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There are no water pipes from the coast to the central valley? I wonder if NIMBYism blocked that? And if an agency wanted to transport water like the USA nati
by rs999gti 3y ago
There are no water pipes from the coast to the central valley?
I wonder if NIMBYism blocked that?
And if an agency wanted to transport water like the USA national oil pipeline system, would they be blocked similarly?
- function_seven 3y agoThere are aqueducts between the CV and coastal areas. The water goes the other direction. If desalination becomes widespread, I imagine the water not shipped to the coast could remain in the Central Valley. I don’t know one way or another if this would make political or economic sense. EDIT: Wikipedia has a good overview: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_in_California https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_in_California
- frumper 3y agoWater rights are so complicated that they’d probably sell the water to the Central Valley before it ships to them. I think it very unlikely that they’d give them up.
- pjc50 3y agoThere's no way the water would be affordable for agriculture if it had to pay for pumping it uphill/inland. There's a reason the rivers flow in the other direction.