They tried several times, but very important priorities of their society knocked it down. They didn’t want to look at an “ugly” desalination plant from their backyards. This is basically what the whole gist of the argument against them boiled down to. Even more so than all the self defeating environmental issues they dreamed up against them.
“Which is why it won’t be done.”
Not until they have no more water left to steal.
It’s a no-brainer. It’s simple. The Israelis have shown how it can be done on a large scale. It is much more economically viable than even a few years ago.
It’s still energy intensive, but build a couple Gen4 nuke plants and that problem goes away too.
Billions in California are wasted on complete bullshit. This could be done in five minutes with competent leadership.