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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2015-05-24 1:57 PM, wrote:

>> Where would the pipeline come from? Is there enough water in a
>> reasonable distance? If so, it would be a smart idea.
>
> I recall years ago they approached British Columbia about all their
> lakes with the water not being used. Apparently it would be a
> federal, not provincial matter and permission was not given but rather
> the exhortation to fix the problem at home, not prolong by sucking BC
> lakes dry.
>
Those lakes and rivers are part of the ecosystem. Sucking water from
those sources will just cause hardship for the stuff downstream. There
are international treaties concerning the Great Lakes, though there is a
river some... Illinois<?>.. that has been engineered to suck water out
of Lake Michigan instead of feeding into it.