Comments on: Is New York City Ready for Drought? http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/15/is-new-york-city-ready-for-drought/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Is New York at risk of a severe drought? - The NYC Info News 24-hours in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs. - The Nyc Info http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/15/is-new-york-city-ready-for-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-48044 Is New York at risk of a severe drought? - The NYC Info News 24-hours in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs. - The Nyc Info Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:49:37 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9740#comment-48044 [...] is coming sooner or later and that the city might not be ready for it. Neil Pederson told the State of the Planet blog in 2010 that even with an overall decline in water use, recent local water emergencies show [...]

]]> By: Arthur Michael Ambrosino http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/15/is-new-york-city-ready-for-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-5387 Arthur Michael Ambrosino Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:13:54 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=9740#comment-5387 For many years now, I have been trying to reach senior DEP people about an alternative/emergency water impoundment I am working on in Upstate New York. See gsldeepening.com or search Great Sacandaga Lake Deepening Project. They won’t even respond, how’s that for trustworthy Stewards?

The DEP would rather pray for rain or spend billions imagining water storage 5 miles beneath the City in a sandstone formation or turning salt water into freshwater. Even though my idea costs nothing and more than pays for itself, with enough money to pay for the pipe downstate. Go Figure….

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