Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Water Supply and Climate Change
It is getting too hot to raise confinement hogs in Southern Iowa. Frankly the bank loan officers loaning on these recent hog confinements in Southeast Iowa should be worried viewing the NASA radar of the melt-off of the old Arctic ice. Watch at least the piece of this one starting at 7:00 minutes in, where he shows with satellite imagery how incredibly fast the arctic ice melted away this July to only one meter of depth or less! https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=fdtK2oH4M0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtK2oH4M0c For Hogs in confinements too.. Heat Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 322 AM CDT Mon Aug 27 2018 ...Hot and Humid Through This Evening... TODAY AND TONIGHT A Heat Advisory continues through early evening for much of the outlook area. Expect afternoon heat index values above 100 degrees. This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. * Impacts...The heat and humidity may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure. The very young, the elderly, those without air conditioning, and those participating in strenuous outdoor activities, and hogs in confinement will be the most susceptible. Also, car interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes, I predict it will be wet. Sal On Aug 26, 2018, at 12:55 PM, skymt...@yahoo.com mailto:skymt...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20 years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change? FF Water Department 1.Where does our water come from? We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer. https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 Growing water use threatens to strain Jordan aquifer https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ The Jordan aquifer provides drinking water to about a half-million Iowans, as well as water that is critical to industries that range from data centers to food processing and ethanol production. The recommendations are designed to warn users that Iowa's now-rich water levels could decline enough in the years ahead that they could hinder job creation and economic development efforts if not managed carefully. "We know at some point we can't keep pumping it down and pumping it down," said Todd Steigerwaldt, manager of the Marion Water Department and leader of the task force looking at the issue. "We know there is additional cost — it's more energy, which is money; and at some point, the lower we pump that water, the poorer the water quality would become." Some major metro areas outside of Iowa that use the Jordan aquifer are already running into trouble. In the Minneapolis area, for example, signs of shrinking groundwater already have appeared, from declining lake levels to wells running dry and damaged trout streams. "Here it's like we've gotten a note that we need to change our oil. In other states, the red check-engine light is flashing," said Michael Anderson, a senior environmental engineer at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "We want to deal with this before it becomes a big problem."
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Water Supply and Climate Change
For Hogs in confinements too.. Heat Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 322 AM CDT Mon Aug 27 2018 ...Hot and Humid Through This Evening... TODAY AND TONIGHT A Heat Advisory continues through early evening for much of the outlook area. Expect afternoon heat index values above 100 degrees. This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. * Impacts...The heat and humidity may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure. The very young, the elderly, those without air conditioning, and those participating in strenuous outdoor activities, and hogs in confinement will be the most susceptible. Also, car interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Yes, I predict it will be wet. Sal On Aug 26, 2018, at 12:55 PM, skymt...@yahoo.com mailto:skymt...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20 years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change? FF Water Department 1.Where does our water come from? We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer. https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 Growing water use threatens to strain Jordan aquifer https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ The Jordan aquifer provides drinking water to about a half-million Iowans, as well as water that is critical to industries that range from data centers to food processing and ethanol production. The recommendations are designed to warn users that Iowa's now-rich water levels could decline enough in the years ahead that they could hinder job creation and economic development efforts if not managed carefully. "We know at some point we can't keep pumping it down and pumping it down," said Todd Steigerwaldt, manager of the Marion Water Department and leader of the task force looking at the issue. "We know there is additional cost — it's more energy, which is money; and at some point, the lower we pump that water, the poorer the water quality would become." Some major metro areas outside of Iowa that use the Jordan aquifer are already running into trouble. In the Minneapolis area, for example, signs of shrinking groundwater already have appeared, from declining lake levels to wells running dry and damaged trout streams. "Here it's like we've gotten a note that we need to change our oil. In other states, the red check-engine light is flashing," said Michael Anderson, a senior environmental engineer at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "We want to deal with this before it becomes a big problem."
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Water Supply and Climate Change
Yes, I predict it will be wet. Sal > On Aug 26, 2018, at 12:55 PM, skymt...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] > wrote: > > > > Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20 > years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change? > > > > FF Water Department > > 1.Where does our water come from? > > > We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer. > > https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 > > > > > > Growing water use threatens to strain Jordan aquifer > > https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ > > > > The Jordan aquifer provides drinking water to about a half-million Iowans, as > well as water that is critical to industries that range from data centers to > food processing and ethanol production. > > The recommendations are designed to warn users that Iowa's now-rich water > levels could decline enough in the years ahead that they could hinder job > creation and economic development efforts if not managed carefully. > > "We know at some point we can't keep pumping it down and pumping it down," > said Todd Steigerwaldt, manager of the Marion Water Department and leader of > the task force looking at the issue. "We know there is additional cost — it's > more energy, which is money; and at some point, the lower we pump that water, > the poorer the water quality would become." > > Some major metro areas outside of Iowa that use the Jordan aquifer are > already running into trouble. In the Minneapolis area, for example, signs of > shrinking groundwater already have appeared, from declining lake levels to > wells running dry and damaged trout streams. > > "Here it's like we've gotten a note that we need to change our oil. In other > states, the red check-engine light is flashing," said Michael Anderson, a > senior environmental engineer at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. > "We want to deal with this before it becomes a big problem." > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [FairfieldLife] Fairfield Water Supply and Climate Change
Great! That's my favorite kind.
[FairfieldLife] Fairfield Water Supply and Climate Change
Does anyone have current assessments of FF's water suppy over the next 20 years, particularly given potential accelerating effects of climate change? FF Water Department 1.Where does our water come from? We have three wells that are tapped into the Jordan Sands Aquifer. https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 https://cityoffairfieldiowa.com/faq.aspx?TID=14 Growing water use threatens to strain Jordan aquifer https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/11/15/water-use-jordan-aquifer-restrictions/19040407/ The Jordan aquifer provides drinking water to about a half-million Iowans, as well as water that is critical to industries that range from data centers to food processing and ethanol production. The recommendations are designed to warn users that Iowa's now-rich water levels could decline enough in the years ahead that they could hinder job creation and economic development efforts if not managed carefully. "We know at some point we can't keep pumping it down and pumping it down," said Todd Steigerwaldt, manager of the Marion Water Department and leader of the task force looking at the issue. "We know there is additional cost — it's more energy, which is money; and at some point, the lower we pump that water, the poorer the water quality would become." Some major metro areas outside of Iowa that use the Jordan aquifer are already running into trouble. In the Minneapolis area, for example, signs of shrinking groundwater already have appeared, from declining lake levels to wells running dry and damaged trout streams. "Here it's like we've gotten a note that we need to change our oil. In other states, the red check-engine light is flashing," said Michael Anderson, a senior environmental engineer at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "We want to deal with this before it becomes a big problem."
