But Israel has desalination plants!
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http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/534996/megascale-desalination/
It is the world’s largest modern seawater desalination plant, providing 20 percent of the water consumed by the country’s households.
The new plant in Israel, called Sorek, was finished in late 2013 but is just now ramping up to its full capacity;
Those plants account for 40 percent of Israel’s water supply. By 2016, when additional plants will be running, some 50 percent of the country’s water is expected to come from desalination.
Israel Desalination Shows California Not to Fear Drought
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-13/israel-desalination-shows-california-not-to-fear-drought
I’m sure environmentalist will hate them for one reason or another. What happened to this country? we used to be so industrious. well I should say what happened to California?as far as israel, they usually do the right thing. Common sense reigns over there. Here not so much.
Desalination, hell. They have $68B bullet trains to build.