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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Technically, we do.
There are several large pipelines from the Sacramento River area (which empties into the northern San Francisco Bay) to LA and San Diego. It’s expensive, it requires a certain amount of maintenance – but it does work.
It doesn’t work in other areas because the combination of cost and political will: if it’s not all in one state, it’s highly unlikely that unless the US government gets involved, the states aren’t going to agree on how to make it work.
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