ELi5: Why can’t we build a giant water pipeline across the US? I live in north east US and we get an insane amount of precipitation. Can’t we help out the west by moving some of that to them?

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ELi5: Why can’t we build a giant water pipeline across the US? I live in north east US and we get an insane amount of precipitation. Can’t we help out the west by moving some of that to them?

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You’re talking about making a full size manmade river, at a minimum

One to rival the colorado river at least, since we basically drain that dry with the current water needs of the southwest.

Thats… not going to happen.