My thoughts on the water shortage, is that southern California has the responsibility to become more self-reliant. Placing a few nuclear reactors on So-Cal beaches or close by, would provide power for now and the future, and a by-product of millions of gallons of desalinated water.
It angers me that our city planners don’t do any forward thinking whatsoever these days.
“Placing a few nuclear reactors on So-Cal beaches or close by, would provide power for now and the future, and a by-product of millions of gallons of desalinated water “
LADWP had plans for 10 reactors on the coast in the 60s anf the environmentalists shut them off then.
If they couldn’t get them approved 50 years ago there’s no chance today!
Aside from that, every year during the rainy season millions of gallons of water run down the Santa Ana River (and other rivers in this area) from the San Bernardino mountains and dump into the sea. Building a few extra dams would be a tremendous idea for making the southern part of the state more self-reliant. The Prado Dam is a joke, but there are plenty of other places where fresh water could be captured and stored.
And your idea about going nuke for electricity and de-sal water is just what we need, but somehow I don’t think the lefties in this state (or in the current federal administration) would ever allow it.
Hello?? Hello? Anyone home? Those folks aren’t suffering from a water shortage. The federal government is not allowing them to use the water they have because it believes a fish is more important than their livelihoods. Read the story. Watch the video. All the desalinated water in the world won’t help them if the government won’t let them use it to farm.