Georgia trying to steal our land/water

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Rasputin_Vol said:
Outside of returning warmer discharge water to the rivers, how could a nuke plant pollute a river? :ermm:
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Well...it could pollute in other ways...but not without a serious condition/accident. I completely agree with you on this one Rasputin. If you go back and look at my first post in this thread you will see that my last post was complete sarcasm. And...like you...I acknowledged thermal pollution. Glad to see we are on the same page :)
 
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#78
Interesting read about the Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia border.

Professional Surveyor Magazine

Got a question: Easements... could Tennessee argue to the US Supreme Court that the Tennessee River and the land south of the Camak Stone is technically Tennessee's because we consider it an easement? :ermm:

Easement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Public easements versus private easements
Easements may be considered public or private. A private easement is limited to specific individuals or entities such as the owner of an adjoining land. A public easement is one that grants the right to a large group of individuals or to the public in general, such as the easement on public streets and highways or of the right to navigate a river.
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TennTradition said:
Well...it could pollute in other ways...but not without a serious condition/accident. I completely agree with you on this one Rasputin. If you go back and look at my first post in this thread you will see that my last post was complete sarcasm. And...like you...I acknowledged thermal pollution. Glad to see we are on the same page :)
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Just because I understand the EPA rules reguarding river temps, that doesn't mean I agree with how they regulate river temps. I was simply explaining why putting a nuke plant on the Savannah River for desalination wouldn't solve GA's problems...
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Just because I understand the EPA rules reguarding river temps, that doesn't mean I agree with how they regulate river temps. I was simply explaining why putting a nuke plant on the Savannah River for desalination wouldn't solve GA's problems...
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Geez...slow down! My point original point was that the only pollution I could think of that a nuclear plant might cause in a river was thermal pollution. I was glad to see that someone else saw it the same way I did. Furthermore, you weren't explaining anything in the post I quoted...you were questioning my comment.
 
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TennTradition said:
Geez...slow down! My point original point was that the only pollution I could think of that a nuclear plant might cause in a river was thermal pollution. I was glad to see that someone else saw it the same way I did. Furthermore, you weren't explaining anything in the post I quoted...you were questioning my comment.
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Got it, understand... just wanted to make myself clear. :good!:
 
#82
#82
As a resident of the city of Atlanta, I can attest that this drought down here is unbelievable. It's not exactly a disaster yet, but we're skating along the edge of one. We're like someone with $65 left in his checking account hoping that nothing else comes up before payday.

As a Tennessean, however, the state of Georgia can go to hell.

Basically I've quit washing my car and flushing the toilet when I pee. Unless company's coming over, of course.
 
#83
#83
Tennessee State Sen. Andy Berke's resolution to solve the border dispute:

"I would offer to settle this over a friendly game of football, but that would be unfair to the state of Georgia."
 
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#85
TennTradition said:
I thought that your point was that the nuclear plants were responsible for the pollution of the river...
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there's a paper mill near savannah on the savannah river and I would imagine it pollutes more then anything else. It used to stink to high heaven.
 
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oklavol said:
there's a paper mill near savannah on the savannah river and I would imagine it pollutes more then anything else. It used to stink to high heaven.
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It certainly could add a lot of pollution, but I think that the Savannah River Site has probably added its own special flavor over the years.
 
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oklavol said:
there's a paper mill near savannah on the savannah river and I would imagine it pollutes more then anything else. It used to stink to high heaven.
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TennTradition said:
It certainly could add a lot of pollution, but I think that the Savannah River Site has probably added its own special flavor over the years.
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Can pollution flow upstream?
 
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#89
Yes it is, but even SRS I would say is at the halfway point or close to it in terms of the length of the river. Georgia just needs to put there hose in upstream of that.
 
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#90
allvol123 said:
Yes it is, but even SRS I would say is at the halfway point or close to it in terms of the length of the river. Georgia just needs to put there hose in upstream of that.
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Oh...gotcha. It is probably about 1/3 of the way between Strom Thurmond lake :)birgits_giggle:) and the coast...but I see your point. One problem with going too far upstream is that the flow is going to be less there - which means the amount of water you can legally remove is reduced (I think the term is something like the 3Q20 or something like that).

I'm not even sure that this point is relevant to the discussion, though. I don't even know how we even got on the subject of pollution in the Savannah River ... but I just got my feather's rumpled when it was suggested that nuclear power plants were polluting the river...and that is why I get inolved in the thread...
 
#91
#91
I'm glad you are pro nucular, TennTradition. Are you sure you are not actually George Bush? :)
 
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#92
allvol123 said:
I'm glad you are pro nucular, TennTradition. Are you sure you are not actually George Bush? :)
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I am 100% POSITIVE I am not George Bush :p.

I am pro-nuclear - but I mainly just try to be fair to technologies, and not unnecessarily knock them. For example, if you want to knock nuclear, knock it on the fact that we still don't have a licensed disposal strategy. We really need to fix that if nuclear is going to take more of a role in future energy portfolios (as it is projected to do). Besides, we're probably going to need nuclear power to split water and make the hydrogen we will need for fertilizer production in future biofuel markets....
 
#93
#93
You lost me after "I am not George Bush".

I need to convince my older brother to join the Nation. He is a Nuclear Engineer and could add a gazillion times more than me on a discussion like this.

:yes:
 
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#94
allvol123 said:
You lost me after "I am not George Bush".

I need to convince my older brother to join the Nation. He is a Nuclear Engineer and could add a gazillion times more than me on a discussion like this.

:yes:
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There's always room for more engineers on the Nation :)
 
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#97
This article is interesting. Mapmaker's border error raises new water war front | ajc.com

I think the territorial claim is goofy, but it seems that this is not something that just came up. Ithas been discussed on and off since the 1800's.

The accompanying Google Earth Pic showing the boundary's margin of error from above is amazing.

image_6622507.jpg
 
#100
#100
Tennessee should simply sell water to them, until their drought ends and they find another source of drinking water. They are Tennessee's neighbors.
 
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