[farmfriend]

The more the trees grow, the more water they suck up. The Sierra Nevada range alone is so over grown that water shed has dropped something like 12% in the last century. Of course the report that gave the figures attributed it to global warming but the fact remains, we have more trees and less water. Not hard to see the connection, unless you are an eco-nut.

[bigfootbob]

"The more the trees grow, the more water they suck up"

Have chainsaw-Will Travel!

[countrydummy]

Of course you know better than to dare think I am a eco-nut! LOL! Now, yes, the over-growth "went wild" of the trees is a real problem......they need cut down! Dah!

I so believe that water should be used for cattle and farming and familes first! If big hotels and spas and carwashes have to limit.....ah dah, so be it! But not our cattle, homes, hogs, corn, wheat....etc.! Agriculture lands and ranches feeds this nation! Damn a swimming pool or washing the car over food! Damn a bunch of "sucker" trees that sponge and destroy the good trees and die becaue of their own over-growth that adds to catastrophic forest fires that result in "sterile grounds" that once the rains do come, will pollute the waters and streams and watersheds that much more! Worse!

Don't get me on my soapbox! You don't want none of this! lol lol

[expatpat]

Good point, farmfriend. I had noted losses from lawn sprinkling, etc., but not from trees. However, trees only take water from the top 10 ft of the ground, and are self-limiting (too little water, fewer trees survive). The problem is taking water from deep aquifers at a faster rate than it is replenished.