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We already do this. Consider Las Vegas... its water comes from the Colorado River. (Edit: to be clear, the Colorado River itself is transporting water from area
by klodolph 4y ago
We already do this. Consider Las Vegas... its water comes from the Colorado River. (Edit: to be clear, the Colorado River itself is transporting water from areas with high rainfall to areas with low rainfall. The Las Vegas area is a desert, but most of the Colorado River basin is not.)
It's just not generally done over long distances. Oil is pumped over long distances, but it's also much more valuable. For water, we rely more on cheaper ways of transporting it, and transporting it over shorter distances, using things like aqueducts and, yes, pipelines.
Here's an example of a big water pipeline project:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_Water_Supply_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_Water_Supply_P...
- MooMooMilkParty 4y agoJust adding to this, not far south of Las Vegas the Central Arizona Project is a rather large canal (so not exactly a pipeline but close enough) which transports Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Arizona_Project