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A lot of people don't realize how inexpensive desalination is for cities with access to surface water. A decidedly third-tier American city--Tampa--already relies on it for significant fractions of its drinking water (tampabaywater.org/tampa…). Of course, such a solution relies on the availability of reasonably good governance and access…
A lot of people don't realize how inexpensive desalination is for cities with access to surface water. A decidedly third-tier American city--Tampa--already relies on it for significant fractions of its drinking water (https://www.tampabaywater.org/tampa-bay-seawater-desalination). Of course, such a solution relies on the availability of reasonably good governance and access to the bond market. This isn't a given, but if Californians could do it 100 years ago, we could do it today. It's not like they were better people. The real problem is with the agricultural areas that have a high chance of turning into the Owens Valley.