Sage-Tips

Could oil pipelines be used for water?

Pipelines are useful for transporting water for drinking or irrigation over long distances when it needs to move over hills, or where canals or channels are poor choices due to considerations of evaporation, pollution, or environmental impact. Oil pipelines are made from steel or plastic tubes which are usually buried.

Can oil pipelines be repurposed?

This is the first time that idle oil and gas pipelines have been repurposed to generate green energy. It’s more cost-effective to repurpose the pipelines than to tear them down and rebuild. The outcomes achieved by repurposing pipelines with the Breeze solution include: Equipment changes at the power plant are low.

Can you pipeline water?

A Canadian entrepreneur’s plan published in 1991 diverted water from eastern British Columbia to the Columbia River, then envisioned a 300-mile pipeline from the river through Oregon to a reservoir near Alturas, California. As of 2013, there were no interstate water pipelines to California.

Are oil pipelines underground?

Pipelines exist throughout the country, and they vary by the goods transported, the size of the pipes, and the material used to make pipes. While some pipelines are built above ground, the majority of pipelines in the U.S. are buried underground.

What else can oil pipelines be used for?

Instead of thinking of pipelines as single use systems like high-voltage transmission tower corridors, think of them as paved highways. Today they can move oil, tomorrow they push hydrogen, later the will transport natural gas, and in dry places like Alberta and Montana they will eventually pump water from the coast.

Can oil pipelines carry hydrogen?

Pipes will be needed to move hydrogen, CO2, and other materials, say experts. While pipelines are often associated with moving oil and natural gas, they are equally important for the developing cleaner sources of fuel like hydrogen, according to Maggie Hanna, a fellow at the Energy Futures Lab.

Why California can’t just build a pipeline from the Great Lakes?

To the editor: Building a water pipeline from the Great Lakes to the Southwest and California, as suggested by one reader to address the drought, would be illegal and predatory. A lightweight tube could be laid under the ocean to the San Francisco Bay, where the water could be pumped into our existing system.

Who owns the Great Lakes water?

The water in the Great Lakes is owned by the general public according to the Public Trust Doctrine. The Public Trust Doctrine is an international legal theory – it applies in both Canada and the United States, so it applies to the entirety of the Great Lakes.

Would building a water pipeline from the Great Lakes help solve drought?

Copy Link URL Copied! The Owens River, from which Los Angeles draws some of its water, flows east of the Sierra Nevada. Copy Link URL Copied! To the editor: Building a water pipeline from the Great Lakes to the Southwest and California, as suggested by one reader to address the drought, would be illegal and predatory.

How can we get more water to the Colorado River?

I’m going to be criticized, but here goes: Build a huge water pipeline from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the Colorado River. In years when those rivers flood — and only in those years — pipe as much water as possible to the Colorado River (and any other western rivers on the way that are in need).

How can we move the water from the ocean to California?

A lightweight tube could be laid under the ocean to the San Francisco Bay, where the water could be pumped into our existing system. If the water source is at an elevation higher than the outlet into the California Aqueduct, gravity would move the water, just as it does from the Owens River east of the Sierra Nevada to Los Angeles.

Why doesn’t California have a water policy?

The irony exists: The U.S. has never adopted a national water policy to conserve this natural resource, only that “safe water” be available to the public. California has likewise not developed a water policy in spite of the droughts and wasted water we cannot endure much longer.

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