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Originally Posted by Noah930
We've done that in California, too. (Have you read the Mulholland thread here on PPOT?) But the population of the entire state of OK is 4 million people, and OK City about 650K.
The population of LA County is about 8 or 9 million people, and the state of CA 45 million.
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The metro area of OKC, which encapsulates several smaller cities and covers over well 1,000 square miles is just over a million population. Cities like Nichols Hills, Warr Acres, Bethany, The Village, and many more are surrounded by OKC and they just buy the water from OKC. Yea, the OKC itself population is most but not all of the population. Yea, California has a problem with that many people, and it is mostly a desert. Relying on rain runoff and snow melt ain't gonna hack it for a desert environment. Different cities and different needs.
NYC is lucky with the water sources it has. They still had to spend some major money to get a heck of a lot of water to the city.
OKC has plenty of water for the foreseeable future. And we already have the next lake planned, and the land is already purchased.