The National Smart Water Grid
The availability and sustainability of freshwater is the most important issue facing humanity in this century.
We need Congress to establish a Nation Energy Policy, and a National Fresh Water Policy. Energy and Water form a nexus and together provide National Security; without both, National Security is impaired.
I have researched and written about our need for a sustainable fresh water supply.
We need Congress to establish a Nation Energy Policy, and a National Fresh Water Policy. Energy and Water form a nexus and together provide National Security; without both, National Security is impaired.
I have researched and written about our need for a sustainable fresh water supply.
National Smart Water Grid is available at Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/National-Integrated-Solutions-Sustainable-Supply/dp/0615421431/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
The US experiences floods along the Midwest’s rivers and droughts in the West causing environmental disasters with economic impact. Withdrawing flood water from the Mississippi River and its tributaries will mitigate the damage of flooding and provide fresh water to the West.
The trend of increasing heavy precipitation and flooding on the Midwest’s Rivers is supported by scientific literature documenting climate change since 1993. Flooding in IA, ND, TN, AK and all along the Mississippi River from 1993 to 2011 are examples.
The US experiences floods along the Midwest’s rivers and droughts in the West causing environmental disasters with economic impact. Withdrawing flood water from the Mississippi River and its tributaries will mitigate the damage of flooding and provide fresh water to the West.
The trend of increasing heavy precipitation and flooding on the Midwest’s Rivers is supported by scientific literature documenting climate change since 1993. Flooding in IA, ND, TN, AK and all along the Mississippi River from 1993 to 2011 are examples.
The Colorado River Basin and the West experience drought. Fresh water can be pumped via pipelines/aqueducts from floods to areas of drought. Calculations document 10-60 million acre feet of fresh water per flood event can be captured from the Midwest’s Rivers and pumped via pipelines to the Colorado River and introduced upstream of Lake Powell, UT, and to destinations near Denver and used in areas along the aqueducts. Starting, end points, and routes of water transportation are documented, including information on right-of-ways necessary for state and federal permits. The National Smart Water Grid could create a million new jobs for construction, operation, and maintenance and save billions per year in drought and flood damage reparations tax dollars. Socio-economic benefits include decreased flooding in the Midwest; increased agriculture recreation and tourism; improved national security, transportation, and fishery and wildlife habitats.
The sale of captured flood water could pay for the construction. The cost benefit analysis shows that the NSWG is beneficial. 2nd Ed expands flooding and recent climate change data, emphasis on cost/benefit analysis, details on the engineered features: pipes, pumps, aqueducts, and patent pending modified levees. Development of this idea requires an EIS and requirements in the NEPA Process, including detailed Rights of Way—from origins to destinations. Analytical data input to the NEPA process include details of where the water is captured, routes of pipelines/aqueducts, where the water is distributed and volume.
Help in the obtaining ROWs in the affected corridors is requested. Revenue sharing and fresh water sharing are ways to compensate for ROWs for the peoples of the effected cities and states. The specific routes for the pipelines are proposed but not yet finalized. The Colorado and Mississippi River systems are politically separated by geographic boundaries, different federal agency jurisdictions, and applicable river water use laws. These separations must be overcome. Existing laws could be amended, if necessary.
The National Smart Water Grid will provide overarching prosperity to the United States. Even though the infrastructure and energy costs are large the benefits are much greater. I have talked with Water Authorities in the west and they clearly support his idea and would buy future contracts to deliver the water. I have correspondence from Senator Harry Reid supporting this conceptual design.
The National Smart Water Grid would save lives, create more than a million jobs and build needed infrastructure.
Ronald Beaulieu
Author, Engineer
National Smart Water Grid, Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Fresh Water Supply
“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.” – John F. Kennedy
National Smart Water Grid, Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Fresh Water Supply
“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes – one for peace and one for science.” – John F. Kennedy
