UN to Intervene in Detroit Water Crisis

[NWPilgrim]

Deploy the Peace Corps! They can install a few non-regulated shallow wells and buckets of straw for filtering. Bring in the UN to distribute 10,000 bottles of water for 300,000 people (Somalia food riots anyone?). Then they will send in WHO to monitor diseases.

In the end we will be tapped for billions of dollars to have a bunch of NGO people running around filming, interviewing, and recording data. And Detroit will still be third world with nary a drop more water than before.

Question: Has the UN ever solved any problem any where without making it worse and drag on for decades longer at huge cost?

[NWPilgrim]

Deploy the Peace Corps! They can install a few non-regulated shallow wells and buckets of straw for filtering. Bring in the UN to distribute 10,000 bottles of water for 300,000 people (Somalia food riots anyone?). Then they will send in WHO to monitor diseases.

In the end we will be tapped for billions of dollars to have a bunch of NGO people running around filming, interviewing, and recording data. And Detroit will still be third world with nary a drop more water than before.

Question: Has the UN ever solved any problem any where without making it worse and drag on for decades longer at huge cost?

[Crow Hunter]

Wichita Falls, Texas, has received permission from the state to begin recycling waste-water through their municipal water system. This is effective for the next 6 months.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state...wastewater.ece

They are projected to run out of water in 2016, if the drought does not break in Texas.

Water is a very big deal here in this state.

I wish you guys could have some of our water. (West TN)

Holy crap it is like we are living in Vietnam in Monsoon season. It has rained more days than not through the whole month of June. Heck it was only supposed to be a 20% chance of rain today and it came a flood, just as I was leaving work to go to the bank....

Thursday last week I was standing in my driveway in water 2 inches above my ankles for a solid hour trying to keep the front yard drain clean so I could get the water out of the garage.

We usually have a wet spring but much more moderate June with very little rain in July and August. We are already 2 for 2 in July...

My brother lives in Dallas now and he says it is downright "crispy" down there.

[jpmuscle]

Whenever I envision the eventual demise of Detroit I always think of the slums from the movie District 9 for some reason.

[SteveS]

If you have noticed over the years we have been on the path to being on par with other a third world nations {to fit into the new world order} Notice the flood of illegal aliens . All a part to bring this country down ,speed up the crash of the dollar and bring diseases to kill off a portion of the citizens of the U.S. The Bushes, Clintons and Obamas have set the ball rolling to end this country.

[Moose-Knuckle]

If you have noticed over the years we have been on the path to being on par with other a third world nations {to fit into the new world order} Notice the flood of illegal aliens . All a part to bring this country down ,speed up the crash of the dollar and bring diseases to kill off a portion of the citizens of the U.S. The Bushes, Clintons and Obamas have set the ball rolling to end this country.

I would say this is spot on. "Death by a thousand cuts" and all that. No way we would ever be taken by force; time + the never ending assault on our language, borders, and culture has had devastating results for the future of our Republic. For globalism to work (in the minds of those who are pushing us towards that) they know that they can never bring everyone else up to our level so they are subjugating us down to everyone else's.

[Big A]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...wn-water-waste

[SeriousStudent]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...wn-water-waste

The city I live in has grown from 6,000 people to over 70,000 in the last 15 years. We've also cut our water consumption by household almost 40 percent during that time period.

They are pretty draconian about water restrictions. I can water my lawn once every two weeks. If we do not get more rain this summer, they will eliminate all landscape watering, and only allow you to hand-water your trees. Violators face a $2,000 fine.

The flip side is that the city will reimburse you for water-savings systems. If you install a rain-water collection system, they will reimburse you. Same goes for retro-fitting a rain sensor or freeze sensor on your lawn sprinkler system. And both of those are required by code now for new installations. They also will pay you for the difference on washing machines and dishwashers. That's where the fine money goes - into the conservation programs.

[Big A]

The city I live in has grown from 6,000 people to over 70,000 in the last 15 years. We've also cut our water consumption by household almost 40 percent during that time period.

They are pretty draconian about water restrictions. I can water my lawn once every two weeks. If we do not get more rain this summer, they will eliminate all landscape watering, and only allow you to hand-water your trees. Violators face a $2,000 fine.

The flip side is that the city will reimburse you for water-savings systems. If you install a rain-water collection system, they will reimburse you. Same goes for retro-fitting a rain sensor or freeze sensor on your lawn sprinkler system. And both of those are required by code now for new installations. They also will pay you for the difference on washing machines and dishwashers. That's where the fine money goes - into the conservation programs.

I'm not a hippy dippy environmentalist but when it comes to conservation things like that I am all for it. We humans sure waste a lot of water on what I view as decorations (Fountains, lawns, etc.)

[SteveS]

I'm not a hippy dippy environmentalist but when it comes to conservation things like that I am all for it. We humans sure waste a lot of water on what I view as decorations (Fountains, lawns, etc.)

Last year some judge ruled to drain the reservoirs in Northern Calif to... Save some non native smelt living in the delta. Bankrupt the land owners and sell it to the Chinese .