Can someone explain to me why we don't just build a pipeline from Seattle or some rich water source up north down to California?
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/rain-soaked-se...
Although that has more to do with Seattle's aggressive environmental policy than supply of water.
It's actually kind of funny: when they first raised the price of water in Seattle, people cut back their water usage so much that revenue fell... so they had to raise prices more!
"A widespread lack of snowfall this season has left Washington state in a deepening drought, and the prospects are grim: threats to crops and fish and increasing worries about wildfires."
a) they're also experiencing less water b) it'd be crazy expensive... like billions and billions and billions. c) they don't necessarily have all this extra water to feed the nation with
If you want to see how it is done, China recently built a north south water diversion canal. Though it hasn't paid off yet.