privatize the water, implement a price mechanism … i hear they have glacier melting into the ocean over by alaska .. let the market figure out how to get that water down here … this isn’t a water crisis, it’s a government crisis ..
The Risks of Cheap Water
Higher prices are essential to induce conservation and investment in water-saving technology and to steer water to where it is valued most.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/business/economy/the-price-of-water-is-too-low.html