Foolin' around
The story's fictictious............................................somebody had to do the April Fools thing!
Check out the names........
Dr. Doan B. Leevit....Ima Crank, and I do love the part about the new Erie Canal.
The concept has been around for decades. There have been many "serious" proposals regarding diversion of Great Lakes water to the Southwest by pipeline but w/ lake levels flirting w/ record lows it will never come to pass.
Those in need will have to look elsewhere and the picture isn't pretty. The only "artificially maintained" environments should be amusement parks.
Oh, and some of those existing reservoirs do make for some GREAT sailing.