Why can’t we pipe water to southwest US?

Question

We pipeline oil from Canada to Texas, why can’t we pipeline water from the Great lakes to the south?

Edit: thank you all who replied, I’ve gathered that it is technically possible, but would come with a huge amount of legal, environmental, and practical issues due to the amount of water that would actually be needed. It sounds like there are far more practical solutions available if the need became dire enough.

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Answer 1

I think it would be better to ship excess flood waters in shorter hops across states excess flood waters. This way you may not cause major environmental harm. Floods are natural and they to serve a purpose so there will always be harm.