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We could fill Lake Powell in less than a year with an aqueduct from Mississippi River
Desert Sun ^ | 6.30.2022 | Don Siefkes

Posted on 07/01/2022 6:22:47 AM PDT by libh8er

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To: chiller

Where are they going to get the power to drive the pumping system?


201 posted on 07/01/2022 11:46:42 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: shotgun

One billion solar panels!


202 posted on 07/01/2022 11:51:15 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: logi_cal869

Building this pipeline would not solve the problem. The population would grow again to exceed the supply.

Also, California has this big supply of water called the Pacific Ocean, if only they would allow desalination.


203 posted on 07/01/2022 11:55:52 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: libh8er

And does ONE person consider the environmental impact of this move?

It’s not just about moving water by itself.

There’s wildlife and invasive species which could be put into new environments that could wreak havoc with them.


204 posted on 07/01/2022 12:03:46 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: shotgun

Not many pumping stations may be needed along the way. One earlier poster noted how it was all downhill. Southern Oregon is high desert. 4K ft. while Las Vegas is low desert 2Kft. Phoenix 800ft. San Bernardino 1K ft.

Hydrology is a marvel, capable of climbing small hills with some creative construction.


205 posted on 07/01/2022 12:16:26 PM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: chiller

I get that as I am a professional civil engineer. I live in the Columbia Basin in eastern Washington. The Tri Cities sits at 470 ASL.

300 miles at +/- 4000 feet of head will take some serious pumping.

Granted it wouldn’t be all uphill based upon the chosen route.


206 posted on 07/01/2022 12:28:02 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: ping jockey

Perhaps Elon Musk’s Boring Co. could drill gradually down as it went West. If properly designed, the hydrostatic pressure of that many miles of water descending into the Earth could be used to lift the water the last 3/4 mile to lake level and with proper engineering very little pumping required.

But what do I know, I’ve only drilled down vertically 25,000 ft. let alone horizontally halfway across a continent.
Elon?

SS1


207 posted on 07/01/2022 12:37:01 PM PDT by Spitzensparkin1 (Donate often, it is our FReeping ammo. Help keep the supply train rollin', be a monthly donor. )
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To: kosciusko51

Hence my #35.


208 posted on 07/01/2022 12:53:35 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

I did see that after I posted. 😀


209 posted on 07/01/2022 12:59:09 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Jane Long

As always in the Southwest, whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting.


210 posted on 07/01/2022 1:03:25 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: dennisw

Only been out West twice, but seems like it was uphill all the way. Would be hard to pump water up there.


211 posted on 07/01/2022 1:04:00 PM PDT by Cloverfarm (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
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To: libh8er

Here’s an idea; People shouldn’t live in a f-ing DESERT!

Geeze! It’s always something STUPID with these dangerous and evil people!


212 posted on 07/01/2022 1:09:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: gitmo

If it is moving at more than one mile per hour, the pipe diameter would be less than 200 feet.


213 posted on 07/01/2022 1:10:47 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: kosciusko51

Makes sense.
I still think it would be easier to move the lake to the Mississippi river.


214 posted on 07/01/2022 1:30:04 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

And it would be cheaper and more efficient to desalinate water from the Pacific Ocean.


215 posted on 07/01/2022 1:32:30 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: shotgun

You would know then, if there is excess water in the northwest that washes away uncaptured. From time to time, surely, as in last month, but on a regular basis ?

I’ve spent little time there, so I’m searching blindly.


216 posted on 07/01/2022 1:41:48 PM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: kosciusko51

😉


217 posted on 07/01/2022 2:12:50 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: libh8er

Oh, no, no, no. You can’t do anything that would actually benefit people. That’d violate the very core of the democraps’ credo.


218 posted on 07/01/2022 2:45:35 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Reeses

the GD costal commission will not allow a desal plant to be built, just and FYI santa Barbara city/county does have a desal plant but it is mothballed and they will not open it


219 posted on 07/01/2022 3:25:38 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: SimpleJack

????Downhill all the way? The elevation of the Columbia River along the southern part of the river between Oregon and Washington is 0-300 feet (with a few ‘minor’ obstructions between it and the southwest). And they don’t allow even a new orchard to draw water without a lot of permitting hassle (most salmon reasons) so forget it.


220 posted on 07/01/2022 3:42:51 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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