[s_vengali]

Engineer Ralph M. Parsons developed plans for the proposed North American Power And Water Alliance (NAWAPA) in the ‘60s-’70s which would distribute water to, amoung other places, the lower 48. Couldn’t get funding because the Vietnam War was a priority. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Water_and_Power_Alliance

[ifinnegan]

Thanks for that reference.