I've seen the Columbia River and it is huge. More like the Mississippi and the Missouri River. Not the little drainage ditch we call the Colorado River. Just amazes me that over 30 million people rely on that little trickle. What ever they do is going to require buttloads of money.
I had not pondered anything but diverting Missouri River water to the Colorado Watershed.
Assuming you need at least 200 feet of elevation drop to avoid pumping,
at what spot is one of the many rivers of the Columbia River Watershed
200 feet above either Lake Powell or Lake Mead’s elevation?
Perhaps the Northern section of a Western USA water diversion
should be a “Y”
with one leg running to the Columbia watershed, and another leg running to the Missouri watershed.
Thinking again about rock aquifers underground that already exist due to nature,
one leg of the Y should run to a rock aquifer that can be fed from the Columbia
and the other leg of the Y should run to a rock aquifer that can be fed from the Missouri.
Aquifer water reduces the chances of the Colorado getting unwanted life, like the Chinese Carp, etc.
