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Originally Posted by Tobra

Say we do build a water grid to drain water out of the Mississippi.

How severe will the adverse environmental impacts be downstream?

There was a time when the Colorado River drained into the Gulf of Mexico. Now we take almost 100% of that water. Here in California, there is plenty of water in the North, which is sent South, because Southern California is irresponsible with water use. This has had a catastrophic effect on the Delta, due to salt water intrusion.

This. Try to support giant ag and large populations in essentially a desert is non sustainable. We've killed the Colorado river basin, now lets move on to the rest of the country? No thanks.