It’s not up country. It’s right on one of the major rivers. Problem is the drought from last summer and there hasn’t been enough rain to refill many of the lakes, reservoirs and aquifers so water wells are dry.
My thought was that if you start moving a LOT of water to the up country, then there will be a cascade effect and the mid to low country will get watered as well. Either by direct flow, filling the upcountry lakes that then seed clouds and cause rain.