Comments on: The Amazing Oglala Aquifer http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/07/01/the-amazing-oglala-aquifer/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roger Lacroix http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/07/01/the-amazing-oglala-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-10644 Roger Lacroix Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:25:40 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/07/01/154#comment-10644 It seems that the water level in the Oglala Aquifer is slowly dwindling. In most springtimes, there are large floods on the upper portions of the Mississippi/Missouri river. Would it be possible to channel excess springtime flood water into the Oglala Aquifer? This would alleviate 2 problems. Lessen flooding in one place and deposit more water in the shrinking water level of the aquifer. It seems that the water level in the Oglala Aquifer is slowly dwindling.
In most springtimes, there are large floods on the upper portions of the Mississippi/Missouri river.
Would it be possible to channel excess springtime flood water into the Oglala Aquifer?
This would alleviate 2 problems. Lessen flooding in one place and deposit more water in the shrinking water level of the aquifer.

]]> By: sudeep http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/07/01/the-amazing-oglala-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-279 sudeep Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/07/01/154#comment-279 Atanu, would you be able to post a link to the UN study you quoted in your last post. I remember reading a Swaminathan Aiyar article abt hunger quoting a central govt survey that didnt put the number of chronically hungry at larger than 2-3 % of the population. ofcourse, memory is a tricky thing so I may be wrong. I would like to know the methodology and the data sources used by the UN survey. 200 million is a huge number, and if they are chronically hungry it implies there would be outliers who would be *dying* of starvation and even the outliers in a sample as large as 200 million will be a few hundred thousands at least. I think the UN survey is possibly wrong, if it isnt, then its the biggest story that media have missed, ever. Could you post a link to the survey in question ? thanks.. Sudeep Atanu, would you be able to post a link to the UN study you quoted in your last post. I remember reading a Swaminathan Aiyar article abt hunger quoting a central govt survey that didnt put the number of chronically hungry at larger than 2-3 % of the population. ofcourse, memory is a tricky thing so I may be wrong.

I would like to know the methodology and the data sources used by the UN survey.

200 million is a huge number, and if they are chronically hungry it implies there would be outliers who would be *dying* of starvation and even the outliers in a sample as large as 200 million will be a few hundred thousands at least. I think the UN survey is possibly wrong, if it isnt, then its the biggest story that media have missed, ever. Could you post a link to the survey in question ?

thanks..
Sudeep

]]> By: sudeep http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/07/01/the-amazing-oglala-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-280 sudeep Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/07/01/154#comment-280 got it. http://www.iies.su.se/~svedberp/Hunger%20in%20India_TOTAL.pdf The sample sizes look a little small. (3000-50,000); I just find it a little difficult to believe that while incidence of poverty has declined by a massive 10 points from 1991-200x, undernourishment/hunger has increased/remained at same levels. What gives here ? got it.

http://www.iies.su.se/~svedberp/Hunger%20in%20India_TOTAL.pdf

The sample sizes look a little small. (3000-50,000); I just find it a little difficult to believe that while incidence of poverty has declined by a massive 10 points from 1991-200x, undernourishment/hunger has increased/remained at same levels. What gives here ?

]]> By: Prashant Mullick http://www.deeshaa.org/2004/07/01/the-amazing-oglala-aquifer/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Prashant Mullick Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://home.blogstreet.com/2004/07/01/154#comment-281 With teh risk of sounding really stupid, might I ask what ICT stands for? I tried to google it and only came up with some counter terrorism site, or some institute of computer technology... I'm sure that isnt what you are talking about... Anyone who can help me out here? With teh risk of sounding really stupid, might I ask what ICT stands for?

I tried to google it and only came up with some counter terrorism site, or some institute of computer technology… I’m sure that isnt what you are talking about…

Anyone who can help me out here?

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