[Disambiguator]

Nuclear power + desalinization plants on the west coast = problem solved

Will that happen in California? Not in a million years.

[thackney]

Nuclear power + desalinization plants on the west coast = problem solved

All the water you want for only 5 times the current prices. What a great solution.

[El Laton Caliente]

You don’t even need the nuke. Drain salt/sea water to death valley and use solar mirror to steam it off. The steam supplies electric power for the operation and steam power to pump the water back where it is needed.

Likely sea salt and other by products could be used also...

[GunsareOK]

Your idea sounds right. Why are they spending billions on a passenger train from the Los Angleles area to Fresno instead?

[samtheman]

Nuclear power + desalinization plants on the west coast = problem solved

Yup. It's not a water problem, it's an energy problem. But we opted out of energy solutions back in the 70s and haven't looked back.