I'm sure when areas flood to the tops of peoples homes that the water probably wasn't used for irrigation purposes downstream. I say this because, like I said in another post, think about the way we currently do things. A river is dammed and a certain level of water is caught. That water is then run through turbines and let back out into the river bed for use downstream. Basically nothing lost waterwise, other than some evaporation form the resivour, but alot of energy gained in the form of electricity. Too, in many areas some of the held water is siphoned off for use elsewhere meaning less water goes downstream.
On the other hand when a flood occurs the flood gates are opened and the excess water is simply dumped with nothing gained by it's loss. True those downstream might see the surplus as it runs past their place, and it would be available for irrigation if needed. The problem is they don't usually get enough flow from the river to use for irrigation so they aren't set up to capture the extra when it does come.
As a resllt it's allowed to flow back to the ocean once again. From there it's back into the clouds where it's once again redistrubuted as rain. The problem is mother nature puts the rain whre she want's it and not necessarily where we need it. We already mess with nature so much in other areas to make things like we want them, so what's the difference here?
As far as the "political ramifications" go all I can say is this. If we as a country, as people, as a species, can't figure out what to do with something as necessary to sustaining our lives as water, without alot of infighting about it, then as a species we are doomed...........
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