Posted on 08/27/2024 5:46:24 AM PDT by dennisw
A Texas city is America's second-fastest growing urban area - despite being too hot to go outside during summer and facing water shortages.
During the pandemic, homebuyers flocked to Kyle, Texas where an aquifer, an underground water source, is currently shrinking, leaving more than 67,000 residents struggling for water.
Before summer even began, temperatures reached almost 100 degrees in the city - which sits 20 minutes outside of Austin - as nearby creeks and watering holes have dried up due to the city's extensive drought.
Hays County, where the popular city is located, will most likely experience extreme droughts at least one-quarter every year by 2040, according to ICE Sustainable Finance.
The situation has become so dire, that last summer residents were banned from washing their cars at home and using local water for construction projects, while municipalities had to limit sprinkler and hose usage.
Many, if not all residents rely on hoses to dampen the foundations of their homes to avoid cracks and settling from the heat.
Stephanie McDonald, 62, who bought a home in Kyle in 2015, told The Wall Street Journal she often worries about its foundation as water has become scarce.
During a city council meeting in the spring, McDonald argued that there wasn't enough water for all of the new homes authorities continues to build in Kyle.
Last year, homes and businesses in Kyle needed 4,382 more gallons of water per minute at peak consumption times, compared to just 571 gallons in 2021, a city engineering report found.
While water sources in the city have been at an all-time low, utility bills have burdened the city and residents.
From 2021 to 2022, the minimum household water bill in Kyle grew to an average of 6.8 percent a year, according to city budget reports.
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lends new meaning to the term “it’s a dry heat”.
We are in a serious drought here.
The location Kyle is in the northern hemisphere. Summer begins at the end of June and ends in September. The months of summer are: June, July, August, September. The most opportune time to visit are May, June, September.
There used to be these things called cisterns which were tanks, usually below ground, that were used by home owners to collect rainfall for future use.
With 36.9 inches of rainfall per year just running in to storm sewers or ditches a good amount of that water could be collected from roof run off and be used flush toilets, wash cloths or water lawns.
Old tech could be used solve modern problems.
Perhaps the only thing the New England region has that we can take comfort in, lots of water.
Nothing a few more million immigrants won’t fix.
Maybe they can move to Buda.
And here is the totally unproven prediction in the article:
“Hays County, where the popular city is located, will most likely experience extreme droughts at least one-quarter every year by 2040, according to ICE Sustainable Finance.”.
It is not even written well. This is the thinking and belief of a looney climate cult.
The town is just south of Austin TX. So if it is about to dry up and blow away...
Give each of them a shovel to work digging a new reservoir to capture all the hurricane/tropical storm rain water. /s
Maybe where you live. I live about 20 miles south of Boston and we have a water ban every summer. We have a sprinkler system that was installed before the bans began and we can use it one night per week. Our lawn starts off ok in the Spring and turns to burned out messes by September. This year our reservoir was overflowing but it doesn’t matter. Just like taxes, once a ban is imposed it never goes away.
Plus the governor did go on a tour of the United States saying that Texas welcomes you. And then shocked when Americans move there and no plan for water and god knows what else.
It gets hot in Texas - every year. Nothing new. Except maybe to the people fleeing other states. There’s ALWAYS about a 6 to 8 week period every summer where I am around July/August, that it just doesn’t rain.
My 16 foot deep pond currently only has about 2 feet of water in it. I’m praying for the rains to start next week.
Love that dirty water :)
I guess we’d have to leave Boston area out.
Yeah, same here in Southern Ohio. Lawns are all dead and the birds can seem to find a bug to eat anywhere..
It's to be 95deg. today and 97deg. tomorrow....bummer.
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She can argue all she wants, the building will continue. It always does. Homeowners are just ignored.
I remember the 3 day Willie Nelson July 4th concert in Gonzales, Texas, it was hot during those wild 3 days and little water anywhere, when it was over it was time to head to the Armadillo World Headquarters.
There are a couple of other gibberish sentences like that. Must be those crappy AI authors again.
“too hot to go outside”?
Must be a millennial writer.
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