The Great Lakes State

[jwlcosu]

Wouldn't be my choice but maybe the UN bureaucrats can help.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...r_residents_united_nations_asked_to_help.html

 

[Mitchrapp]

Wouldn't be my choice but maybe the UN bureaucrats can help.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slat...r_residents_united_nations_asked_to_help.html

Shutting the water off was a good idea..city can't survive when half of the residents use water without paying..

 

[jwlcosu]

Shutting the water off was a good idea..city can't survive when half of the residents use water without paying..

It can, and will, when it's decided the rest of the state(s) will pay for it. And with the UN involved, maybe Venezuela will throw us a bone.

 

[Mitchrapp]

It can, and will, when it's decided the rest of the state(s) will pay for it. And with the UN involved, maybe Venezuela will throw us a bone.

Why would other cities in Michigan pay for Detroit..let the city burn to the ground.

 

[jwlcosu]

Why would other cities in Michigan pay for Detroit

What's the temp in AZ today? 130? 150?

 

[Michchamp]

fart gas

 

[Mitchrapp]

What's the temp in AZ today? 130? 150?

Pretty good today, about 106.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Pretty good today, about 106.

GoBlueBigJohn already covered this on the Michigan board; post #11 of the Michigan Monday in BTN thread.

 

[Mitchrapp]

GoBlueBigJohn already covered this on the Michigan board; post #11 of the Michigan Monday in BTN thread.

Now only if I had gone there first..

 

[turok]

Many people from arid states must wonder why we Michiganders even pay for our H2O, being surrounded by the Great Lakes. But yet we still pay a pretty penny for it here in metro-Detroit.

Must be b/c we use Lake St. Clair as our regional septic tank, and then draw down (river)from it as what goes in, will come out .

 

[Thumb]

Many people from arid states must wonder why we Michiganders even pay for our H2O, being surrounded by the Great Lakes. But yet we still pay a pretty penny for it here in metro-Detroit.

Must be b/c we use Lake St. Clair as our regional septic tank, and then draw down (river)from it as what goes in, will come out .

Actually Detroit (several cities) get(s) it's water from Lake Huron, in Ft. Gratiot township. They have a gigantic facility there with 12 foot razor wire fences and armed guards where they treat it before pumping it to Detroit.

I know a guy who works there as an engineer.

 

[TheVictors]

 

[TheVictors]

Colorado has had policies in place my entire lifetime around conservation of water (esp lawns and excessive waste of water for that), but now with some 10K/month moving to the state, the new transplants seem to think they still live in the non-arid, water-abundant midwest and consume accordingly. We actually have stiff charges for over use and when we did a landscaping project last summer, we had to get special permits from the City for watering the initial two week period of the new trees and plants.

 

[biggunsbob]

Fine them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shut off the Greats lakes Water to everyone except those states who surround it.. State of Michigan is in charge... We have the most borders on the lakes..

 

[TheVictors]

Funny that AZ was mentioned because if things get rough in CO, we're shutting off the supply and all these wonderful golf courses will go away.

[written from Scottsdale]

 

[turok]

Actually Detroit (several cities) get(s) it's water from Lake Huron, in Ft. Gratiot township. They have a gigantic facility there with 12 foot razor wire fences and armed guards where they treat it before pumping it to Detroit.

I really didn't know that any of (our) water supply came from Lake Huron, and seem to recall reading that the suburban counties and outstate had some issues with the city of Detroit's control over it.

Only thing that I could find quickly that is recent from...ugh...Fox News that addresses Detroit's water woes, & ties into the OP's topic:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...ns-as-neighboring-cities-and-counties-try-to/


"The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department gets all of its water from the Detroit River and Lake Huron".

.http://www.dwsd.org/pages_n/water101.html

 

[Gulo Blue]

If anyone ever violates the Great Lakes Compact, would anybody want to bet against Ohio being the violator?

...if they haven't already.

http://www.sportsmenvote.com/is-ohio-willfully-violating-the-great-lakes-compac/

 

[Mitchrapp]

Funny that AZ was mentioned because if things get rough in CO, we're shutting off the supply and all these wonderful golf courses will go away.

[written from Scottsdale]

Arizona might be there one day to..last time I seen rain it was October.

 

[TheVictors]

certainly not a cloud today to make rain here ..

 

[hailhail]

Why would other cities in Michigan pay for Detroit..let the city burn to the ground.

You sound like an ignorant moron. Forgive me if you're kidding.