The water would have to be pumped over the Rocky Mountains – a roughly 6000 foot lift. Power costs alone to move that much would make the water extremely expensive. But the biggest problem would ...

They move at a rate of one to two inches (three to five centimeters) per year. Where plates serving landmasses collide, the crust crumples and buckles into mountain ranges. India and Asia crashed ...

and Mountain Island Lake and Lake Norman provide drinking water for over 10% of North Carolina residents. “There’s a lot of work that we have to do to be able to control the water system, control the ...