Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Texas Agriculture Commissioner sounds the alarm, says Texas is running out of water WWW.WFAA.COM Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller recently wrote an op-ed describing the problem and offering possible solutions for what he calls “self-reliance.” Quote Texas is losing water. And the problems facing our state now and into the future are real, and getting worse. “We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it’s 700 years before we run out of land. The limiting factor is water. We’re out of water, especially in the Rio Grande Valley,” Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told us on Inside Texas Politics. Miller, and at least two other state lawmakers who’ve appeared on Inside Texas Politics recently, tell us the water shortage issue is about to take center stage in Texas. Miller recently wrote an op-ed describing the problem and offering possible solutions for what he calls “self-reliance.” “Our tomato production in the Valley is just about gone. They usually grow five crops of vegetables in that Winter Garden area. They have enough water to grow one. So, our production’s down 80%. And it’s all about water,” Miller said as an example. Miller thinks the state should prioritize capturing stormwater and reusing treated water. Other options he includes to maximize our water resources involve improving the efficiency of irrigation and other delivery systems, increasing storage capacity and adding new reservoirs. “We gotta recycle our water,” the commissioner said. “Our water treatment water goes into the creek, right out in the Gulf. We need to capture that and let my farmers irrigate with it.” To “maximize every drop,” Miller says part of that would include off-channel storage, so nothing goes to waste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Recycling water? Sounds like some commie liberal nonsense to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 🌊🔪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link200 Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 7 minutes ago, ThreePi said: Recycling water? Sounds like some commie liberal nonsense to me. Just wait, those socialist water saving measures may also get implemented when it gets bad enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Don't know why we aren't paying farmers in places like Texas and Utah to just get the fuck out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 11 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Don't know why we aren't paying farmers in places like Texas and Utah to just get the fuck out. Or just charge for water usage accordingly, and don't provide subsidies to farms. Oh, it turns out that you can't turn a profit when you pay for the actual costs of farming on land that isn't meant for it? Then it shouldn't be done. The issue is that much of the best farmland in the US is also used to provide non-sustenance crops to be sold overseas. Obviously you need to make it possible/affordable to farm sustenance crops for use within the US, no matter the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 7 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Or just charge for water usage accordingly, and don't provide subsidies to farms. Oh, it turns out that you can't turn a profit when you pay for the actual costs of farming on land that isn't meant for it? Then it shouldn't be done. The issue is that much of the best farmland in the US is also used to provide non-sustenance crops to be sold overseas. Obviously you need to make it possible/affordable to farm sustenance crops for use within the US, no matter the effort. It will just get passed on to consumers. But maybe that is a wake up call for some about how much produce (of course it would trend upwards to livestock and dairy as well) could cost in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 As for other areas of the Southwest... Does Arizona have enough water? Phoenix-area cities are spending big to make sure it does WWW.KUNC.ORG Cities around Phoenix are spending billions to develop water infrastructure. Local leaders say it's a necessary step as the Colorado River shrinks and groundwater dries up. Quote Brett Fleck does not have an easy job. He manages water for a city in the desert. He has to keep taps flowing while facing a complicated equation: The city is growing — attracting big business and thousands of new residents every year — but its main source of water is shrinking. Standing on the edge of a sun-baked canal with palm trees lining its banks, Fleck watched water flow into the pipes that supply the Phoenix suburb of Peoria, Arizona. “We're really having a complete changeover in how people view the Colorado River from a reliability standpoint,” he said. The river, which accounts for about 60% of the city’s supply, is stretched thin. Its water is used by 40 million people from Wyoming to Mexico. Climate change is shrinking its supply, and the federal government is scrambling to boost depleted reservoirs. The Biden Administration has poured money on the problem, allocating $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for Colorado River projects. Across the seven U.S. states that use its water, that money has been used to save water in a number of ways — from patching up leaky canals to paying farmers to pause crop planting. A relatively small chunk of that money has gone to cities, but it’s being welcomed with open arms in the Phoenix metro area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Not all of TX has this issue. We're OK in Dallas. But the Rio Grande Valley used to have a ton of cotton fields (WHO KNOWS WHAT FOR???) and a lot of them have been affected by global warming over time or are being turned into real estate/housing. My parent's home used to be on some sort of farming land and the ground is this sticky-ruined mud-dirt from industrial farming that's a pain in the ass to repair. They hardly get any water anymore. I'm also curious how much water SpaceX drinks up down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 1 hour ago, Jason said: inb4waterknife 1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: 🌊🔪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Some company should just start making right wing themed patriot water and sell it for 20 per gallon. Then Fox News can make dozens of fawning articles about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 6 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: General Election poll Minnesota - 🔵 Harris +7 Michigan - 🔵 Harris +3 Pennsylvania - 🔵 Harris +3 Wisconsin - 🔵 Harris +3 Georgia - 🟡 Tie Nevada - 🟡 Tie N. Carolina - 🟡 Tie Arizona - 🔴 Trump +2 Florida - 🔴 Trump +2 Morning Consult #C - LV - 9/8 Look at that, all blue states with tons of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3xB0t Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 25 minutes ago, ThreePi said: Look at that, all blue states with tons of water. Oh, don’t worry, Michigan is doing everything possible to poison the Great Lakes into oblivion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 Water is for soy Boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 33 minutes ago, ThreePi said: Look at that, all blue states with tons of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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