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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Apart from all the other reasons given, the most stark is that while the Great Lakes represent a large reservoir of water, only about 1% is renewed annually.
[Great Lakes as a renewable resource](https://www.michigan.gov/egle/0,9429,7-135-3313_3677_3704-12566–,00.html#:~:text=Although%20the%20total%20volume%20in,and%20inflow%20from%20groundwater%20sources.)
[Great Lakes water use and diversions](https://www.watershedcouncil.org/great-lakes-water-use-and-diversions.html)
As a Canadian and resident on a Great Lake I’m against transferring water out of the Great Lakes as a matter of principal, but these are non-partisan, bi-national links. Once we start drawing down the water account, it’s gone forever, much like living off the principal in your investment account, instead of living within your means on the interest.
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