The Aquifer States Are PANICKINg

I have posted on this topic before and i need to address it.  firstly, the ongoing fantasy that water can be pumped from Canada somehow turns out to be mostly a smoke job whose implimentation demands fixing things in the USA first.  not least Lake superior is at around 600 feet above seal level while the lowest elevation for the ogallalo aquifer is around 1000 feet.  any fix needs to fix this aquifer in particular.

What is possible is to build a canal from the Red River in North Dakota  all the way down to even Mexico.  what this does is interupt spring runn off flows at a specific elevationn for even watering the aquafer itself or at least feeding irrigation systems.  this canal has to be built if you ever hope to get Canadian water but can be used to stop escapement to the Mississippi.  thzt is huge.

And if you insist in pumpiing water uphill ,then away you go from all those new resevoirs on the Canal.

building this canal and its related engineered hydaulogy is a necessary first step long beofre you take a sibgle drop of water out of the Great Lakes and it may well make that unnecessary.  a massve reintroduction of beavers s also necessary  to increase surface water.  a wet surface can feed that 

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The Aquifer States Are PANICKING — Emergency Meetings, No Solutions, Clock Running Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BdI1LhPBUU

22 Jul 2026

On April 16, 2024, the state of California took an unprecedented step. It placed an entire agricultural region on "probation," seizing control of local groundwater and charging farmers punitive fees to pump from their own wells. This wasn't a response to a new drought; it was a response to a century of unsustainable water use. But this is just one piece of a much larger, more desperate story unfolding across the American West. The vast Ogallala Aquifer, the underground sea that provides 30% of America's irrigation water, is being pumped dry at a terrifying rate. In response, the aquifer states are panicking, and the crisis is fracturing the country into pieces. In California, the government is using the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) to force conservation through state takeovers. In Texas, a bizarre 19th-century law called the "Rule of Capture" legally allows landowners to pump their neighbors' wells dry, creating a chaotic race to the bottom. In Kansas, a brand-new law that took effect on July 1, 2026, has forced local water managers to finally create plans to stop the decline, ending a decades-long policy of "planned depletion." And in Arizona, the nation's strictest water law—the 100-year supply rule—has finally triggered a halt to homebuilding, igniting a massive legal war between the state and developers that is reaching a fever pitch in 2026. This documentary explores the emergency meetings, legal battles, and on-the-ground consequences of America's water bankruptcy. From the near-empty Choke Canyon Reservoir in Texas to the courtroom dramas in Phoenix, we reveal how decades of overdraft are colliding with outdated laws. Featuring insights from key figures like E. Joaquin Esquivel of California's Water Board and analysis of Governor Laura Kelly's dire warnings in Kansas, this is the story of a system breaking in real time. The UN has declared an "Era of Global Water Bankruptcy," and the American West is on the front lines. The clock is running out, and there are no easy solutions.

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