What can be done about the major environmental problems in the Aral Sea?
This is quoted from Wikipedia: “Many different solutions to the different problems have been suggested over the years, ranging in feasibility and cost, including the following: * Improving the quality of irrigation canals; * Installing desalination plants; * Charging farmers to use the water from the rivers; * Using alternative cotton species that require less water; * Using fewer chemicals on the cotton * Redirecting water from the Volga, Ob and Irtysh rivers. This would restore the Aral Sea to its former size in 20-30 years at a cost of US$30-50 billion. * Pump and dilute sea water into the Aral Sea from the Caspian Sea via pipeline.” . In my opinion I think that redirecting the water from the three above rivers would be a great idea. This has worked with other areas. We have some wetlands in the US that have dried up a lot from redirecting rivers for irrigation. Lately those rivers’ original paths were restored and the wetlands have been recovering.
