Mission Statement

To introduce a bold initiative to supply fresh water to the Southwest and create revenue for the Northwest using surplus Columbia River water.

Western Water Project’s goal is to work with the public, legislators, and tribal governments in 11 states to promote and adopt this initiative with legislation.

It Can Be Done!

Southwestern states are in severe drought. Northwestern states allow 200 million acre-feet (65 thousand trillion gallons) of fresh water to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean each year.

I have set up and am funding an organization to build an 1100-mile undersea pipeline on the continental shelf, from Bonneville Dam to the San Joaquin Valley and then onto Imperial Valley, CA and Phoenix, AZ. The continuously extruded pipeline will be 8-foot diameter at 200 psi, floating approximately 10'-20' above the seabed and 20 miles offshore. There will be six pipelines delivering 10 million acre feet (MAF) of fresh water: 3 MAF to the San Joaquin Valley, 3 MAF to Imperial Valley, and 4 MAF to Phoenix. Approximately 500 miles of pipeline will be over land.

The pipeline could be built within 30 months, or take as long as 30 years. Experts have conducted wasted water studies for 60 years. Northwestern states live in fear that southern states will come and take some and then all of their water. I lost my 1992 election to the US House of Representatives because I suggested the need to reuse a small portion of the Columbia River instead of wasting it.

I know the problem and have the solution: the 11 western states must agree to allow the NW Exporting States to own and sell, thereby controlling the water spigot. First in Use, First in Right!

The project can be financed with tax-exempt industrial development bonds, issued by California. Money from the water sale proceeds will pay the administration and service the bond principal and interest. The NW exporting states will receive approximately $200 per acre-foot, which is $2 billion a year of newfound revenue for those states to divide ($250 per citizen).

We have a massive coalition to put together to contact every water board, every state and federal representative and the public. Ultimately, we are launching a public relation marketing campaign to bring the citizens of the Northwest together. Without the citizen’s support, elected officials will do nothing. NW politicians will never discuss water export to California for fear of ending their political career.