08-18-2013, 02:55 AM
Man, this'un jerks my chain. I watch water being wasted daily and think / wonder how much longer can we do so.
Now that the release from Lake Powell is being cut back, Lake Mead is going to drop like a stone. This will shortly threaten Las Vegas' water supply adding impetus to the idiotic idea of pumping water out of the Snake Valley aquifer to support those fountains and swimming pools. We here in Utah need to get up in arms about this far more than we have up to this point. If the pumping plan comes to pass, I'm betting the first manifestation of the foolishness of the project will be when Big Spring in the south end of Snake Valley dries up. There will go the water for Pruess Lake and better than half of the irrigation water for the farms at Garrison.
The pipeline from Lake Powell to St. George is another folly. The Colorado River is already over allocated. So Utah has rights to some more water out of it. Big deal. Even if we were entitled to all of it, there's enough reason to legally deny it to us and enough money to back the claim. Instead of a pipeline from Lake Powell, Why don't we plan our own pumping project out of the Snake Valley Aquifer?
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Now that the release from Lake Powell is being cut back, Lake Mead is going to drop like a stone. This will shortly threaten Las Vegas' water supply adding impetus to the idiotic idea of pumping water out of the Snake Valley aquifer to support those fountains and swimming pools. We here in Utah need to get up in arms about this far more than we have up to this point. If the pumping plan comes to pass, I'm betting the first manifestation of the foolishness of the project will be when Big Spring in the south end of Snake Valley dries up. There will go the water for Pruess Lake and better than half of the irrigation water for the farms at Garrison.
The pipeline from Lake Powell to St. George is another folly. The Colorado River is already over allocated. So Utah has rights to some more water out of it. Big deal. Even if we were entitled to all of it, there's enough reason to legally deny it to us and enough money to back the claim. Instead of a pipeline from Lake Powell, Why don't we plan our own pumping project out of the Snake Valley Aquifer?
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