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| Iran Sinking as Aquifers Dry Up |
| 2008-09-25 |
| Iran is drawing groundwater faster than it can be replenished, causing large chunks of farmland to sink and rocking buildings off their foundations, according to a new study. But on the bright side, we're going to be a nuclear nation soon! Satellite radar observations indicate the water table has sunk an average of 1.5 feet annually during the past 15 years, sinking the unsupported soil above it. Probably being used for all those centrifuges. The loose, shaky soil exacerbates earthquake damage, No, really? Hooda thunk it! according to study author Mahdi Motagh from GFZ, the German Research Centre for Geosciences based in Potsdam, Germany. The overdraws come from a growing population and an explosion Insert bad pun here.... in industry and farming. Half of Iran's water comes from aquifers. "This can only be mitigated by finding water elsewhere For once, I don't think they mean Israel, which is also a desert. Anyway, if ImaDinnerJacket has his way, any water or by drastically reducing water use for agriculture, industry and personal use So of course he's an expert on it. Iran's groundwater troubles -- as well as its subsequent sinking -- mirror problems faced worldwide, including in the U.S., where groundwater is in increasingly short supply in the arid Western states. Yep, it's All Our Fault. I'm surprised they didn't blame the Jooooooooos. |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
| #14 And those cities shall sink. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-09-25 21:34 |
| #13 Someone has to say it. IT'S BUSH'S FAULT! |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-09-25 18:41 |
| #12 Moose, what is this, do you have a link? I ask because I use a lab grade RO/DI and the rejection rate is 4:1 - that's alot to spew off for a clean gallon. |
| Posted by: bombay 2008-09-25 17:05 |
| #11 Can't count on solar power as much if the solar wind continues to wind down. No solar wind = more cloud cover = global cooling. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-25 15:17 |
| #10 Waiting for the Dems to also add THIS to their no drill agenda in 5, 4, 3,... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-25 14:27 |
| #9 To which we can add a bit of baking soda and iodine-free table salt, and instant healthy potability! ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-25 13:57 |
| #8 There is a new nanotech filter that only passes through water molecules, nothing larger. Plus it only uses 1/4th the power of conventional reverse osmosis, and is both scalable and low maintenance. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-25 13:54 |
| #7 So, we got Al Goreacle telling us we are all gonna drown because of rising sea levels. At the same time, these augifers are being depleted. Seems like we need to build a slew of desalination plants to suck water out of the ocean instead of from the ground. They can be powered by tidal/wave energy right off shore. Problem solved...bingo, bango, bongo. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2008-09-25 13:36 |
| #6 sounds like time to invest in solar stills along our coast lines. |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-09-25 13:04 |
| #5 Now would be a good time to think about GC crops, the Evil JEW crops that use much less water. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-25 11:08 |
| #4 It was around my third year of engineering school when we learned how to calculate how much a well can safely put out. Safely as in sustainably. If you overtax an aquifer it compacts, permanently, thus reducing its hydraulic conductivity. That's just engineering talk for the speed water moves through a permeable layer of earth, the point is it is permanently decreased with overuse. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-25 11:05 |
| #3 ...---... ...---... we are sinking, we are sinking! Hallo, hallo.....vat are you sinking? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-25 10:42 |
| #2 Before 9/11, it was predicted that war over water supplies was going to cause the next world-wide convulsion. There's a long list of simple, low-cost conservation techniques that could put the problem off for a while (fix leaking pipes being the first item) that a large part of the world, including the U.S., have not bothered to implement. After all, water falls from the sky. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-25 10:41 |
| #1 Sorry, mods - thought I put this in non-WOT. On the other hand.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-25 10:35 |