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The fresh water that the PNW currently has access to is mind boggling. If it even comes close to being scarce, the whole world is probably in trouble. We irrig
by pkulak 2y ago
The fresh water that the PNW currently has access to is mind boggling. If it even comes close to being scarce, the whole world is probably in trouble.
We irrigate millions of acres with the Columbia, and it’s still the largest river to hit the Pacific once it gets there. Every city gets their drinking water from their own personal watershed. No one needs to bother sucking water up from far below ground.
- ahmeneeroe-v2 2y agoFrom a per capita perspective you are probably correct, but there are a ton of people in eastern OR & WA that live within a few miles of the river and still have domestic wells into endangered aquifers. Additionally, there are a lot of farmers with ground water rights (ie wells) and not a ton with surface water rights (ie rivers).