[alloysteel]

Desalination by distillation takes heat. Plenty of heat available from a nuclear reactor, particularly a thorium-fueled molten salt reactor, which can be built to generate plentiful electricity relatively close in to an urban area.

Get over this stupid superstition about all things nuclear, and recognize that California NEEDS an enormous supply of electricity, and that the desalination of sea water is merely a by-product that is almost equally as valuable as the electricity itself. Thorium-fueled molten salt reactors are both inherently MUCH safer than the older design uranium-fueled light-water reactors, and can be scaled up or down, depending on local need.

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/spotlight-on-innovation-molten-salt-reactors-for-a-sustainable-clean-energy-transition

[LastDayz]

What you said.

[RayChuang88]

If we have six to eight LFTR plants that can massively desalinate water in California, that could actually means the California Aqueduct could be primarily used to deliver water for farming in the Central Valley, not for use by the people of Los Angeles. That would be a huge boon to the California economy, since you could now use the entire Central Valley for agriculture.