For first time, Californians ordered to cut water

[aj1987]

Can you water your lawn with ocean water?

The Earth is 70% water. How is this possible?

You're trolling, right?

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.

[KyrieTheFuture]

The Earth is 70% water. How is this possible?

Jesus Christ so many of your posts make sense now

[DeuceWallaces]

Should not implement major disruptions to the water cycle because a bunch of assholes want to farm or grow a lawn in the desert.

[BigBoss]

Turns out Climate Change is real.

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No shit unless your a bible warrior.

[HitandRun Reggie]

Turns out you shouldn't live in the desert.

Looking at the diagram, it looks like California's deserts are the LEAST affected by the drought. Probably because of their sparse population and proximity to the Colorado River.

[DeuceWallaces]

Looking at the diagram, it looks like California's deserts are the LEAST affected by the drought. Probably because of their sparse population and proximity to the Colorado River.

Because they don't get water to begin with.

[knickballer]

Because they don't get water to begin with.

This.

Historically California and the whole South West was largely uninhabited before European/American exploration and probably due to climate conditions like the region being a god damn desert. The region can't simply fit the population it currently has and their current lifestyles. Natures way of saying GTFO.

Same with Las Vegas. People saying "OMG, there's a drought in Las Vegas!". No shit the city is built on top of a desert.

Water shortages are probably going to be a more common theme in the future too as humans start depleting reservoirs

[NumberSix]

This.

Historically California and the whole South West was largely uninhabited before European/American exploration and probably due to climate conditions like the region being a god damn desert. The region can't simply fit the population it currently has and their current lifestyles. Natures way of saying GTFO.

Same with Las Vegas. People saying "OMG, there's a drought in Las Vegas!". No shit the city is built on top of a desert.

Water shortages are probably going to be a more common theme in the future too as humans start depleting reservoirs

So, Europeans are the real natives of California?

[bigkingsfan]

Time to start drinking salt water.

[knickballer]

So, Europeans are the real natives of California?

I'm guessing you're trolling? But like I said the area was pretty much uninhabited besides some tribes and in the most part empty.

But I do find it kinda funny how people make the claim that it was Mexican before US annexed it. If you're gonna use that technically the land belongs to Spain as they had the land before they gave it off to mexico.

[bagelred]

"Ordered" to cut water? Really GOVERNMENT?!! This is America, ok? The government should just get out of our f-cking lives and stop controlling us. This isn't Europe.

The free market will provide water as needed. That's the way it works. FREEDOM!

[Akrazotile]

"Ordered" to cut water? Really GOVERNMENT?!! This is America, ok? The government should just get out of our f-cking lives and stop controlling us. This isn't Europe.

The free market will provide water as needed. That's the way it works. FREEDOM!

[Bandito]

If we can drill for oil and siphon it from one country to the next, then the same can be done with ocean water, well water, etc.

Someone above mention desalination. That's another way of solving the problem especially since California borders a massive body of water.

Here's an article I found on that idea: http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/...ater-problems/

Do you know how expensive desalination is? If they do that a bottle of water might cost like 50$ a bottle.

[fiddy]

Desalinated water typically costs about $2,000 an acre foot -- roughly the amount of water a family of five uses in a year. The cost is about double that of water obtained from building a new reservoir or recycling wastewater, according to a 2013 study from the state Department of Water

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

[Patrick Chewing]

Do you know how expensive desalination is? If they do that a bottle of water might cost like 50$ a bottle.

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