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llmart

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40. Right now I'd just like to get the water back to flowing to my house.

Tue Aug 16, 2022, 07:38 PM

Aug 2022

I'm in one of those towns where we're being told we may have to boil our water until Labor Day. We need to fix our current infrastructure before we build anything that's going to steal our Great Lakes water!

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How soon before they start pumping and transferring water from the Great Lakes to the West?? [View all] a kennedy Aug 2022 OP

im in wash state we have plenty of water tyvm :) samnsara Aug 2022 #1

When hell freezes over Progressive dog Aug 2022 #2

This geardaddy Aug 2022 #121

Never VGNonly Aug 2022 #3

Wonder if folks would support a water pipeline?? a kennedy Aug 2022 #4

It might come to that with the accelerating climate change... brush Aug 2022 #7

If they can sell us oil by the barrel, multigraincracker Aug 2022 #37

It would be blown up or shot full of holes NickB79 Aug 2022 #10

Nah, people on the left are pro-environment. If the... brush Aug 2022 #42

Draining the Great Lakes to irrigate the desert is a pro-environmental position?!?! NickB79 Aug 2022 #63

Who said anything about draining the lakes? brush Aug 2022 #76

This may last forever The Revolution Aug 2022 #98

Well you know, accidents happen. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #57

Michigan separatists. roamer65 Aug 2022 #149

It would have to be a huge pipe ornotna Aug 2022 #15

Crude oil is piped and is a least as heavy as water. brush Aug 2022 #45

Oil weighs 6.84 pounds per gallon, VGNonly Aug 2022 #72

Engineers know how to work with that. brush Aug 2022 #75

Engineers can change the density VGNonly Aug 2022 #92

Kind of a silly question. Engineers are problem solvers. brush Aug 2022 #97

And lets not forget another difference between water and oil... Lancero Aug 2022 #103

Leave it to the problem solvers. brush Aug 2022 #116

Again, oil is 6.84 VGNonly Aug 2022 #105

I agree with that, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #114

You put a problem before us MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #112

:-) USALiberal Aug 2022 #115

Move to where the water is. paleotn Aug 2022 #16

Absolutely not. When are factories were shut down becaues of globalism who helped us? Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #56

Nope - not me JustAnotherGen Aug 2022 #155

Never. n/t demmiblue Aug 2022 #5

They won't. There's a law called the Great Lakes Compact that prohibits the removal Ocelot II Aug 2022 #6

I am sure there must be some agreement between US and Canada as well. Bev54 Aug 2022 #22

That's part of it. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #23

Thank the gods for this law. PortTack Aug 2022 #50

Thanks Bev54 Aug 2022 #64

An agreement with Canada... they struggle to allow water 10 miles from the lake Model35mech Aug 2022 #24

Lake Michigan is entirely in the US, the only great lake that is. brush Aug 2022 #48

Lake Michigan and Huron VGNonly Aug 2022 #88

So what??? The Compact includes it. US REPRESENTATIVES AGREED Model35mech Aug 2022 #136

Over the Tetons, Sandias, and Rockies just to get to haele Aug 2022 #8

I was thinking desalination plants also, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #11

California rejected a desalinization plant over environmental concerns earlier this year ripcord Aug 2022 #47

San Diego invested in one in Carlsbad. nt. Mosby Aug 2022 #74

That has merit. brush Aug 2022 #53

It could be done with a combination of all 3, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #86

Thanks. I thought go. Desalinization is best idea though.. brush Aug 2022 #87

With serious political will, I'd bet it could be done in a single dozen years. Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2022 #14

No, it won't ever happen. You don't understand the midwest. Protest forget about it...we are Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #59

Wow inthewind21 Aug 2022 #120

Around 200 grams of Li per million kg of water... WarGamer Aug 2022 #28

Some kid made an electric motor that uses copper not rare earth minerals applegrove Aug 2022 #44

I saw that post... cool stuff! WarGamer Aug 2022 #79

Oh. I assumed. My bad. applegrove Aug 2022 #81

really cool story though... WarGamer Aug 2022 #83

They'll save us. applegrove Aug 2022 #84

Why? The water would be too expensive for anyone in the West to use NickB79 Aug 2022 #9

So go below the Rockies into the middle of AZ and Southern NV? Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2022 #18

Really giant blimps...something out of Jules Verne....? wcmagumba Aug 2022 #12

Never. paleotn Aug 2022 #13

We could give them a discount on multigraincracker Aug 2022 #43

I'm sure someone there is scheming, but IT'S OURS, lol. What about desalination? catbyte Aug 2022 #17

Right now I'd just like to get the water back to flowing to my house. llmart Aug 2022 #40

Damn, heard that, so sorry for you. a kennedy Aug 2022 #52

That sucks! Hope the water is fixed. Atlanta has the worst water ever and when I lived in the Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #58

It's conditional on other events sarisataka Aug 2022 #19

Exactly... Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #60

Lol. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #20

So, we're supposed to, at great expense, and logistics Bettie Aug 2022 #21

Why should we? They would bleed us dry and then what? Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #62

My point exactly Bettie Aug 2022 #71

California would have PLENTY of water if they regulate big AG. WarGamer Aug 2022 #25

All the states with drought should Tree Lady Aug 2022 #33

California almond farmers use massive amounts of water. WarGamer Aug 2022 #82

Cattle ranchers thank you for your support. Lancero Aug 2022 #89

Hell that's not drastic, it's a start. Slap a painfully exorbitant tax Maru Kitteh Aug 2022 #94

None of this can happen because of the Great Lakes Compact. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #26

It would probably be easier The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2022 #27

Electricity that is used to power things can't go that far. former9thward Aug 2022 #32

"High-Voltage Direct Current" power lines can easily extend from WA to CA. sir pball Aug 2022 #106

Good article from American Scientific Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #29

They are not "eyeballing" the water. former9thward Aug 2022 #30

Seriously??? This topic is "trying to start another state bashing post" a kennedy Aug 2022 #36

500 million gallons a year by rail from Minnesota, seriously proposed in 2019 NickB79 Aug 2022 #67

The post says it was a local Minnesota company that made the proposal. former9thward Aug 2022 #68

No one floats an idea this big without prospective clients already spoken to NickB79 Aug 2022 #131

So that is your proof AZ wants Midwest water. former9thward Aug 2022 #135

The company already does water delivery via WaterTrain in the Southwest NickB79 Aug 2022 #137

The aquifer for the Colorado River is in Grand Lake, CO. gldstwmn Aug 2022 #31

Never...it can't be done. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #34

It absolutely can be done... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2022 #41

Look it up it can not...we have a compact and no way it happens. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #55

Declarations, compacts, decrees, agreements, treaties..... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2022 #66

No, we prevent that and will...I guess they should have figured out a way to fix their issue. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #73

Thanks for proving my point. A HERETIC I AM Aug 2022 #77

Seriously? It's one country. If the west is dying of thirst... brush Aug 2022 #95

Move out of the desert. After all, we're one country, aren't we? n/t/sarcasm Hellbound Hellhound Aug 2022 #100

Well that's a mature answer. Droughts don't last forever. brush Aug 2022 #101

This isn't a drought. It's not even a megadrought anymore NickB79 Aug 2022 #132

See post 69 brush Aug 2022 #133

See post 69, genius. brush Aug 2022 #140

Post 69 is one dipshit who has no idea about what economic and environmental impact may entail. Hellbound Hellhound Aug 2022 #143

This message was self-deleted by its author brush Aug 2022 #144

Indeed inthewind21 Aug 2022 #123

So, destroying the economies of Great Lake states is okay, as lo long as Pathwalker Aug 2022 #139

Taking large amounts of water from the Great Lakes Bettie Aug 2022 #85

The problems ForgedCrank Aug 2022 #130

Canada might have a few things to say about that. And I'd be on their side, too. marble falls Aug 2022 #35

arizona is the #10 cotton growing state moonshinegnomie Aug 2022 #38

Rice is grown where the water is, not in the California desert. hunter Aug 2022 #93

the top rice growing part of calilfornia is the sacramento valley moonshinegnomie Aug 2022 #118

? hunter Aug 2022 #119

Any evidence that the two states are eyeballing Great Lakes water? Kaleva Aug 2022 #39

Nope. a kennedy Aug 2022 #46

This proposal was floated a few years ago. Rain cars of water from Minnesota to Arizona NickB79 Aug 2022 #65

I was on Lake Shire Drive last week and there were two shifty lookin' fellas in a Grand Marquis ... Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2022 #80

Desalinating water is less trouble and costs less. hunter Aug 2022 #49

There's been talk of that since the late 80's (at least). Greybnk48 Aug 2022 #51

Really?? Wow, didn't know that. a kennedy Aug 2022 #54

Absolutely never LiberalFighter Aug 2022 #61

See post 67. brush Aug 2022 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author USALiberal Aug 2022 #113

Sorry, it's post 69. brush Aug 2022 #129

MI has been getting above average rainfall for many years, Lake MI levels were too high not long yaesu Aug 2022 #69

Lake Tahoe is closer. Emile Aug 2022 #70

and Crater Lake in Oregon. Emile Aug 2022 #102

Lake Tahoe VGNonly Aug 2022 #107

Seeing how I live in a Great Lake state, I prefer Emile Aug 2022 #117

I also live in the Great Lakes basin, VGNonly Aug 2022 #127

Won't happen. There are better alternatives. Xolodno Aug 2022 #90

Never, for both practical and legal reasons kcr Aug 2022 #91

never... myohmy2 Aug 2022 #96

How inthewind21 Aug 2022 #124

What is very Republican is sarisataka Aug 2022 #128

Fuck that and fuck the West. Hellbound Hellhound Aug 2022 #99

People need to move out of the West. Brenda Aug 2022 #104

So inthewind21 Aug 2022 #125

You still think we have a choice? NickB79 Aug 2022 #134

John Wesley Powell VGNonly Aug 2022 #108

Interesting Brenda Aug 2022 #109

Powell proposed VGNonly Aug 2022 #110

Powell was wise. Brenda Aug 2022 #111

You do realize that the Great Lakes geardaddy Aug 2022 #122

No, people who push this DO NOT KNOW there is an international body Model35mech Aug 2022 #141

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Aug 2022 #148

Never gonna happen. bif Aug 2022 #126

Why don't Colorado and Arizona just withhold their water obligations to California? NickB79 Aug 2022 #138

Most likely it will be the Columbia river Sam_Fields Aug 2022 #142

Hopefully never. Impacts more complex than water through a pipe. PufPuf23 Aug 2022 #145

Israeli pumping project. moondust Aug 2022 #146

Israel is small, less than 8,500 square miles, and next to an ocean. hunter Aug 2022 #153

Israel's pipe moves 120 million cubic meters a year sarisataka Aug 2022 #156

Oh...Hell NAH! alphafemale Aug 2022 #147

Why not build plants to desalination ocean water somewhere on the coast of California and pump it karynnj Aug 2022 #150

China is attempting something similiar with devastating environmental consequences Kaleva Aug 2022 #151

I would think you'd need a canal the size of a large river Kaleva Aug 2022 #152

They share a border with JustAnotherGen Aug 2022 #154