[jthol]

I can't imagine the scope of a project that would move water 1500 miles over a mountain range. From the Missouri valley to western Kansas is a 3000 ft elevation change. You are literally trying to get water to flow uphill.

[justin66]

Making water flow uphill is more feasible than getting everyone affected by a substantial change in the Missouri River's flow to agree to such a diversion.

[sliverstorm]

No kidding. If the whole damn Colorado River isn't enough to satisfy the West Coast, it will be a cold day in hell before the East shares their water.

[tomjen3]

They dug a channel through Panama by hand. We humans are pretty good at engineering.

[jthol]

The panama canal is 50 miles wide and has an elevation change of 85 feet. Construction took 10 years.

It would be vastly more efficient to have a pipe line which would still be ludicrous.