probably naive, but still honest idea here: what about a nationwide system to capture rain/snow and pipe it around where needed? A smart grid but for water. Rain/snow capture on every rooftop perhaps? It can be pumped into natural aquifers and existing artificial lakes all over the country. I couldn't help but think, as a California resident, that there should be some way to ship all that snow that was pouring on the east coast this past winter to where it was needed instead.
Would love to hear an intelligent discussion of this idea.
Me too, that's why I submitted it. I guess one issue is how many desalination plants could $30 billion buy? Perhaps that's a better solution?