Desalinization of sea-water is the logical solution to the situation in California, but the communists, er... environmentalists, will not allow it.
If our nation truly wanted a green revolution we would proceed full speed ahead on the new generation of nuclear energy and this would make desalinization affordable. It would also create hundreds of thousands of new jobs with the cheap energy that is the lifeblood of tomorrow’s manufacturing.
Win - win for everyone but the communists.
Shutting off the farmer's water makes sense too, if you are trying to kill them off.
The Boy Scouts taught me how me how to desalinize water with a few sticks, a couple pots & some tin foil. That wouldn’t work on the scale they need but it would (should) still be pretty easy. Of course being Cali., with all their regulations & unions, it would end up costing MUCH more that it should. Still, a couple wind turbines, a few solar panels, an electric coil, 2 collection tanks & a pipeline leading to the lakes they want to fill are really all that’s required for one plant. Streisand could fund it all with her takings from one concert.