It is worth contemplating, and I do as I drive by the construction on my commute to and from work. One of the things left out of the article is that the pipeline has some legal problems in addition to financial ones. One of which is being debated during the current SD legislative session. And there are other broader questions. What should happen to cities (Sioux Falls) that outgrow their resource base? The contamination of the shallow aquifers has been occurring for quite some time, and have we done anything to slow down the rate of contamination? What happens to the environmentally-sensitive plants and animals as we take that much water out of one spot? What happens to small towns that don't have a water supply? DJP
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Date: 2006-02-21 05:50 am (UTC)