Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink!

I have a plan to bring our country out of this “Depression”!  We need a national project on the same scale as the Transcontinental Railroad and I propose a transcontinental pipeline to bring water to the West.

After the Civil War, this country would have almost surely entered a depression period if it had not been for the Railroads and the jobs they provided for returning military men.  In this century, we have a need that is almost as pressing, and that is the need for water in the West.  The western states have always relied on the Ogallala Aquifer for its water needs, but over the past century, farmers have almost pumped it dry and water is becoming a crisis everywhere in the West.

I propose a national pipeline from Lake Michigan to solve this problem once and for all.  It would be a massive undertaking that would eliminate unemployment and give our country focus.  Currently, 130,000 acre feet of water pour over Niagara Falls every day on its way to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence Seaway.  That’s enough water to fill Diamond Valley Lake and Lake Havasu in just over 11 days.  By comparison, when Diamond Valley reservoir, alone, was filled from current sources it took well over two years!

Think of the benefits to be gained from irrigating Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico!  After the pipeline, we can then focus on another pipeline to bring Pacific Ocean water to Death Valley.  It would change the climate of the desert and make it a habitable, and maybe even desirable, place to live!