For first time, Californians ordered to cut water

[9erempiree]

Restaurants in California are no longer bringing glasses of water to its customers unless they ask for it.

[aj1987]

Not ridiculously expensive imo. A gallon of water should cost about $0.006

California used ~40 billion gallons of water per day. The largest desalination plant in the US produces 50 million gallons of fresh water a day. The cost of the plant is ~1 billion. Setting up enough plants to cover just half of California's daily requirements would end up costing the state anywhere between $150 billion to $250 billion. That's not including the running cost and the maintenance of the plant.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...7&postcount=17

IF your math is correct, that comes to ~$900 a year for each family.

[bagelred]

You have a problem with America, you f-cktard?

[Meticode]

Dang man, I really like almonds too.

[Smoke117]

That's why I mostly drink liquor...I'm a water conservative.

[gts]

I hope it wasn't Jerry Brown that said this is the first time Californians have been told to reduce water usage seeing how the last time we were told to reduce water in 1977 by the governor it was Jerry Brown who was in office

[boozehound]

this shit is dumb. They hardly curtailed any agricultural use.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

That's why I mostly drink liquor...I'm a water conservative.

[Canelo_Griffin]

Yes, I know. The link I posted goes into detail on the cost. But it is an option.

Actually, your article makes the argument that desalination is NOT a practical or ethical option. Also, there's no way all the rich people on the coast would allow a huge desalination plant to ruin the coast aesthetics.

I wonder if this is going to have a huge impact on real estate prices. Should we start investing in Arizona real estate? I hear their drought situation isn't as bad.

[Canelo_Griffin]

this shit is dumb. They hardly curtailed any agricultural use.

A lot of farmers sold their water rights to wholesale water agencies instead of using it for irrigation so i would say that agriculture was/is definitely impacted.

[Nanners]

I wonder if this is going to have a huge impact on real estate prices. Should we start investing in Arizona real estate? I hear their drought situation isn't as bad.

coastal washington/oregon seems like a good bet

[fiddy]

I wonder if this is going to have a huge impact on real estate prices. Should we start investing in Arizona real estate? I hear their drought situation isn't as bad.

Move from one desert to another, seems like a good idea.

[Bigsmoke]

Good thing I live next to a big ass lake

[Bigsmoke]

Move from one desert to another, seems like a good idea.

They should move to the Midwest where the largest freshwater storage on Earth resides.

[AkronAngel]

Can you water your lawn with ocean water?

Of course. But it probably won't help.