Southwest Drought...Pipeline to Redistribute Desalinized Water?

The drought out west is causing major problems for cities and states. California's Central Valley, the nation's most productive agricultural region, has been crippled by drought. In response, water from desalinization plants is being transported from the coast of California to inland farms. Desalinization plants are not new but the technology has advanced to make them more efficient and less expensive to build than in previous years.

The water shortage is causing major problems for farmers and food suppliers. For example, farmers are being forced to make hard choices:

• Cut back on planting crops.

• Sell off livestock.

• Sell off equipment.

In addition to the physical effects of this drought and resulting water shortage, it's also having a significant financial impact on the livelihood of those in the southwest.

Desalinization plants are not new but the technology has advanced to make them more efficient. Many areas in California are under water restrictions and fines for wasting water. This project will use desalinized ocean water as well as rainwater runoff from rivers and streams to be used for irrigation purposes on farms where they currently use ground source wells or other sources (i.e., aquifers).

Water The Ultimate Renewable Resource, It Just Needs Some Help

The way water can be made fresh is by desalinization, the process of removing salt from water. It has many uses, including producing drinking water, industrial uses and agricultural uses.

Desalinization plants are not new. In fact, they’ve been in use for many years. They have become more efficient over time, but the basic principles remain the same.

The process involves using reverse osmosis (RO) to purify seawater or brackish water. The seawater is forced through a membrane that contains microscopic pores that allow only water molecules to pass through while blocking salt and other impurities from entering a second chamber where it is collected as freshwater or drinking water. This process can be used both on land and at sea depending on your location. It has also become much cheaper to build RO plants because of advances in technology over recent decades which means that it is now easier for small countries like Yemen to afford them

There are many areas in California that are under water restrictions and fines for wasting water. Desalinization plants seems like a good solution to this problem because it can take saltwater from the coast of California, transport it to areas where there is not enough freshwater, desalinate it and then transport the freshwater back to where it is needed. Although desalinization plants have been around for 30 years, technology has advanced so they can now be more efficient than before.

Pipeline For Oil, Pipeline For Water!

If we can build a pipeline to transport oil, we can build one to transport water?

The Alaska Pipeline uses the same technology as desalinization plants: It transports oil with huge pipes and water through narrow tubes.

Can you imagine having fresh drinking water delivered right to your door? That's possible if we use existing pipelines to redistribute desalinized water from sources on America's west coast (like Seattle) or even Canada's east coast (such as Toronto). The pipelines would be used for transportation only—not for storage like in California’s aqueduct system—since these cities already have access to abundant freshwater resources nearby. In fact, if we use existing infrastructure and technology from places like Chicago or New York City instead of building new facilities along coastal areas, then this solution could be faster than traditional methods at getting drinking water into homes across North America!

Just Build It Already!

You could consider a pipeline to carry the water from Alaska. This option is more expensive and would take a long time to build, but it may be worth it if you can get full control over your source of desalinized water by building it yourself.

If you're looking for something closer, you might want to look at building a pipeline along the northern route and southward there's probably a market in Detroit, Chicago and other midwest cities!

Politics As Usual

If we can provide cellphones for homeless or entertain thoughts of implementing entitlements such as Universal Basic Income, surely we can give more attention to providing consistent source of water not only for our human consumption but for the millions of other uses that are critical to sustaining a high quality of life.

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