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Don't we already have oil pipelines criss-crossing the country? Why would water be any harder? Enough capacity to ensure the populace has enough to drink (ie not replace agricultural requirements) seems like a reasonable goal.

> I wonder how feasible it would be to have the federal government get California to relinquish some of its rights to the Colorado River in exchange to help fund desalination plants.

California and the lower basin states already overconsume their allotment of water from the Colorado River, some years by a lot.

Colorado and other upper basin states are tired of it, and are evaluating what legal approach makes the most sense to force a stop to excess water releases into the lower basin.

> for what it provides

Flood safety, food security and more gravity storage for renewables. Yeah, not worth much at all.