PFN78

Chicagoan here, and user of the wonderful resource that is Lake Michigan.

How would something like the Great Lakes Compact for western state's water supplies help prevent abuse of those supplies? And how successful has it been for the Great Lakes states and provinces? Has it helped keep water levels at a safe level, no pun intended?

How often do you find sturgeon with recoverable caviar?

Someone probably already asked, but how did you and Billy originally meet?

What does it cost to move water in a pipeline - like the keystone xl deal? vs the cost of desalinating water? Or what other wacky options are out there?

One potential problem is the question of "where are we sourcing this water from?"

Some water sources like the Great Lakes are not readily self-sustaining. That's why federal law and international treaty restricts water usage to only those states who border the Great Lakes and only certain communities within those states (they typically need to be X number of miles within the watershed to be able to draw water). So you can't take it from there.

Now you could try drawing from the rivers east of California, but those too come from finite sources and the water being used downstream is vitally important to a lot of people, and those people may not appreciate having their water diverted.

Then there's aquafers, but those face the exact same problem of supply.