I was having a discussion the other day with a friend about once through cooling which is what General Mills wanted to do and numerous other businesses and office buildings continue to do. We got to talking about the irony of taking dirty water from the Mississippi, treating it, and distributing it throughout the city while at the same time millions of gallons are pumped directly out of the Jordan Aquifer to be run through cooling systems and dicharged back into the river or the streams and creeks that feed the river. I'm not as knowledgeable about these things as I would like to be but I wonder what volumes of water were talking about that move through the water works daily relative to the volumes pumped from the aquifer. Then of course, what are the costs, etc and a million other nitty gritty little details. I don't really want to reinvent the wheel here but I am curious why we don't do this. My guess is that the technology involved in accessing the two sources has changed considerably since we first built the water works. As I understand the hydrology of the state and the aquifer it is self replenishing as long as we do not tamper with an area north of Mille Lacs that is swampland that filters water back into the aquifer. Anybody out there knowledgeable in these matters who might enlighten us. Thirsting for a glass right now. Thanks. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
