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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by gmadsen on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:27AM (#28906418)
it is not impossible to bring water through pipes, or invest heavily in desalination
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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by AnimalMuppet on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:47PM (#28907604)
But to bring water through the pipes, you have to have water at the other end of the pipe. That's rare out west, and getting more rare.
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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by cudgy on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:50PM (#28908367)
Pacific Ocean has some water in it.
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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by AnimalMuppet on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:12PM (#28910141)
Not usable water, though. That brings you back to desalination, which is... possible. Is it possible on the scale that's needed? It's not obvious that it is.
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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by bradknowles on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @11:10PM (#28926332)
Physically possible? Yes.

Financially feasible? Not yet, and maybe not ever. We’ll see.

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