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Here's how southeast Australia, Victoria state, faced their water crisis
http://www.water.vic.gov.au/initiatives/desalination
While Austin Still Waters Its Lawns, Texas Considers Cutting Off Water To A Major Estuary
The record-breaking drought that’s gripped Texas for the last five years has prompted the state’s public utility to call for a halt of freshwater flow to its second-largest estuary.
That decision could wreak havoc on the estuary’s ecosystem, and environmentalists in Texas are calling on the state’s cities to enact other water-saving rules first: in Austin, for instance, residents are still allowed to water their lawns, despite the drought.
On Sept. 26, the Lower Colorado River Authority filed an application to the state asking to be allowed to halt freshwater input into Matagorda Bay, an estuary on the Texas coast that provides important habitat for many species of birds, fish and mammals and is a nursery for for finfish, shrimp and crabs. Currently, the Authority is obligated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to send a certain amount of water down the Colorado into the estuary each year, a setup known as “environmental flow” that’s aimed at ensuring the health of the estuary ecosystem.
Already, the Texas drought has meant the amount of freshwater flowing into the bay from the Highland Lakes is at historic lows, which means the salinity level of the bay is dangerously high, threatening the marine creatures that live in the bay. When salt levels in the bay get too high, young shrimp, fish and oysters have a hard time surviving, which is bad news for the ecosystem and for the fishing industry that depends on it.
“Our estuaries here in Texas have been gradually, slowly starved to death because the cities have been taking more and more water,” Buddy Treybig, a commercial fisherman in Matagorda County, told ClimateWire. “Over the last few years, we’re having to go further and further offshore to find shrimp, which means we’re already not producing. If they cut this off, then it’s completely done.”
While Matagorda Bay awaits its fate, cities like Austin still haven’t stepped up their water usage rules. Austin is under Stage 2 water restrictions, which means residents, businesses and schools can water their lawns during restricted days and times, despite the fact that it would take about 11 inches of rain to officially end the drought in Austin.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/201...-water-cutoff/
Anybody trust Repug governance to address TX medium/long-term water crises?
Here's how southeast Australia, Victoria state, faced their water crisis
http://www.water.vic.gov.au/initiatives/desalination
Danny Forster has superb do entary on the Wonthaggi project in his "Build It Bigger" series
http://www.dannyforster.com/item/aus...nation-project
here's another approach from FORWARD-thinking, water-stressed southern CA:
Sewage in O.C. goes full circle
Intensive cleaning will yield drinking water and a buffer against import cost hikes and shortages.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/02/local/me-reclaim2
Maybe Gov. Wendy Davis will address TX's water crisis.
It will be hilarious when TX drills down to fossil water depths to find all the water has been poisoned with fracking chemicals.
"Pray for rain" is the official water policy for the state of Texas, isn't it?
AFAIK you can only water your lawn one day a week in Austin, if the latest missive they sent out is still correct. Some people brazenly defy it.
Drought officially over in Texas
http://www.foxsanantonio.com/news/fe...l#.VVN3ijfbL5o
Prayers answered. Thank you Jesus.
AgriLife Research study: Salinization of groundwater resources in Texas is a growing concern
http://today.agrilife.org/2013/11/15...owing-concern/
that's about 2 years old. I'm sure they've corrected whatever problem there was.
yes, two years of drought have really stemmed the rise of brackish water!
The drought isn't over until the lakes, rivers and aquifers are back to normal levels.
Why did Jesus cause the drought in the first place?
yes, two years of drought have really stemmed the rise of brackish water!
Oh well.
to punish the s who need water to wash down their AIDS tails.
the heavier brackish,salty water rises when the lighter fresh rain water is insufficient to hold it down.
drought over?
http://sawaterco.com/rainfall-data-san-antonio-dam
That's just for one spot.the heavier brackish,salty water rises when the lighter fresh rain water is insufficient to hold it down.
drought over?
http://sawaterco.com/rainfall-data-san-antonio-dam
If I run outside right now (it's raining) with a cup in each hand, one will have a different reading than the other.
That's not how the drought index works.
Cali needs to start praying
Uhhh Boo. Why are you posting rainfall numbers from California?the heavier brackish,salty water rises when the lighter fresh rain water is insufficient to hold it down.
drought over?
http://sawaterco.com/rainfall-data-san-antonio-dam
"San Antonio Water Company" is not in San Antonio...
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BTW, there is so much fresh water in the bays right now that they are overflowing onto the land...Corpus Christi Bay is 2' over the runway at the Naval Air Station.
http://www.kristv.com/story/29046041...-line-flooding
Boo will probably use that as an example of sea level rise due to global warming.
Cali needs to start praying
Yeah we are majorly ed right now. Although we got a half inch last weekend in San Diego and are supposed to get another inch in the next few days. The restrictions and fines they are applying to the residents is a joke, if we were to cut our water use by 50% it wouldn't make a dent. They need to go after the ing almond/walnut farmers who are sucking up all of our water and then exporting to Asia. Seriously them.Cali needs to start praying
They needed to start water restrictions years ago. If Cali's drought follows the Texas pattern you got years ahead of you with little relief. Cali is ed if that happens.
And the bay fishing sucks when the bays get filled with so much fresh water.
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