Maybe instead of an oil pipeline we can build a water pipeline from the East Coast which has waaaaay more snow than they need to the West. It would mean jobs, no environmental risk, and a permanent solution with the ability to push water either way.

California is exporting its water. It is doing it by growing and then exporting over seas crops that use extreme amounts of water. They grow rice, where you flood fields from April until September, the hottest months with the most evaporation, then drain it away to harvest the rice. 10% of all water use in the State goes to almond production. 20% of all water use in California goes to alfalfa production. Most of the almonds are exported. A good portion of the alfalfa is needed for the dairy industry, but a very large amount is exported to other countries. California also grows cotton, another high water user.
Cutting back alfalfa production and not exporting it will save as much as all the lawns in the state. Cutting almond production in half will save as much as all of the proposed reductions of 25% all by itself.
We need to support agriculture, but not for wasteful crops when we are in crisis. Regulating just 4 crops will save enough water to get by without affecting food production for the state and the country.
Residential conservation is fine, but many people already did their part. Agriculture did not.

This is not my idea, but it is a good one - instead of spending $68Billion on a boondoggle(bullet train to nowhere), why not put 1/2 of that towards de-sal plants along the coast of CA?

I hope that for those of us who have cut water use to the bone already, we arent "taxed" if we are supposed to cut another 20%.

old problem new idea

i think that train tanker cars, and tanker trucks full of ocean water should be transported to the dessert, some water should be put on a large metal plates to let the heat evaporate , i think this will make it rain in California, maybe a few fans to direct the moisture

i think that to prevent forrest fires, ocean water should be stored on or near mountains then when it gets very hot, water pumps and sprinklers could spray water around the mountains full of trees from the top of the mountains in fire danger, in some flat land areas a pole or a tree top could be used to mount a water sprinkler

two ideas that cost money

in the long run the savings of the drought effects, and the savings of fire damage will pay off for the new ideas !

i'm not perfect, but i believe in trying my best to solve problems instead of continuously living with them

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