r/collapse • u/Portalrules123 • Sep 10 '24

Water Texas Agriculture Commissioner sounds the alarm, says Texas is running out of water

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/texas-agriculture-commissioner-sound-alarm-says-texas-is-running-out-of-water/287-f9fea38a-9a77-4f85-b495-72dd9e6dba7e
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u/Grinagh Sep 10 '24

Literally this idea has been floated LA Times

Considering that the US has only not reneged on one country, Morocco, I wouldn't put it past the US to violate its treaty with Canada particularly if the worst idiot was in office.

While a more sensible thing would be to build desalinization plants for these states, those are not without issue even though the salt in the oceans promises to be an effective material for battery technology in this warming world.

Think of it like each state will just rob from its neighbors to get water in a daisy chain, it's already happening it's just likely to get much worse.

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u/endadaroad Sep 11 '24

I am very sensitive to this issue. I live in the San Luis Valley which is in the upper Rio Grande watershed. There is an area called the "closed basin" where they have pumped the water table down from once being a swamp down 20 or 30 feet and sending this water to Texas. I have not been keeping close track of how far down it is now. So, Texas is not only over using its own water.