What is the concern with transfers of water from one river basin to another?
Water transferred from rivers via interbasin transfers can upset the established balance of water uses upstream and downstream. Interbasin transfers also can impact the overall ecological health of the donor and receiving systems. Any proposed transfers need to be carefully scrutinized to ensure the long-term sustainability of the water resource as well as the protection of public health, safety and the environment. Impacts from an interbasin transfer can occur not only at the extraction point but in tributary reservoirs or streams hundreds of miles away.
