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Arizona's solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue
(interestingengineering.com)
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Evaporation. You lose a phenomenal amount of water moving it by canal over large distances in an arid climate. Ideally you'd enclose the whole system to reduce loss but sticking a roof over the top helps to some degree and is less complicated.