why not build it?

[BIG BONE]

We waste alot of water.There should be restrictions year round.I have a neighbor that waters her 2 acres all day long sometimes..It's ridiculous

Are y'all under water restrictions now cause if you were then I'd call her in. But if y'all are not id water the crap out of it, cause it's my money I'm paying for that water

[Aggie_bowtech]

I make a living selling water pumps. The SAWS Desal project is back out for re-bid. Its brackish water from about 800' deep I believe. You can read the articles on their website. There is a huge electrical consumption needed for these plants.

Overall, I thought that physically generating electricity uses way way way more water than drinking water for consumers?

[Abcdj]

I was in Iowa last week sitting and watching all that water rolling down the Mississippi River which was above flood stage. I was wondering why we don't build a pipe line from here to Texas.

[W-O]

I think there was an evaporation desalination pilot study done in Texas City in the 70's and they determined that to provide enough water to make it financially feasible they would have to build a dome over all of Galveston Bay. One major hurricane and you start all over. Problem is cost. There are some desalination plants in Texas but only as a last resort due to cost. Most rainfall is in the east and least rainfall is in the west which is all uphill from both rainfall rich areas and water from the gulf. It takes a lot of infrastructure and electricity to pump that much water uphill and the average person doesn't want to pay the cost. There was a plan to tap the Mississippi and pipe water all over the state but once the costs were calculated it was dropped. Refined oil (gasoline) sells for about $ 3.50 per gallon right now compared to what you are paying per 1,000 (thousand) gallons of drinking water. One day it will be cost effective but not yet.

[Davoh]

You've been told we have a water availability problem and everyone believes it out of fear, but the reality is that we have a water wasting problem.
More reading:
http://legalpronews.findlaw.com/arti...9#.U4UIFvldWgY

This is probably fairly accurate.

But waste is only part of the problem. its growth and demand. The demand has out-stripped the water being supplied by nature. We need to not only find better ways to supply, but also ways to reduce demand. When you have the some of the fastest growing populations in the nation, during a decade long drought, something is gonna have to give...

[backwoods]

Are y'all under water restrictions now cause if you were then I'd call her in. But if y'all are not id water the crap out of it, cause it's my money I'm paying for that water

This post summarizes most of the cause of the perceived problem.

Number one is the cost of water which as a limited resource is practically free.
It doesn't really hit our pocket books so we waste it like air.
Charge $3 a gallon for water and well find out real quick on how much water we really don't need.

Number two is the behavior and attitude of complete wanton waste of something, even to the harm of others, just because we paid for it.

[br549redneck]

This post summarizes most of the cause of the perceived problem.

Number one is the cost of water which as a limited resource is practically free.
It doesn't really hit our pocket books so we waste it like air.
Charge $3 a gallon for water and well find out real quick on how much water we really don't need.

Number two is the behavior and attitude of complete wanton waste of something, even to the harm of others, just because we paid for it.

We are in stage 5 drought disaster here, Your alloted x number of gallons per month. No outside water use at all. You use more than the alloted number of gallons you pay dearly for it.

[TxTechsan]

El Paso has a desal plant already. It's doable.

[TXHUNT3R]

I am thinking that we need an interstate water pipeline system. The water from flooded areas could be moved to areas of the country that need the water. It would have to be big pipe, maybe twenty feet in diameter. The pumps would be huge. It would create lots of jobs for lots of years. They could take the money out of welfare and food stamp programs and put the poor unfortunate souls to work instead of sitting on their duffs.

Could you imagine the USA without an interstate highway system? It took lots of money and lots of time but we did it and it has paid back it's cost many times over in transportation cost savings.

Now doesn't this make a whole lot of sense!

but until this changes.. http://nypost.com/2013/08/19/when-we...ter-than-work/ ....it will never happen and it is just plain SAD.

[westguy76]

engineer at our office has a desal plant in west texas salt fork of the brazos sells the salt and bottled water to HEB even

[RiverRat1]

Build more lakes. Get water, electricity, and recreation money.

[backwoods]

Build more lakes. Get water, electricity, and recreation money.

So you'll be the first to give up your land to the govt?

[Jhill313]

So you'll be the first to give up your land to the govt?

They aint taking my land. They will have to pry my land and my guns out of my cold dead hands.

This Cowboy worked too hard for his assets.

[RiverRat1]

They aint taking my land. They will have to pry my land and my guns out of my cold dead hands.

This Cowboy worked too hard for his assets.

They won't take your land. It just may be under water a little. You can still use it all you want

[GulfCoastRaider]

Desalination is coming. Several are being built in California and countries overseas have been building and depending on them for years.

I agree there are those of us that are completely spoiled and waste tremendous amounts of water but we in Texas use considerably more in agriculture to produce corn,rice,etc that is propped up by government subsidies, ethanol pricing, and foreign aid to countries that have no water... No point except the government that is putting the water restrictions on farmers and the rest of us are the same people that are driving the need and use of water.

Don't beat me up, am I "all washed up" in these thoughts?

Not taking stabs at farmers at all either, my family and friends are all farmers.