The cost of transporting the water across the country would probably be more than the water is worth. And it would take a lot of water to make a dent. An inch of rain over an acre is about 27,000 gallons, or about 3 tanker trucks full of water. To replace an inch of rain, you’d need 3 tanker trucks per acre for every acre in the entire state of CA, or about 300,000,000 tanker trucks. And that is just to give the state the equivalent of an inch of rain.
If you used this method to just replenish one reservoir, consider that 1 acre foot is over 325,000 gallons. A decent sized reservoir can contain more than 50,000 acre feet, or 16.25 billion gallons. That would require 1.8 million tanker trucks.
louieglutz over 8 years ago
if the price of oil keeps falling, you may have something…
rick92040 over 8 years ago
72 here in San Diego today.
mggreen over 8 years ago
Thank You, Lennie. However, the statue will be ice. Glad that dog can’t detect spirits. She doesn’t need any disturbance in the force . . .
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly over 8 years ago
This makes sense and is functional, so it will never get past a government commity.
Duff Dude Premium Member over 8 years ago
The cost of transporting the water across the country would probably be more than the water is worth. And it would take a lot of water to make a dent. An inch of rain over an acre is about 27,000 gallons, or about 3 tanker trucks full of water. To replace an inch of rain, you’d need 3 tanker trucks per acre for every acre in the entire state of CA, or about 300,000,000 tanker trucks. And that is just to give the state the equivalent of an inch of rain.
Duff Dude Premium Member over 8 years ago
If you used this method to just replenish one reservoir, consider that 1 acre foot is over 325,000 gallons. A decent sized reservoir can contain more than 50,000 acre feet, or 16.25 billion gallons. That would require 1.8 million tanker trucks.