How about @#*$ no. It's called the Great Lakes compact and the Great Lakes Charter. You won't get a drop from us. Nor will you get anything from the mid-west basin.
It's not our problem you built a city in a desert and didn't manage the water properly. You created the problem. Now deal with it. Get rid of the lawns, stop growing crops that need more water than the environment can provide sustainably, build better mass transit to cut back on pollution, stop expanding outward, retrofit existing infrastructure (mandatory water conserving shower heads...make it illegal to sell any that aren't and make it illegal to ship them to california and attach a big fine to companies that do, turn off park fountains, recycle wastewater back into the aquifer, etc), etc. There's plenty you can do now to stop the problem.
Bottom line. You won't get a drop from the great lakes. The residents here surrounding the great lakes will tell you to take a hike.
Just got this letter from my Guild representative:
"Greetings investors and customers
The Spacing Guild would like to inform our customers that due to the recent events on Arrakis there will be a 25% surcharge on all spice shipments and travel arrangements until the political stability on Arrakis has improved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to assure you that your shipments of spice will be on time. Our navigators are hard at work making sure that your intergalactic travel and shipping needs are met.
Office of the Director of House Relations
The Spacing Guild"
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I'd like to order a cheese pizza with police department, fire department, and an ambulance.
How about @#*$ no. It's called the Great Lakes compact and the Great Lakes Charter. You won't get a drop from us. Nor will you get anything from the mid-west basin. It's not our problem you built a city in a desert and didn't manage the water properly. You created the problem. Now deal with it. Get rid of the lawns, stop growing crops that need more water than the environment can provide sustainably, build better mass transit to cut back on pollution, stop expanding outward, retrofit existing infrastructure (mandatory water conserving shower heads...make it illegal to sell any that aren't and make it illegal to ship them to california and attach a big fine to companies that do, turn off park fountains, recycle wastewater back into the aquifer, etc), etc. There's plenty you can do now to stop the problem. Bottom line. You won't get a drop from the great lakes. The residents here surrounding the great lakes will tell you to take a hike.
We have been doing stuff like that for awhile.
Just got this letter from my Guild representative: "Greetings investors and customers The Spacing Guild would like to inform our customers that due to the recent events on Arrakis there will be a 25% surcharge on all spice shipments and travel arrangements until the political stability on Arrakis has improved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to assure you that your shipments of spice will be on time. Our navigators are hard at work making sure that your intergalactic travel and shipping needs are met. Office of the Director of House Relations The Spacing Guild"