[dynimagelv]

so says the guy from Fart Wayne

[cocytus]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

so says the guy from Fart Wayne

Used to live in Las Vegas.
And I can read(and do) the Vegas papers.

From where do you get your information?
Fox News,Oscar Goodman's press releases, or do you just make it up?

Don't worry...all three are the same thing.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by cocytus

Let's see:

1) California not "winning" is probably a thing of the past. More voters,more clout.

AZ spent decades in the courts. And won mostly. The law of the River is not driven by voters.

2) You seem to be unaware that there is a looming phosphate crisis. As that worsens,agriculture will almost definitely outstrip car washes and swimming pools. Oh yeah....and green lawns.

And you obviously know little about the SW.

3) Where's your source of information about the population doubling? The employment rate is at a historically low right now and the Vegas basin can barely support its current residents.

Projections for water usage and population have existed for many years. Check around. While it would be very nice to see some blocks to returning to high growth none presently exist and there are really no proposals that would do so. The factors that caused the prior growth are still present.

And as for this "water search"..why would it be necessary? The entire Western US has been explored and mapped. All major water sources available using current technology has been identified. Any "search" should be over and the recovery of those resources should already have begun.

Again you display a woeful lack of knowledge of the SW and Nevada. The presence of water in the areas sought by SNWA is well known. What is not known is the sustainable level. In general the knowledge of water availability is very limited and superficial. It is expensive and time consuming to determine what an aquifer can yield.

4) A natural aquifer tales hundreds of thousands ,if not millions, of years to create. How would it be realistically possible for more people to be living in Las Vegas now than have ever lived here and yet it local water source is increasing?
BY osmosis?
I think you need to take a trip to the Spring Preserve and see what they have to say about the matter.

The Las Vegas Valley aquifer can sustain a yield of about 60,000 AF per annum. It is pumped at a much lower level. Thus the aquifer has risen toward the surface for the last ten or more years. Get hold of the various State Engineer and SNWA reports. They show the rise of the aquifer. My well is up about 12 feet over the last 20 years.

Las Vegas in an endangered city and rational and clear-headed thought needs to be the order of the day. Not Pollyanna-ish hoping and dreaming.

Maybe you should consider helping Indiana with its water problems? LV does not appear to be your thing.

[jfkIII]

It could be worse...ask the Louisianans.