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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Besides the technical answers, the best reason is because we dont want to encourage their already wasteful behavior. Stop depleting aquifers to grow crops that don’t belong in your biome.