by the way, keep an eye Colorado River water rights
I’m not super familiar with US geography or agriculture - but i’m guessing that water from Minnesota is important for the central and south western states?
Nah, Minnesota doesn’t have anything to do with it. (er, that i’m aware of…)
The river’s mostly fed by snowmelt from Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Major source of water for Navada, Southern California, and Arizona. Water output has been in decline for a few decades and if trends continue (see “Climate Change”), water usage is gonna become a major point of contention between all involved parties.
Minnesota has lots of lakes and is on the Mississippi river. But it has no relevance to the drought in the southwest. North American Water and Power Alliance was something the us wanted to do - redirecting canadian rivers into the rockies.
The US doesn’t pipe water that far. The West gets water from rivers like the Missouri, the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the Arkansas, etc. They also unsustainably draw from natural aquifers.
I’m not super familiar with US geography or agriculture - but i’m guessing that water from Minnesota is important for the central and south western states?
Nah, Minnesota doesn’t have anything to do with it. (er, that i’m aware of…)
The river’s mostly fed by snowmelt from Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Major source of water for Navada, Southern California, and Arizona. Water output has been in decline for a few decades and if trends continue (see “Climate Change”), water usage is gonna become a major point of contention between all involved parties.
Is the implication that if Minnesota breaks from the union, Colorado (and other blue states) would follow?
No, I don’t think so. Just that there’s inter-state turmoil brewing. How it plays out is anybody’s guess.
Minnesota has lots of lakes and is on the Mississippi river. But it has no relevance to the drought in the southwest. North American Water and Power Alliance was something the us wanted to do - redirecting canadian rivers into the rockies.
The US doesn’t pipe water that far. The West gets water from rivers like the Missouri, the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the Arkansas, etc. They also unsustainably draw from natural aquifers.