Goals

The NSWG infrastructure consists of the following elements: 

1. Capture floodwater via modified levees during flood events. 

2. Build new water retention basins and reservoirs. 

3. Conduct appropriate water treatment of captured freshwater according to national standards and technological advances. 

4. Build a series of steel pipelines that start near the modified levees, water treatment plants and retention ponds. 

5. Use pipelines to send captured and treated freshwater to western states. 

6. Use commercially available 12 ft diameter steel pipes made in America. 

7. Use commercially available ~282,000 gallon per minute (gpm) pumps made in America. Four pumps and four pipelines can transfer 1.12 M gpm, or 1.62B gallons per day. Typical spring flood seasons last ~ 90 days, so ~ 146 B gallons (448,569 ac ft) could be available annually per modified levee and origin. 

8. Economy of scale reduces the per unit cost of freshwater. 

9. Amortize infrastructure construction and permit costs over 30 years by selling 30-year revenue bonds. 

10. Add to and connect to existing freshwater infrastructure at destinations.  

11. Pay operating and maintenance costs monthly. 

12. Collect payment of water upon delivery of water to destinations and use the proceeds to pay the 30-year revenue bonds. 

13. Provide a new sustainable and affordable supply of freshwater for American states and Indian tribes. 

14. Prepare new legislation that addresses water ownership and water rights addressing the introduction of this freshwater into the Colorado River and who can withdraw that water.