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Originally Posted by opendoor
Desalinated water is insanely expensive. California's problem isn't a drinking water shortage; it's that agriculture there uses an obscene amount of water to grow things that shouldn't be grown in such a dry climate (almonds, pistachios, alfalfa, etc.).
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I agree that turning a dessert into fancy produce farms has issues. The cost of desalination has been substantially decreasing. The up front cost is big (hundreds of millions), but once the plants are built the cost is relatively cheap.
California has also failed to institute other water saving measure, like using grey water for agriculture and water recapture.