Grandiose plans for a pipeline to the Mississippi aren't the answer to the arid West's water problems, the Utton Center's John Fleck argued in a recent edition of Planet Money's "The Indicator" podcast.
February 21, 2025 - John Fleck
The dream of solving the arid West's water problems by grandiose schemes like a pipeline to the Mississippi River are an unrealistic distraction from the critical work needed to respond to adapt to a changing climate with less water, the Utton Center's John Fleck argued in a recent edition of the Planet Money's "The Indicator" podcast. Fleck worked with NPR's Alex Hager on the episode, which examined the enduring political enthusiasm for vast engineering solutions to the region's water problems, even as they are shown again and again to be unrealistic.
