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It was done in other cities. Boston flooded a bunch of towns 60 miles to the west to build a water supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quabbin_Reservoir htt
by dugmartin 2y ago
It was done in other cities. Boston flooded a bunch of towns 60 miles to the west to build a water supply:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quabbin_Reservoir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quabbin_Reservoir
New York City built three long aqueducts to bring in water:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_water_supply_sys...
I doubt you could get anything even resembling those projects built today due to environmental concerns.
- selectodude 2y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Water_Tunnel_No._3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Water_Tunnel_N... Likely not as greenfield development but they’re still building.
- potato3732842 2y agoThat's kind of different because they were kicking out a relatively small number of people with not much wealth or power to resist as opposed to doing those sorts of projects in urban areas. You can visit the reservoir area and see the razed town centers that are miles from the actual water. It's kind of a sad monument to the "messy" consequences of central planning.