[Vision2020] Palouse Water Resouces: Was (no subject)

[Ted Moffett]

The future impacts of increasing rates of water use is just one aspect of
increasing rates of resource consumption overall.  We in the US are already
consuming resources at a planetary wide non-sustainable rate, if these rates
of per capita resource consumption are extended to billions more people.

"The Planet" documentary quotes resource management experts who point out
that if the developing economies of China, India and others consume
resources at the per capita rate of the developed economies of Europe and
the US, and others, it will take five Earths to maintain the "resource
throughput," according to Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, executive director of
Global Footprint Network.  He states in "The Planet" documentary, simply:
"This cannot be the goal."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94tYMWz_Ia4

http://www.mnforsustain.org/author_wackernagel_mathis.htm
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On 3/11/09, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Great post! Until we KNOW how much water we have, selling it seems
> irresponsible.
>
> Joe Campbell
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>  As far as I have determined, the amount of water that can be
> extracted from the aquifers serving the Palouse before shortages become a
> major problem, is not well known.  The recharge rate is debatable.  More
> scientific study of this issue is required.  If someone knows of more recent
> definitive scientific information on this issue, perhaps they can post it.
>
> Making short term profit facilitating depletion of a critical resource via
> supplying it to out of state developments is desirable to some.  What is
> needed is regional management based on science based knowledge of
> maintaining long term viability of the aquifers.  A patchwork of differing
> laws and regulations in different states, counties and cities may not
> address the environmental reality of where water comes from and how the
> resource is distributed by natural processes.  The argument repeated over
> and over that Whitman County will use the water anyway, so Moscow may as
> well make a profit off selling it, even if it does deplete the
> aquifer, ignores potential long term economic and environmental problems for
> both Whitman and Latah Counties.
>
> I know nothing about the law in regards to enforcing regional management of
> aquifers.  But I am reminded of the cooperative efforts in fish management
> in international waters, to prevent long term depletion of fish, which hurts
> all nations involved in fishing.  If the Palouse aquifers become critically
> depleted, both Latah and Whitman Counties may lose.
>
> Ted Moffett
>
> On 3/10/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
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>> I invite everybody to browse, read, view, and/or download the wide-ranging
>> videos, resordings, and documents available at:
>>
>> The Palouse Basin Water Summit 2008 (October 7, 2008)
>>
>> http://www.moscowcares.com/PBWS2008
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>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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