[bjcintennessee]

I have suggested before that if we can build an oil pipeline across Alaska, surely we could build a water pipeline from the Mississippi to the western states.

Environmentalists could be consulted to avoid destroying wetlands, and only excess water above a certain level would go into the system. Otherwise, this excess water just continues to flow into the gulf. (The war would come when the western states start trying to divvy it up fairly)

[Blzbba]

" surely we could build a water pipeline from the Mississippi to the western states."


Screw that. Get your own damn water.

[o_zarkman44]

The coming crisis in America is water rights. The government wants to start regulating deep wells in the mid west. Government believes it is the owner of the water resources below ground. There is a major fight in the Missouri River basin over the rights of upstream plains states to retain water (in man made dams) for recreation and irrigation over the barge industry in lower Missouri River basin states of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri. Compounding the water flow is environmentalists seeking to restore the basin for bird habitat and wetlands restoration.

The environmental impact of piping huge volumes of water from the Missouri/ Mississippi basin would be unacceptable.
Developers in the desert states are going to have to accept that growth cannot be sustained based on regional environmental factors. Water is the basis for life. The coastal states need to process sea water rather than depend on or steal away other peoples livelyhood for their own greedy intentions. Midwest water is not the solution for California.

[balrog666]

I have suggested before that if we can build an oil pipeline across Alaska, surely we could build a water pipeline from the Mississippi to the western states.

You really wouldn't want that water.