Glad to hear of the re-use of such water. That sure does need to become the normal situation for far more 'water users', starting with cities sewage systems!!!! With all the flooding in eastern SD, cities have dumped sewage before it is adequately treated, maybe because they have no alternative, with no fines.
However, if a farmer has a flood affecting a feedlot lagoon, there are hefty fines, as I understand it. Cities have far more people to spread the costs over, including (at least in the past) federal grants or very low interest loans.
IF water is as scarce as many claim, and I know it is expensive, we need to be cleaning it up for re-use.
It does seem strange, given the fact that water evaporates into the atmosphere and returns as rain/snow in a cycle, that we could be "running out of it" as some claim.
mrj
However, if a farmer has a flood affecting a feedlot lagoon, there are hefty fines, as I understand it. Cities have far more people to spread the costs over, including (at least in the past) federal grants or very low interest loans.
IF water is as scarce as many claim, and I know it is expensive, we need to be cleaning it up for re-use.
It does seem strange, given the fact that water evaporates into the atmosphere and returns as rain/snow in a cycle, that we could be "running out of it" as some claim.
mrj