Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Pipe Columbia River Water to the Colorado?

Laura Dobbins of The Daily Independent of Ridgecrest, California reports on seven ideas for getting more water into the Colorado River basin. In a report paid for by the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and presented to Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne and water managers from the 7 Western states that share the Colorado River, one idea particularly caught my attention:
Undersea pipeline - This would carry fresh water to Southern California from the Columbia River.