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If only people realized how much of a water problem we really do have in this country (and this world). This will be interesting to follow, so thank you for the heads up. I found the article online here.
If only political borders aligned themselves with watersheds, we may have had a better appreciation of water. This is an interesting read: Natural Boundary / Political Boundary. There are a lot of websites out there though that discuss this topic.
Many people unfortunately and very erroneously think that water is a right. Whether it be to their business or their health. Sure, maybe it should be, but it costs money to get to your faucet, it costs money to treat, and it is very much a dwindling resource. Many of us here in America expect that water will flow when we turn the faucet on, just as we expect that the lights will turn on when we flip the switch. All of this comes at a cost, both literally and figuratively.
Around here, the one water basin commission in charge of protecting water resources is being slandered (my choice of word) from local politicians who claim they are "charging too much" for permits and water use (despite the fact that the communities specifically chose payments as their mitigation method*--and that they get a municipality discount). Essentially saying that they're lining their pockets. This is just plain wrong and is a bid to gain votes literally at the expense of their own voting electorate. But, they don't care, as long as they get the votes. These old politicians don't care, since they'll be long gone by the time water issues become a problem, especially in the Northeast, where water isn't a hot topic issue, yet.
The next few decades will be very interesting.
*They have several options for mitigating their consumptive water use, one of those is payment of a fee for the commission to find water elsewhere through storage or release of water from dams during periods of drought. They had the option of coming up with their own mitigation methods, but likely found them to be more expensive than simply paying the commission to do it. So, now, they don't want to pay, either. The problem is that the Commission has to balance these communities' water consumption along with all the other people. This **** really ****ing annoys me, because it's not in the best interest of anyone except the ****ing stupid politicians. Apologies for my curse words.
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