Water is the Key to Everything

Water flows.  Water collects.  Water sustains life.  Too much water takes life.  Too little water deprives life.  Business relies on water to function.  Energy production relies on water supply.  Economies go up or down depending on water distribution.  So why are we ignoring water?

The world needs a water storage and distribution system to effectively manage all the water resources we need to function.  Areas of the planet can be terraformed with water distribution to become more valuable areas that they are.  Water pulled from the ocean will sustain life on the islands and coastal communities slowly being consumed by rising levels.  Disasters will be minimized by lessening the sources of the problem.  Why isn't it clear that this is needed?

Probably because there are plenty of people that profit on the disaster.  All governments of the world could work together to control the water flow on the planet, but they would rather it fall the way it does, and deal with the consequences as they arise.  They don't see options to reverse it because they don't see any economical value in it. 

It's a foolish thought, that people would risk destroying everything they know just be claiming ignorance, but it's what happens.  Perhaps people just want to see it happen.  People are strange like that.