One potential alternative to groundwater withdrawal that would help alleviate droughts in a region and provide its people with a viable alternate source of fresh water is:
A. Building new river channels from the Pacific Ocean to inland locations
B. Erecting several new dams on the Mississippi River
C. Desalination
D. Extraction of fresh water from the Great Lakes, sent to drought-prone regions of the United States.
C. Desalination
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