California Population Projections Through 2010-2060

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

The proposed Hunting desalination plant would have produced 50 million gallons/day. At California's current population of 38 million, that's 5 quarts/person/day. And the average Californian uses 230 gallons of water/day. So unless you're going to build dozens and dozens of desalinization plants, it's just not going to work - and the energy requirements of desalinization make the building of dozens and dozens of such plants completely unworkable. California has water problems. The notion of solving them by desalinization is uninformed fantasy.

We can only hope the Coastal Commission doesn't cave in to demands to have our beaches turn into something akin to this, just to meet water demands with desal plants:

Our source of income derived from keeping the coast from turning into New Jersey is a large part of the state's GDP. That, and even a pretty desal plant just doesn't look so lovely plunked down next to the ocean.

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by Unsettomati

The proposed Hunting desalination plant would have produced 50 million gallons/day. At California's current population of 38 million, that's 5 quarts/person/day. And the average Californian uses 230 gallons of water/day. So unless you're going to build dozens and dozens of desalinization plants, it's just not going to work - and the energy requirements of desalinization make the building of dozens and dozens of such plants completely unworkable. California has water problems. The notion of solving them by desalinization is uninformed fantasy.

Ive commented on this many many times, and have stated that desal isnt a magic bullet, it simply NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. Obviously, conservation and water recycling will help bridge the gap, as well as improved irrigation practices in the farms, but if this drought continues, your not going to have many options when most of the rivers and lakes dry up. That Huntington Beach plant has been delayed for years thanks to NIMBY env. whackos. But yet Gov. Brown wants to spend $15 billion on an aqueduct from the Sacramento river to Socal, thats all fine and dandy, but what do u do when that starts running low or drying up? You could build almost 3 dozen desal plants for the cost of that stupid aqueduct and will provide a much more SUSTAINABLE supply of water.

[armourereric]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

If theres not enuff water to support its populace, ppl will stop coming real quick. Unless of course CA decides to get its head out of its ass and start building some desal plants along the coast to provide a more sustainable water supply.

Like to desal plant in San Diego that was fought tooth and nail by the enviro crowd? Fought primarily on the grounds that it's existance would support more population.

[SHABAZZ310]

Originally Posted by SuckaFree123456

No I don't have a problem as I am Mexican American lol. I just think that the growth projected is hard to believe.

Your statement makes more sense now...