When will The US of A begin managing the water in it's land?

Question

With the ice melting and water levels increasing, we need to manage the water in the USA before it bisects our nation. When will we take advantage of the tremendous potential for hydro electric and create locks, levees, canals and push that water out of the midwest and to areas suffering from drought?

Answer 1

No the wco warriors will stop this to save the fish.

But then global warming is done by the sun reacting with the earth, and there is nothing we can do about it.

Answer 2

When are areas that have insufficient water going to put a moratorium on new building?

Get used to your new climate... low flush toilets, low flow showerheads, shorter showers, ban lawn watering and car washing, and so on.

The other steps you can take are to minimize your impact on climate and to ask politicians to do something about climate change and about immigration (the 1 million new people added each year require water and have a climate impact).

Answer 3

Here's some advice- don't build homes in the desert.

Answer 4

Last time I checked, water rights were limited to those ON THE WATER.  Those who want the Midwest's water need to move to the Midwest.  Being a conservationist myself, I see absolutely no reason to destroy one local habitat in order to artificially alter another.

Answer 5

Fresh water supplies aren't the problem it will be sea water flooding at the coast and up rivers

Answer 6

today. Happy?

Answer 7

No reason too.

Answer 8

Ditto on the Mississippi River comment.  It's pretty wide in some places right now, too. . . should I start freaking out yet?

As a native of this area with all the water:  no, you can't have it!  We rather like not having to fight over who gets the water here since there's plenty to go around.  If there isn't water elsewhere to support so many people, then they just need to learn to quit using water or quit all moving out there.  It's not exactly *our* fault if it rained more in a few hours the other night here in the "middle of nowhere" than it does all year in some heavily-populated areas.

I was just looking at our local hydroelectric-power dam this afternoon.  The other end of this nice little lake is at *another* dam equipped with generators.  Both are running at full capacity as of the last time I checked because the lake levels are getting quite high.  We *do* have these things here. . . we're just not using them to send water to places that don't have their own water.  We're not stupid, you know.

Answer 9

We do have water that bisects our nation - It's called the Mississippi River.