Governor discusses water battle in Snake Valley
EskDale residents unite against a pipeline to Nevada, but split on whether Herbert should sign water-sharing pact.
By Brian Maffly
| The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Mar 20 2013 07:43 pm • Last Updated Mar 21 2013 10:48 am
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Please post this on the other blogs, I did not care to register.
ReplyDeleteHere is a blog thread over in the Owens Valley that explores unexpected damage caused by water displacement.
http://www.sierrawave.net/23899/ladwp-sends-lawyers/comment-page-1/
I really feel for your community, water removal is disaterous for the environment. The answers to the problems are recycling grey water, conservation and local residential capture. Check out the thread and see how the facts are ignored.
The Eastern Sierra Museum in Owens Valley has a newspaper on display which shows a family whose Father killed himself because of a failing ranch due to no water, abandon schools, lost ranches, closed business',etc, the result of loosing your water will be ruin for your community. Call them and get a copy for your next protest or meeting.
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Get a copy of the paper so you can see what is coming.
Snake Valley watershed is about water sustainability and aquifer replenishment
ReplyDeleteThe results of over pumping are disastrous, look at this USGS link about land subsidence.
It is truly amazing.
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwlandsubside.html
From the USGS Groundwater site.
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/gwdepletion.html
Excessive pumping can overdraw the groundwater “bank account”
The water stored in the ground can be compared to money kept in a bank account. If you withdraw money at a faster rate than you deposit new money you will eventually start having account-supply problems. Pumping water out of the ground faster than it is replenished over the long-term cause’s similar problems. The volume of groundwater in storage is decreasing in many areas of the United States in response to pumping. Groundwater depletion is primarily caused by sustained groundwater pumping. Some of the negative effects of groundwater depletion:
• drying up of wells
• reduction of water in streams and lakes
• deterioration of water quality
• increased pumping costs
• land subsidence
• salt water intrusion