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Water park in drought area a wise idea?

Posted in Surfing by duke on the November 30th, 2007

Water park in drought area a wise idea?

This artist mock-up provided by TK shows a surfer gliding through rolling waves on a sandy beach when the proposed Waveyard ocean theme park in Mesa, Ariz. is complete by 2011. The Waveyard will drain as much as 100 million gallons of groundwater a year in exchange for a half-billion dollars worth of surf-sized waves, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking and more on 125 acres in suburban Mesa. (AP Photo/Waveyard Development, LLC)Investors in Mesa, Ariz., plan a massive water park offering surf-sized waves, snorkeling, scuba diving and kayaking — all in a bone-dry region that gets just 8 inches of rain a year.


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