Net Zero Water - Part One

Although, I am ultimately talking about the weather, I first have to lay the groundwork, or the groundwater. They are all interconnected. Part of the ever tightening net we find ourselves in these days.

So, moving on from yesterday, I am absolutely fascinated by what I have been researching and it is so huge of a topic that I could literally write a book. But in the interest of brevity, I will try to keep it short.

So, back to Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 1. If you scroll down on their homepage you come to a link concerning water-technology farms. If you click that link it takes you to a page from the Kansas Water Office. Here is their logo:

 

(It states “Ad Astra per Aspera” - which is Latin for “through hardships to the stars” or “to the stars through difficulties” I read somewhere that this saying is on the patches on the arms of Nasa Astronauts but I couldn't find proof of that. Nasa did have an exhibit named that here. Fun fact: there have been 3 astronauts from Kansas.)

Kansas Water Office has a page called Kansas Water Vision.

“In October 2013, Governor Brownback issued a call to action to his Administration to develop a 50-Year Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas stating, “Water and the Kansas economy are directly linked. Water is a finite resource and without further planning and action we will no longer be able to meet our state’s current needs, let alone growth". Incorporating the Vision Action Items into the Kansas Water Plan will formalize the statutory process recognized in state law.”

First off, let's address the lie in his statement. Water is a finite resource. No it's NOT! Water has always been a renewable resource, despite the fact that those with an agenda say other wise. But regardless, they decided to lay out the “Long-Term Vision for the Future of Water Supply in Kansas”. This is the pdf that lays out the whole “vision”. One of the many truths that it states there is one that struck me:

“In addition to significant city water consumption, well water was readily and inexpensively available and was used for many things including non-contact cooling of chemical storage tanks. Since well water was considered cheap and effective it was utilized for a multitude of uses around the facility for cooling, washing and for “insurance” in a few applications.”

Well, we can't have that now can we. Thus began the journey of “conservation.”

“Conservation” is a coded word that ultimately means “limiting” As in “we are saving millions of gallons of water.” Saving it from whom? Us. It is part of the climate action plans and Agenda 2020 and Agenda 2030. So now what use to be free, and unlimited, will now be “regulated”. More on that later.

Here is a link from Debra Tavares on the subject of renewable water. I have heard her speak on the subject before. I haven't heard this particular talk yet, but will listen to it today while I work. Gotta go for now. 

Take care out there.