Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold

Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by api on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:06PM (#28907008)

What's the prospect for building large pipelines from places with abundant water? It would be extremely costly up front but infrastructure like that can last over a century fairly easily.

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by withinboredom on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:35PM (#28907436)

Afghanistan did it thousands of years ago. Some of them still work. They are called a Karez IIRC.

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by spaetzleesser on Monday October 18, 2021 @12:26PM (#28907307)

I wonder about that too but is it even possible to do such a thing on the scale that’s needed? Also, are there places that have enough water to supply the West or would they dry out too?

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by gremlinsinc on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:02AM (#28915028)

What if we created inland seas? Pipe salt water inland into reservoirs... the water evaporates, and then catch the rainfall which maybe is filtered of the salt?

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by coryrc on Monday October 18, 2021 @01:26PM (#28908053)

Where's this place with excess fresh water on the level of what California wastes growing alfalfa in the desert?

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Re:Lake Tahoe hits a critically low water threshold by api on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @11:07AM (#28918900)

Northern Canada?

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