ELi5 Why can’t we build massive transnational water pipelines (like with oil) to transport water from large fresh water sources to drier areas?

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Obviously this wouldn’t relieve the issues caused by low snowpack and decreasing precipitation, but it could supplement the water used for everyday living or agriculture during times of drought right?

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Where I live there are hundreds of kilometers of channels dug into the mountainside to bring fresh water from the colder and more humid north side to the hotter and drier south. Your idea does exist

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