[bushbaba]

Why not pipe the water from the pacific northwest, similar to what was done with the Colorado river.

[fakethenews2022]

California already has a version of this. It is called the California Aqueduct. It takes water in the north and sends it to the south.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Aqueduct

You can see a portion of it driving on I-580.

The problem is that Northern California hasn't been getting enough water either. The rains have been falling further north. Think Seattle.

Also the aqueduct is fed from the existing river system. The major rivers in Oregon and Washington don't go into California AFAIK.

Looks like you would have to divert the Columbia River. Haha.

[seadan83]

Lots and lots of mountains. On the east sides of the Cascades are massive dry and drought stricken areas (which are also farmland too). This same question can be asked about simply piping water from one side of the cascades to the other, let alone to the central valley

[hansword]

Cough... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power... ...cough

[seanmcdirmid]

This is done in China:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South–North_Water_Transfer_P...

[coryrc]

What makes you think there's excess water there?