Comments on: Rancher proposes water pipeline from Missouri to Colorado http://aquafornia.com/archives/7707 The California Water News blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:52 -0800 hourly 1 By: dfb http://aquafornia.com/archives/7707/comment-page-1#comment-11641 dfb Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:31:42 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=7707#comment-11641 Ray, your message is too cryptic. What banks already exist? and how does it not take power to move the water. Ray, your message is too cryptic. What banks already exist? and how does it not take power to move the water.

]]> By: WaterSource http://aquafornia.com/archives/7707/comment-page-1#comment-11579 WaterSource Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:18:26 +0000 http://aquafornia.com/?p=7707#comment-11579 Colorado too can receive a million acre feet a year by exchange, if they too want to cooperate & coordinate efforts .... CA, NV and even CO certainly need Drought Insurance and a Drought Water Bank. The banks (existing storage facilities) are already built and most are only half full ! Why not store a million acre feet of real NON-TRIBUTARY fresh water EACH YEAR from a Source that is ALREADY legally available, economically feasible and can be developed without damage to the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere ! Yes, such a FRESH WATER Source does in fact exist. It's NON-TRIBUTARY aspect legally allows water developed from it complete flexibility in the region's multi-faceted complex distribution and delivery systems. The reason for the flexibility is because there will be NO HARM to existing water rights, entitlements, Court rulings or environmental flows ! Development of the new fresh water Source and associated infrastructure will provide the greatest returns in achieving economic recovery, tremendous JOB GROWTH, greater efficiency and farm productivity. With cooperation & coordination of efforts, it Is also possible to develop the Source so that no power will be required to move the water. The infrastructure also be designed to deal with the quagga mussel problem . "The laughter of fools has always been the reward of any man who comes up with a new thought.” Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com Colorado too can receive a million acre feet a year by exchange, if they too want to cooperate & coordinate efforts ….

CA, NV and even CO certainly need Drought Insurance and a Drought Water Bank.

The banks (existing storage facilities) are already built and most are only half full !

Why not store a million acre feet of real NON-TRIBUTARY fresh water EACH YEAR from a Source that is ALREADY legally available, economically feasible and can be developed without damage to the environment or the water rights of anyone, anywhere !

Yes, such a FRESH WATER Source does in fact exist.

It’s NON-TRIBUTARY aspect legally allows water developed from it complete flexibility in the region’s multi-faceted complex distribution and delivery systems.

The reason for the flexibility is because there will be NO HARM to existing water rights, entitlements, Court rulings or environmental flows !

Development of the new fresh water Source and associated infrastructure will provide the greatest returns in achieving economic recovery, tremendous JOB GROWTH, greater efficiency and farm productivity.

With cooperation & coordination of efforts, it Is also possible to develop the Source so that no power will be required to move the water.

The infrastructure also be designed to deal with the quagga mussel problem .

“The laughter of fools has always been the reward of any man who comes up with a new thought.”

Ray Walker (Retired Water Rights Analyst) waterrdw@yahoo.com

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