tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post115368957349916447..comments2024-03-26T15:30:39.733-07:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: IrrigationRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1154050059084955492006-07-27T18:27:00.000-07:002006-07-27T18:27:00.000-07:00I have done my share of pulling irrigation lines. ...I have done my share of pulling irrigation lines. Glad I went to college and dont have to do that anymore. Water is going to be the new oil and the money is going to control it. The big cities can pay a lot more for it than the farmers can, but eventually we will get hungry when the farmers cant grow food anymore.Ingineer66https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319022726561229313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1153851807020350472006-07-25T11:23:00.000-07:002006-07-25T11:23:00.000-07:00Excellent post, Rain. Water is more important than...Excellent post, Rain. Water is more important than oil, we could live without the latter, but never without the former. The scary thing that's going on the world right now is the privatization of water. Something we think of as a public utility will be owned by private corporations. Not such a comforting idea.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1153794697025581452006-07-24T19:31:00.000-07:002006-07-24T19:31:00.000-07:00Once again you bring back memories of yet another ...Once again you bring back memories of yet another part of farm life for me. Irrigation, for us, was a must. We were lucky to have had a canal close by to many of our fields and the neighbors in our area were very supportive of all night irrigating as they had to do the same. We had several different kinds one very similar to the one you show in your pictures. For you it is definitely a job to try and limit how much you take from the stream. Ours was either available or not. In any case I have pictures in my mind of helping to get the systems up and running and yes...listening to the sound of the water.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529583563990127446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1153782136163544542006-07-24T16:02:00.000-07:002006-07-24T16:02:00.000-07:00I agree with Lucy - thanks for the lesson, Rain. ...I agree with Lucy - thanks for the lesson, Rain. Water management is critical - I remember the drought in Northern California in the 1970's when people didn't even flush their toilets if it only contained urine. A glass of water in a restaurant was unheard of. Of course, I also remember all the lines at gas stations too - we dont' learn very well do we? Your stewardship of land is wonderful - i can feel your love and care for it.Suzannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324352371488938537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1153768428210137402006-07-24T12:13:00.000-07:002006-07-24T12:13:00.000-07:00True, true. I think in the future water will be mo...True, true. I think in the future water will be more precious than oil.<BR/> A marvelous post, Rain, as usual. I had no idea how irrigation systems worked and I enjoyed the lesson.goldenlucydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05771923463205968087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-1153754363584297802006-07-24T08:19:00.000-07:002006-07-24T08:19:00.000-07:00I think water management is one of the biggest cha...I think water management is one of the biggest challenges of living in the West. It is critical that it be properly done and will be even more important as our population increases. I really wonder about the tremendous growth I see in the desert SW. They are really short of water and with the great growth they are experiencing in population, people are demanding water that used to go to food production. People can live elsewhere but the food production isn't that easy to move. And they all seem to want golf courses there which are humongous water users. Will we learn to better manage what is there before it is too late?Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381970360203140143noreply@blogger.com