THE DEMOCRAT RUNNING OF CA LEAVES ONE TO WONDER IF THERE’S VISION IN SOLVING THE WATER PROBLEM BESIDES CONSERVATION FOR ALL WE HERE IS NOTHING BUT CONSERVE CONSERVE CONSERVE TIL THERE’S NO WATER LEFT TO CONSERVE–AS ISRAEL HAS SHOWN THEM HOW ITS DONE IN THE LAND OF DESERT FOR 60 YEARS–WATER DESALINATION

Six decades of providing water in a country that’s 60 percent desert have made Israel a technological leader in the field, a model that points the way for drought-stricken California.

Desalination of sea water, reuse of treated sewage for agriculture, software creating an early-warning system for leaks, computerized drip irrigation and careful accounting of every drop have become the norm in Israel, the world’s 40th biggest economy. Officials in California, which would be the 10th largest if it were a nation, are paying attention.

North of San Diego, Israel’s IDE Technologies Ltd. is helping to build what it says will be the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. The facility, when finished in 2016, will be able to provide 50 million gallons of potable water a day. Three smaller plants already operate in California, and 15 more have been proposed.

“This is the one supply that San Diego County is investing in that is truly drought-proof,” said Peter MacLaggan, senior vice president of privately held Poseidon Resources Corp., which is developing the $922 million plant with IDE. “It does cost more, but it has some reliability benefits that are very important to the regional economy.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-13/israel-desalination-shows-california-not-to-fear-drought.html