Here’s How Two Giant, Gravity-Powered Water Tunnels Could Protect California from Drought

California’s current drought crisis isn’t going away any time soon, and state authorities have cast their nets far and wide looking for any way of conserving what little water they have left. Now California Governor Jerry Brown has unveiled new details of a plan for two huge pipes, powered by gravity, to improve the flow of water around the Sunshine State.

 

The major infrastructure project is called the California Water Fix, and it turns the current system on its head.