Reel McKoi wrote:


"Snooze" wrote:

## I had a well in NY. Why not use the water as it was there and
replenished with each rainfall and snowfall. If no one used it, it just
ended up in the river and then on down to the ocean.

That's _only_ true for a dug well (ie, a well that is only a few feet deep).
Deep water acquifers take decades to centuries to recharge.

It's not like there is an limitless supply of
ground water for everyone to freely use.

## That depends on where you live. I live in the mid-south. No water
shortages here.

That's the kind of attitude that is going to turn the Ogallalla region into
a desert (that is, that part of it that isn't already one).

Decades of using the ground water
in the Salinas valley by the farmers as if it's a free resource has
caused salt water from the oceans to get drawn into the ground water
supply.

## I'm aware of that.

Yet you encourage the same thing to happen in your area?

## Our water here in TN comes from a small town Utility's deep well. The
surrounding towns get it from the river or a huge nearby lake. Again, it
depends on where you live.

Note: "deep well". That's the problem...
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derek