Mexico's Newest Export to U.S. May Be Water

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Water is the most important natural resource that people need. We can do without just about everything, but water. It is necessary for life and the production of food. We can live without clothes, shelter and everything else, but we can not live without water. Now the US is setting it up to force our citizens to depend on Mexico for water. Does this smell like the North American Union? This is huge. The one life source we need and their making it dependent on Mexico. Wars have been fought over water, but our own government is putting it in Mexico's hands. Now tell me this isn't a plan in the making.

Mexico's Newest Export to U.S. May Be Water

Published October 15, 2011


SAN DIEGO-- Mexico ships televisions, cars, sugar and medical equipment to the United States. Soon, it may be sending water north.

Western U.S. states are planning two of North America's largest desalination plants in Playas de Rosarito, about 15 miles south of San Diego. They would produce 150 million gallons a day combined -- enough to supply more than 300,000 homes on both sides of the border.

It is one of the latest strategies by both countries to wean themselves from the drought-prone Colorado River.

Plans for the desalination plants have sparked concerns that American water interests are simply looking to Mexico to avoid lengthy U.S. environmental reviews and legal challenges. Backers say they say they expect the new plants will adhere to U.S. environmental standards, including water quality.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/15...#ixzz1astGPFlb