NASA Scientist Warns "California Has One Year Of Water Left"

[OldFaithful]

One solution to this is so incredibly simple, that I'm surprised no on has mentioned it yet.

Supply & Demand!

Simply let the open market set the price for water instead of the state & local gov. Those that want to pay a high price per gallon to live in CA will stay, and those that don't want to pay that price will move to another part of the country with a more stable/repeatable rainfall. The price will rise until it balances the new demand.

Now, if a company wants to build another reservoir or desalinization plant or whatever...then that's their business choice and they will have to gauge profitability vs expenses just like every other business. The high price of water will entice the construction of profitable water supply companies and that will bring on more supply. The increased supply would then lower the price for water & the cycle continues.

Such a simple solution...

 

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[H. Palmer]

97% of the earth's water is not fresh and is unfit for consumption. And of the remaining 3%, about three-quarters of it is inaccessible without going to drastic measures (melting glaciers, for example).

Nearly a billion people on this planet don't have easy access to fresh/clean water -- which means that instead of focusing on educating their children, improving their technology, growing their infrastructure, etc., more than 10% of the world spends ridiculous amounts of time transporting clean water from streams back to their villages.

But, don't let facts get in the way of making a condescending argument...

Bringing water to people is no different than handling other big natural challenges, like protecting a country against the water or joining two pieces of land with a bridge or tunnel.

It's a matter of 2 things: using the right technology and proper public planning.

That's how it's done in the entire western world.

The billion people you speak of live in the third world. As far as I know California is a very rich and modern part of the world.