Yes. Is the Ogallala aquifer associated with the aboriginals in South
Dakota? Arent there
Ogallala Sioux or am I confused. Or what is it?
I am not sure I am on any significant aquifer. It should be called
the potash aquifer judging
by the taste of the water.. Over time wells usually have to go deeper.
There seem to be several layers separate from one another. When the
quality deteriorates you can usually punch through to another layer.
There is a significant aquifer to the south called the Oak Lake
aquifer. I had some property down there. Punch a sandpoint down 12 feet
and
all the water you need. Not so here. Have to go down a couple of
hundred feet and the water
does not taste as good.
Most farming here is dry land farming. Irrigation usually draws upon
rivers or man-made lakes behind dams so there isnt the same demand on
aquifers or ground water. If anything with rural depopulation there is
less demand on water resources than earlier and with conservation of wet
lands the water table is improved. My son did a study on irrigation in
Saskatchewan.
Only with certain types of crops did it actually seem to be economically
feasible. Crops such as potatoes make a profit but with grains the
increased yields were often not sufficient to cover the costs associated
with irrigation.
Eventually wont decreased water supplies and higher irrigation
costs in parts of California make it uneconomical to grow many crops
using irrigation?
It will be interesting if the US demands that Canada export water
to the
US and whether under the terms of NAFTA we will be forced to share.
This has been a
moot point and fiercely debated when NAFTA was being passed. Resources
such as oil
cannot be priced differently for export and domestic use and except in
quite special circumstances must be shared. The question is are we
alllowed to husband water for our
own use or must it be shared too.Maybe Tom or Paul have the details
about this..
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Eugene Coyle wrote:
> He's in Canada.
>
> Brad De Long wrote:
>
> > >The manner in which collective ownership can often provide cheap
> > >and simple solutions to problems is illustrated by the water
> > >supply systems in the small town in which I live.
> > >The town was settled in stages. At first there were not enough
> > >people to set up a municipal water supply. Settlers as they came
> > >in started co-operatively owned but quite informally structured
> > >water systems. Most did not have enough money for individual
> > >wells so each person chipped in so much money and a well would be
> > >dug with lines running to each
> > >members property...These systems still survive many decades after
> > >they were begun.
> >
> > Are you on the Ogallalla aquifer?
