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Might anyone here be familiar with Texas' hydrology? At the handwave level, it seems like one could capture surface water in the Gulf coastal strip, then pump
by bell-cot 2y ago
Might anyone here be familiar with Texas' hydrology? At the handwave level, it seems like one could capture surface water in the Gulf coastal strip, then pump it (uphill, with wind/solar power) further west and north...
OTOH, Pecos, TX is over 400 miles from the coast, at an elevation of nearly 2,600'.
- toomuchtodo 2y agohttps://www.tceq.texas.gov/waterquality/tmdl/hydromaps.html https://www.tceq.texas.gov/waterquality/tmdl/hydromaps.html https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/aquifer/major.asp https://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/aquifer/major.asp Additional state water report products: https://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/2022/docs/SWP22-Water-For-Texas.pdf https://www.twdb.texas.gov/waterplanning/swp/2022/docs/SWP22... [pdf] https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/in-depth/special-reports/water/96-1903.pdf https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/in-depth/special-repor... [pdf]
- telgareith 2y agoI'm not seeing anything here about domestic usage, just agricultural. This seems to me to be a kill the fish to grow cotton issue.