how to solve the western US water crisis

[Tocsin_786]

i think i may have the perfect solution to bring water back into california. why cant the government just build a massive pipeline from washington down to california (and other hard hit states) so there is unlimited water coming in from the unlimited water source of america, where it rains most days a week. i mean, we already build pipeline upon pipeline from Alberta Canada to the US for some of dat "black gold". so why not do it for a water source? 

[QuadNine]

i think i may have the perfect solution to bring water back into california. why cant the government just build a massive pipeline from washington down to california (and other hard hit states) so there is unlimited water coming in from the unlimited water source of america, where it rains most days a week. i mean, we already build pipeline upon pipeline from Alberta Canada to the US for some of dat "black gold". so why not do it for a water source? 

Doing so would take lots of time and money

[cheeze_tartz]

the cost. (i think)

[GlassBomb]

It's not that simple.

[EpicGeekonFire]

It's not that simple.

 

Yeah I was thinking the same.

 

Its not just a long pipe from Water Source A to the end.

[Tocsin_786]

Doing so would take lots of time and money

but it would save the stupid water bottling companies, and help the agricultural industry and thus return the investment that it took. 

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

It cost $$$$$

[Tocsin_786]

It's not that simple.

 

 

Yeah I was thinking the same.

 

Its not just a long pipe from Water Source A to the end.

man... they need to make simcity more realistic.

[terrytek]

money, money, and more moolah. it isn't as simple as you think.

[Trik'Stari]

Better Idea: water de-salination plants.

 

Seriously, they are on the SINGLE LARGEST BODY OF WATER ON THE PLANET. Desalinate the water, drink the fresh water, sell the salt, and STFU California.

[Tocsin_786]

Better Idea: water de-salination plants.

 

Seriously, they are on the SINGLE LARGEST BODY OF WATER ON THE PLANET. Desalinate the water, drink the fresh water, sell the salt, and STFU California.

but those cost a lot of money too, and that would hurt the water bottle industry which will lead to more crying from those idiots. a pipeline would solve all of that.

[Swndlr]

It's not that simple.

[Swndlr]

Better Idea: water de-salination plants.

 

Seriously, they are on the SINGLE LARGEST BODY OF WATER ON THE PLANET. Desalinate the water, drink the fresh water, sell the salt, and STFU California.

YAS TRIK TELL EM HOW ITS DONE BOIII

[Trik'Stari]

but those cost a lot of money too, and that would hurt the water bottle industry which will lead to more crying from those idiots. a pipeline would solve all of that.

Pipeline would make them cry as well, because Nestle want's to make rain water "private property". And yes they cost money, but they also create jobs, which stimulates the economy (as long as the desalination plants are privately owned. Government jobs don't actually stimulate an economy)

 

Not to mention generating massive amounts of salt, which can be sold at a greater price (than normal table salt) because it's "sea salt" or "kosher salt".

[techswede]

At first i thought. Hey. If the government funded the entire pipeline it might be sort of a solution.

 

But then i remembered The government

A government actually doing something for the benefit of the population

 

Yeah.. no

[GlassBomb]

man... they need to make simcity more realistic.

Between Washington and California is what, 1,000 miles? And they would also have to have a cleaning plant where the water came to in Cali.

And just digging up a path and lay the pipeline would take years and years.

[QueenDemetria]

One thing I have never been able to understand is how can California be (pretty much) surrounded by water, yet is having a water crisis(and has been for a long time)? Can we not purify water from the ocean? Or does it just cost too much? Because it just seems stupid that its 2015 and this hasn't been solved yet.

[Flight1sim]

I think they considered this a few months ago, supposedly it would take more time than the predicted drought time itself

[terrytek]

Pipeline would make them cry as well, because Nestle want's to make rain water "private property". And yes they cost money, but they also create jobs, which stimulates the economy (as long as the desalination plants are privately owned. Government jobs don't actually stimulate an economy)

 

Not to mention generating massive amounts of salt, which can be sold at a greater price (than normal table salt) because it's "sea salt" or "kosher salt".

Yeah, you can create jobs managing the machines processing that salt.

 

At first i thought. Hey. If the government funded the entire pipeline it might be sort of a solution.

 

But then i remembered The government

A government actually doing something for the benefit of the population

 

Yeah.. no

government in america has fucked up everything. taxes, healthcare, education, everything.

 

One thing I have never been able to understand is how can California be (pretty much) surrounded by water, yet is having a water crisis(and has been for a long time)? Can we not purify water from the ocean? Or does it just cost too much? Because it just seems stupid that its 2015 and this hasn't been solved yet.

i think it just costs too much and it just doesn't provide enough gains.

[Trik'Stari]

Between Washington and California is what, 1,000 miles? And they would also have to have a cleaning plant where the water came to in Cali.

And just digging up a path and lay the pipeline would take years and years.

Whereas desalination plants could be built relatively quickly, and the water is already cleaned because it has been distilled to remove the salt.

 

*TA-DA sound effect*

 

Yeah, you can create jobs managing the machines processing that salt.

 

government in america has fucked up everything. taxes, healthcare, education, everything.

 

i think it just costs too much and it just doesn't provide enough gains.

 

Not to mention people to maintain the desalination equipment, and pipelines from said plants to local reservoirs

[Tocsin_786]

Between Washington and California is what, 1,000 miles? And they would also have to have a cleaning plant where the water came to in Cali.

And just digging up a path and lay the pipeline would take years and years.

it only would take years and years in the US, i still have a god damn highway being repaired and new freeways being built on it since 2007, like WTF man, get the job done. while countries like China are creating entire ghost cities within a year. 

[Tocsin_786]

One thing I have never been able to understand is how can California be (pretty much) surrounded by water, yet is having a water crisis(and has been for a long time)? Can we not purify water from the ocean? Or does it just cost too much? Because it just seems stupid that its 2015 and this hasn't been solved yet.

it costs money to get those purification plans up, but then again who wants to listen to the average citizen on those kind of solutions. 

[Trik'Stari]

it costs money to get those purification plans up, but then again who wants to listen to the average citizen on those kind of solutions. 

The only other solution I see, is planting nuclear devices in the San Andreas fault line, and sinking California ahead of schedule. At least that way we don't have to hear the Californians bitch, and some of the other states re-estate values go up from suddenly being beach from property.

 

*shots fired. I hate California*

[terrytek]

Whereas desalination plants could be built relatively quickly, and the water is already cleaned because it has been distilled to remove the salt.

 

*TA-DA sound effect*

 

 

Not to mention people to maintain the desalination equipment, and pipelines from said plants to local reservoirs

Create jobs, make some money, and give back to the drought. I think we have just solved the issues of America right here.

[AlwaysFSX]

Nuclear plant -> Pipes from the ocean -> pumps

 

So hard.