Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-19 Thread Linda Starr
Dwight, Rob, et al, Thanks Rob for noting the real point of the article. It's about the need to Conserve and Manage H2O consumption. Harvesting rain water off rooftops is especialldy legal in NM, so far. Many folks in the North and South Valley of Albuq. do it and in the inner city as well, and

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-18 Thread Pete Lindsley
Thanks, Matthew. Back a few decades ago when in Dallas trying to plan kayak and raft trips 600 miles away in St. Elena Canyon, it was difficult to determine how much water would be in the river. All you could go on was the BBNP phone call that gave you the depth of the water at one place in the

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-17 Thread Michael Gibbons
Get a rope On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 4:00 PM Geary Schindel wrote: > I’ll see if I can weight in and make some sense. My understanding is that > water below Del Rio and the Falcon Reservoir are used for irrigation in the > lower Rio Grande Valley. In some very dry years, there is insufficient >

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-17 Thread Geary Schindel
I’ll see if I can weight in and make some sense. My understanding is that water below Del Rio and the Falcon Reservoir are used for irrigation in the lower Rio Grande Valley. In some very dry years, there is insufficient water to meet all the irrigation demands and that the Rio Grande doesn’t

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-17 Thread jerryatkin
Almost no water from the Rio Grande above its confluence with the Rio Concho (from Mexico), makes it to Big Bend. There are many miles of dry river bed where it used to flow. Almost all water that you paddle in the canyons of Big Bend comes from the Rio Concho, which is heavily polluted at

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-17 Thread Dwight Deal
Hi Rob: I did not mean to diminish the seriousness of the problem. My major point is that it is much more complicated than most people realize, including some of those who are trying to grapple with the issue. Basically, too many people and not enough water. It is hard to change that. You

Re: [Texascavers] [SWR CAVERS] Jim Evatt nailed it.: Our beloved Rio Grande

2018-09-17 Thread John Corcoran III
Thanks Dwight! It is always useful to have some real data and analysis to calibrate articles like Parker wrote. Regards, John From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dwight Deal Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:23 PM To: Lee Skinner ; Linda Starr ; Evatt ; 1-Dwight Cc: RGVBB