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The problem with Houston is we actually have a huge underground water source but we can't use it to much because then the ground will sink around an inch a year. I think in here and especially in cali they should try an start desalinization plants, possibly water could be desalinized and pumped over to vegas and phoenix? i don't know if thats realistic or not?
How long ago was it that there were Phoenix forumers on here getting mad that others suggested the city may have a water problem?
I'm not sure what the point of your post is; however, if we must speak about it, I most certainly remember more ignorant posters from outside of Arizona claiming they knew more about Phoenix's water source (there are more than one) than Phoenicians did and they did a lot of bitching about how water conservation was non-existent and the cities were going to dry up soon. Since many of you believe that our only source is Colorado River water, the fact is that of the 2.8 million acre feet of Colorado River water allocated to AZ, only 1.2 million is allocated to the Central Arizona Project and the rest to farms and Indians. Since much water is used for farming, desert farmers should consider converting to drip irrigation rather than flood irrigation (and the result of water being wasted due to evaporation) with the help of federal or state subsidy programs of course due to the high cost involved.
While it is true that climatologists believe that we are experiencing the early stages of extended drought conditions in the region (with help from ring tree analysis covering the past few hundred years), we truly cannot predict 100 percent what the outcome will be, but it is not as though the state of Arizona and its residents are sitting back and doing nothing. There have been times when precipitation levels have been abnormally high for several decades. When you take a look at the difference between water going over the spillways at Hoover Dam in 1984 and then look at the lower levels now, that was attributed to one of the worst El Ninos in history that resulted in high snowpack in the Rockies followed by an unexpected heatwave that Spring. The precipitation levels today are closer to the normal precipitation levels of the preceding 200 years.
I'm not sure what the point of your post is; however, if we must speak about it, I most certainly remember more ignorant posters from outside of Arizona claiming they knew more about Phoenix's water source (there are more than one) than Phoenicians did and they did a lot of bitching about how water conservation was non-existent and the cities were going to dry up soon. Since many of you believe that our only source is Colorado River water, the fact is that of the 2.8 million acre feet of Colorado River water allocated to AZ, only 1.2 million is allocated to the Central Arizona Project and the rest to farms and Indians. Since much water is used for farming, desert farmers should consider converting to drip irrigation rather than flood irrigation (and the result of water being wasted due to evaporation) with the help of federal or state subsidy programs of course due to the high cost involved.
While it is true that climatologists believe that we are experiencing the early stages of extended drought conditions in the region (with help from ring tree analysis covering the past few hundred years), we truly cannot predict 100 percent what the outcome will be, but it is not as though the state of Arizona and its residents are sitting back and doing nothing. There have been times when precipitation levels have been abnormally high for several decades. When you take a look at the difference between water going over the spillways at Hoover Dam in 1984 and then look at the lower levels now, that was attributed to one of the worst El Ninos in history that resulted in high snowpack in the Rockies followed by an unexpected heatwave that Spring. The precipitation levels today are closer to the normal precipitation levels of the preceding 200 years.
I really hope you don't use the term 'Phoenician' in real life.
If someone ever said that word to me in a conversation, I would casually pull out the baby powder from my back pocket, sprinkle a liberal amount on my hand, and proceed to pimp slap the ***** out of them.
I really hope you don't use the term 'Phoenician' in real life.
If someone ever said that word to me in a conversation, I would casually pull out the baby powder from my back pocket, sprinkle a liberal amount on my hand, and proceed to pimp slap the ***** out of them.
Phoenician...wow.....Phoenician.....
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I figured you'd need to understand what a demonym was first.
Thanks for providing such value to the topic in this thread.
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First of all, I am a d!ck in real life as well; a much bigger d!ck actually, because I can't get banned in real life lol.
Now, thank you for the enlightening article about you.
I figured you'd need to understand what a demonym was first.
Thanks for providing such value to the topic in this thread.
Now, thank you for the enlightening article about you.
For all intents and purposes, my post was of equal value to this discussion as any of the others (namely, they're all useless). Water depletion issues aren't going to be solved or surfaced through a CD forum--leave that ***** up to the people who are paid (and qualified) to handle/address it.
I am seriously thinking about relocating to Phoenix, solely so I can refer to myself as a Phoenician.
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