--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > MUM may be thinking about moving to Kansas for just this reason > > > > (starting from scratch in building a SV-compliant community), > > but > > > this > > > > is, as the newspaper notes, a real dry area, and it's unlikely > > they > > > > could get the water to support much of a population, but maybe > > > there > > > > is enough to support a campus and Siddha community of similar > > size > > > > present in Fairfield now (about 1800 total). As far as a big > > > organic > > > > farming operation, the lack of water makes that almost a sure > > non- > > > > starter. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Washington Township has small lakes and you call it dry? > > > > > > > ****************** > > > > From the article: > > > > "The water issue, as far as I know, is the biggest they are up > > against." > > > > Water is relatively scarce in Smith County, and there is concern > > there might not be enough to support the planned World Capital of > > Peace." > > >
> I guess I'm too used to living in a desert where ALL the > drinkablewater comes from wells. I have a hard time grasping a place > that can have natural open bodies of water and still have a "water > problem." > The problem is probably not a couple hundred more people taking showers, but trying to horn in on the existing allotment of water to farmers who are already operating in Smith County for the organic farming operation the Global Country wants to start, and that will take a lot of water, much of it sucked out of wells which will affect all farmers in the area: "Agriculture accounts for over 80 percent of water consumed in the U.S." http://tinyurl.com/n6ppt The Brahmastan is close to the dividing line (the 100th meridian) between wet and dry climate in the USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_meridian_west To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
