Who Owns the Water

Georgia, Alabama and Florida are locked in an epic battle over the fresh water from their once bountiful rivers.

They call it the "Water Wars." It's a conflict once unthinkable in the deep green South.

But is it all about high-stakes politics and legal action?

Two brothers decide to find out more. David and Michael Hanson paddle the three rivers for 30 days to ask the big questions, at water-level.

From the North Georgia Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico, everyone wants to know Who Owns Water.

California Water Wars

Instead of a peripheral canal, California Governor Jerry Brown and the US Government have announced plans to build a pair of peripheral tunnels.

Under the plan, two huge, side-by-side underground tunnels would carry fresh water 37 miles from the Sacramento River under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, to giant federal and state pumps at Tracy. The tunnels, each larger than 33 feet in diameter — would have the capacity to divert about 67,500 gallons of water a second, a pace that would fill six Olympic-sized swimming pools every minute.

The project construction cost alone would be 14 billion dollars.

The usual water sucking interests are thrilled with the plan while delta residents, environmental groups and Northern California legislators say the tunnels could severely damage the delta ecosystem and agriculture-based economy.

LINK (via: The Washington Post)

Keep water speculators off of the McKenzie River

The Caddis Fly has a very important alert regarding a developers plan to siphon water off the Mckenzie. The developr, Greg Demers, also want to overturn the ODFW’s low-water limit of 2,000 CFS in the summer months that protects Oregon's world class fisheries.

There will be much more comng on this issue, in the meantime read all about it.....

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