I know. Israel now has a surplus of water. They have been refilling the aquifers in the hills, refilling the lakes, and are even bringing the Jordan river back up to historic levels ( for that and the dead sea they add minerals and brine to keep the salinity in balance so as to not disrupt nature). They supply the Palestinians with water and export it to Jordan and other countries as well. They have several generations of advanced technologies.
California is idiotic. The coastal commission has a very odd set of priorities and are politically motivated; recently refusing SpaceX new launch sites for western facing launches simply because of Musk’s change in politics and X policies. They have refused new desalination plants permits and the legislature doesn’t allocate funds or override them; instead issuing electric mandates without enough energy to make it workable and all sorts of virtue signaling nonsense which wouldn’t matter IF they actually could deliver cheap water, cheap energy and lower crime and homelessness. But they don’t do those most basic of needs. And of course, not enough water we even ration water to farms. California feeds a lot of the country, but the politicians are so petty and ignorant they can taste their own hair gel if you catch my drift.
Very good 10 minute video on Israels improved water situation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkbC-rH3frY
Israel’s MASSIVE Water Highway That Could Change The Country Forever!
And they are pumping their excess coastal desalinated water up north to their hills, into reservoirs. No one else does this! What other nations desalinate water, it is consumed daily.
****** If California built reservoirs and had a sane and kind water policy for their farmers. My guess is California agricultural output would be doubled. Or up at leats 50%.