So Southern California is currently being deluged with a rainstorm. The vast majority of the fresh water falling from the sky will hit the ground, fail to be absorbed and cause flash floods blocking traffic until it washes out to the sea.
Now the humidity is nice for the lungs once in a while and it's nice to have our streets washed by Nature but why are we not harvesting this precious resource more effectively?
While we're at it I understand Israel is running on pure desalinated water these days. We need to get our act together about this water thing.
Go ahead JJ and Sh76, have fun ranting about CA politics.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/02/23/water-farming-california-arizona
@athousandyoung saidI agree 100% Desalination plants are the bomb. The lack of desalination in CA is not really about state politics but national will. I give CA plenty of grief on other things, but that's not CA's fault.
So Southern California is currently being deluged with a rainstorm. The vast majority of the fresh water falling from the sky will hit the ground, fail to be absorbed and cause flash floods blocking traffic until it washes out to the sea.
Now the humidity is nice for the lungs once in a while and it's nice to have our streets washed by Nature but why are we not h ...[text shortened]... ng about CA politics.
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/02/23/water-farming-california-arizona
@sh76 saidIt always seemed to me that California could have a virtually unlimited supply of water if it paid for desalination. Its failure to do so is an unwillingness to accept that it if they want water they can have it if the pay for it. How is that national problem as opposed to a State problem?
I agree 100% Desalination plants are the bomb. The lack of desalination in CA is not really about state politics but national will. I give CA plenty of grief on other things, but that's not CA's fault.
@quackquack saidBuilding desalination plants on a large scale sound more like a national infrastructure project, like the interstate highway system. California consumers would obviously have to pay for the water in one way or another, but it's really an infrastructure issue.
It always seemed to me that California could have a virtually unlimited supply of water if it paid for desalination. Its failure to do so is an unwillingness to accept that it if they want water they can have it if the pay for it. How is that national problem as opposed to a State problem?
@sh76 saidCalifornia has no trouble passing innovative liberal laws to "protect" its citizens and to impose the costs on businesses and other who they feel don't fully provide what is needed in their region. I'm not sure why when a state with a large border on the ocean and a desperate need for water can't be required to be a leader in paying for and desalinating water.
Building desalination plants on a large scale sound more like a national infrastructure project, like the interstate highway system. California consumers would obviously have to pay for the water in one way or another, but it's really an infrastructure issue.
@sh76 saidThe interstate highways go from State to State. CA is the richest State in the Union. Seems like we should be able to do it on our own.
Building desalination plants on a large scale sound more like a national infrastructure project, like the interstate highway system. California consumers would obviously have to pay for the water in one way or another, but it's really an infrastructure issue.
@athousandyoung saidGood luck.
The interstate highways go from State to State. CA is the richest State in the Union. Seems like we should be able to do it on our own.
Your government took some of the world's nicest cities and turned them into Third-world Hellholes by mismanagement and neglect.
Good luck drinking the Pacific Ocean.
@athousandyoung saidAwesome. Should be done by 2054. 😉
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/10/14/california-approves-desalination-plant-as-drought-hits-water-supplies.html
@sh76 saidDon’t you have an alligator wrestling class to attend?
Awesome. Should be done by 2054. 😉