Looking like a very dry year, this is making all the water users nervous, which means a steady stream of people filing in the office wanting help.
I guess there is a good side to everythingB-)
If there were a way to have sent some of the local flood waters your way, I would have gladly opened the valve to do so. At least 8in+ has fallen since starting on Tuesday.
Friends returned from West Texas and there have been fire hazard areas there that reach across several states.
A Harris, post: 361756, member: 81 wrote: If there were a way to have sent some of the local flood waters your way, I would have gladly opened the valve to do so. At least 8in+ has fallen since starting on Tuesday.
Friends returned from West Texas and there have been fire hazard areas there that reach across several states.
Yes please send it, rumblings of shut-offs are already starting,,,,,,,
Everything newer than 1950 will be in play to start, if we don't get something from the sky it's going to be a wild summer.
When water goes into regulation,,,,,yuck!!!!
Means extra work for us no doubt, but not always the kind you want to see.........
A few hours ago I heard that the rain count is over 12in and still falling. My gauge filled at 8in on Wed.
Louisiana has shut down schools and universities and their stations are constantly showing lists of others to not show up.
All the area lakes have been swollen full all winter.
I believe about half of Texas has been fighting over our water rights for years.
Our water table has fallen since the onset of a major water system around here and their placing deep wells every 5mi or so on a grid across the area.
When the oil and gas boom hit many were selling water by the truck loads to port down below I20.
There have been saline areas for decades from salt injection of wells where fresh water has to be piped in.
#1 reason I bought the house I am in 1987 was because of the water well.
A Harris, post: 361815, member: 81 wrote: A few hours ago I heard that the rain count is over 12in and still falling. My gauge filled at 8in on Wed.
Louisiana has shut down schools and universities and their stations are constantly showing lists of others to not show up.
All the area lakes have been swollen full all winter.
I believe about half of Texas has been fighting over our water rights for years.
Our water table has fallen since the onset of a major water system around here and their placing deep wells every 5mi or so on a grid across the area.
When the oil and gas boom hit many were selling water by the truck loads to port down below I20.
There have been saline areas for decades from salt injection of wells where fresh water has to be piped in.
#1 reason I bought the house I am in 1987 was because of the water well.
The cool thing about Wyoming is it has what is considered the Gold Standard for adjudicated water rights.
I believe it's also the only state where surveyors are allowed to "do" water rights.
Which puts us in a unique situation, since we are at the top of the countries water system, all the down hill states have been chomping at our water for years.
And that puts many water users in the crosshairs of the downhill users