Perhaps its time to consider the benefits of our Department of Transportation in America. I propose a water transfer pipeline (as much as the interstate system was proposed). The cost of a bottle of water is as much as a quart of oil. Perhaps the banks of a river might overflowing and fields used to feed millions of people are lacking moisture. Lakes and wells running dry, do we lack the technology to pump a million gallons a day from one part of the country to another? The local transfer systems are already in place.
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Water throughout the USA are under strain. Although there may be local flooding at times, in general there is water scarcity in the entire country.
This is a good point, and I believe it helps my argument. Showing how important those heavy rains dropped in certain areas could be better utilized. Simply attempting to contain and direct flow downstream and into a river that flows out to sea simply seems wasteful. I do not propose changing the needed downstream flow required by areas to sustain them. Better utilization of overflow redirected to containment areas that keep cross contamination of lifeforms such as zebra mussells. I believe we could successfully build a pipeline large enough to pump 1 million gallons from an overfollowing river into a containment lake 1000 miles away within one day. The area that was providing the water would be in a 5-6 day forcast for rain and possible floods.Downstream flow would still be excessive, and the water containment area would be run by a water treatment plant. As you have stated we really need the water so every bit helps lets try to improve on this whynot.
Why not have a very very long flexable intake hose to move it from one area to the other that is flooding to go along with your idea???? Keep dreaming maybe one of these days you may come with an idea that is practical.
How much water do you use per month?? Multiply that by the population you are trying to send water to--do not forget to add industrial, farm use also--
There are NO pipelines the size needed to carry the amount of water needed!!
Are you going to pay for all the new power plants and their fuel needed to power the pumps???? Forgot the cost of the pipe line????
I had the same or similar idea. I have been watching all the news stories about the floods in the Midwest and the fires in California. I want to know if there is a way to divert flood waters to areas prone to fires. There are pipelines that carry natural gas and pipelines that carry oil. Why not have pipelines that carry potential flood water to the areas prone for fires. This water could be stored in tanks or water towers until needed for forest fires. I think there could be tanks of water placed in the forests and, when a fire develops, the water could be released as little or as much as needed to help put out the fire or at least keep it from spreading. This would save many homes from being destroyed by fire or water and also save many lives. I think millions to billions of dollars would be saved in property damage, costs of loans for rebuilding, government assistance, etc. I wonder if this has ever been considered before. If not, why not? What would prohibit such a plan?