Why aren’t we building more desalinization plants, water towers, water purification centers, then infrastructure? There is always going to be more than enough, surely the whales won’t miss much.
I’m sure there is such infrastructure along the Rio Grande and the Colorado river. The thing is, a lot of states in the West depend on river run-off for their water needs. As for desalinization plants, I’m sure the transportation cost, even after purification, is high enough to be prohibitive. Which I guess makes it a perfect government project.