Drought Of Commonsense – Opinions From E. Curtis Johnson

The drought is affecting at least part of every Western state except North Dakota. According to some reports, conditions in the South West are reaching 1930’s levels before the dust bowl. Some people are losing focus on the problem and are proposing using gray water use for lawns and shrubs. Gray water is a bandage on a decapitation.

If California didn’t have High Speed Rail clouding its vision, it might see 1200 miles of coastline and the Pacific Ocean. Conservation is good. Building more desalination plants is better. Two of California’s three “desal” plants are shut down or decommissioned. Although, eight more plants have been proposed. Desalination may be moot for the landlocked South West, but Texas has 840 miles of coastline. How do they say it in Texas? Oh ya, “Git ‘er done!”

I’m E. Curtis Johnson. A lack of rain is one thing. A drought of commonsense, as in the lack of desalination plants, is what’s leaving some of the American West high and dry.