peak oil, global cooling, global warming, 2012, the pandemic, etc. BTW, more than 70% of americans live east of the mississippi. So america isn't using up its groundwater like there is no tomorrow. Small parts of america might be. But on the whole, the US is rich in water. Water isn't a problem in the US and will never be. But for some reason, the fear mongering never ends. Maybe fear sells. I don't know. Every fear years, the news runs the same fear mongering story. It's like groundhog's day. Whatever happened to lake mead? Did the apocalypse already happen and I miss it? I swear a few years ago, california was over due to water. California still around? Mount Rainier was supposed to lose its snow cap by now. Is Mt Rainier bald as a monk now?