The Colorado River, which keeps at lease seven states and its citizens hydrated, has struggled to do so. And in response, the federal government has come up with many ways to enhance the flow such as decreasing demand through conservation and increasing supply through reuse or desalination projects. However, the most recent calls for building a pipeline from the Missouri River to Denver (about 600 miles to the west). Water would be taken out as needed along the route in Kansas, and the rest would be stored in reservoirs in the Denver area. The fact that such a plan has made it into the plan shows how bad the situation as gotten. The pipeline would provide the Colorado River basin with 600,000 acre-feet of water annually, which could serve roughly a million single-family homes. However this plan will face political opposition due to its high loss of water from the rivers (which require flows large enough to sustain large vessel navigation).
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/science/earth/federal-plans-for-colorado-river-include-pipeline.html?ref=earth
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