"When the well’s dry, then we know the value of water" - Benjamin Franklin"Whiskey’s for drinkin’; water’s for fightin’" - Western aphorism It used to be that people and policymakers in the eastern portion of the US (roughly east of the 100th meridian, which is the western boundary of the main body of Oklahoma) didn’t worry about having enough water. After all, that part of the US has abundant rainfall, mighty rivers, relatively frequent floods, and infrequent severe droughts that always end before the lakes go dry. Under such circumstances, … [Read more...]