Down-welling/Aquifer replenishment - take water when there is an excess i.e. this year from the river floods and pump it down in to the aquifers and wells we have. Yeah I know, the filtration process of the earth purifies the water so we might be polluting the aquifers and wells, how about we start with the dried up and polluted aquifers that currently exist.
Massive storage - when you are storing something thing that is non toxic, you can build flimsy, cheap storage vehicles. If one breaks, crakes, fails patch it or leave it. These can be above or below ground (better) think that Saudi Arabia or other oil rich, water poor countries can't build massive storage reserviours.?
Desalination - rising oceans from global warming, massive desalination to create water supplies that will keep ocean levels consistent
Ice and water mining - glaciers melting? Build massive ships that can move water from point A to point B. Again, since we are building ships to move a non toxic material, who cares about double hulls and other safety features. Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, Norway can become the new Saudi Arabia.
Pipelines - Now build massive pipelines that move this water from Point A to Point B. For example, it is relatively flat from the Mississippi accross the fruited plain going west. Why not build really big pipes to take all that excess water west to our farm lands where they can use or store it? Pipes spring leak, no big deal. In our country we can use rail and freeway right of ways to run the pipes on the surface. Same elsewhere
New reservoirs - think like the Chinese. Build new reservoirs and pipe systems distribution systems. A big pipe system right down I-5 to take water from the Pacific Northwest to LA baby.
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