What? A 36″ Giant Sucking Sound!
by Chuck Ring
Just when you thought that the City Different, AKA Santa Fe or Disneyland, was through being outrageous, comes the story that they want to add to their water supply. Maybe not bad on the surface, but this deal involves sucking or pushing water through a 36″ pipeline from Ft. Sumner. Such sucking and/or pushing would be over a distance of 145 miles and a lift in elevation from 4049 feet altitude to an elevation of 7320 feet altitude. A lift of 3271 feet through a 36 inch pipeline will require enormous energy, materials and “mucho dinero.” Similar problems did not deter Santa Fe City several years ago when they hatched a similar scheme to import water from the Estancia Basin in Torrance County to Santa Fe. A very vocal Estancia Basin contingency and a well-attended Santa Fe City Council meeting put a dam up to halt that particular project.
I am preparing a series of articles that will shed light on some of the two Santa Fes’ (The Twins) water deals and gimmicks. The articles will be published here and will be utilized elsewhere in an attempt to halt the craziness of The Twins and their like, especially as their actions apply to taxing entities that will not see benefit of such taxation and similar actions. Until I post the first article in the series, you can slake your thirst by accessing and reading an article on the subject which appears in today’s (Sunday, November 2, 2008) Santa Fe New Mexican:
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Private-water-pipeline-proposed-for-S-F-
That’s it for now.
GadAbout-BlogAlot
One Response “What? A 36″ Giant Sucking Sound!”
Mr. Ring,
It would seem that our friends in Sant Fe may be applying the same logic that they previously used in developing the “Rail Runner” concept. Still if the 36″ pipeline doesn’t work out, there may be other alternatives.
How about loading “tank “cars in ABQ with water and hooking them behind the “Rail Runner” pulling them up to our state Capitol on the soon-to-be-completed rail link? This might even result in the “Rail Runner” being “pulled” a minute distance out of its “financial Hole”!
Another solution (with similar merit ) would be to have the Air National Guard make aerial water drops into the Santa Fe Reservoir. This could be justified as training as they have to make such “drops” during the fire season.
Hoping to have been helpful, I Remain,
Sincerely Yours,
Bob Steiner
P.S. Seriously, I do wonder if any of these ideas would qualify as a “G.R.I.P.” Project?