What community would hitch their horse to the Russians after watching them hold some nations in Europe hostage for natural gas? Well anyway, here’s a guest commentary touting the shipping of water to southern California, written by John M. Barbieri, running in The Denver Post. From the article:
Russia also has vast water resources in the Pacific Far East and Arctic regions and is poised to become a major exporter. Russia and the U.S. can and should work together toward the common purpose of resolving one of the world’s greatest challenges. Both should harness the ingenuity, technology and resources necessary to transfer water from remote locations to a thirsty world, including to the U.S. west coast.
The key to linking Colorado’s water needs and Russia’s water surplus is through ocean transportation, which already carries over 95 percent of world trade. Russian water would be delivered to southern California. This new source for California, which has long exceeded its legal allocation of Colorado River water, would allow The Golden State to relinquish supplies long “borrowed” from other user states, including Colorado. This type of land-based “water transfer” is commonplace throughout the western United States today.