Over and over again, drought launches California into a familiar scramble to provide enough water.
Cities and towns . Growers and . And discover that they .
So where can California get enough water to survive the latest dry stretch 鈥� and the next one, and the next?
Can it pump more water from the salty Pacific Ocean? Treat waste flushed down toilets and washed down drains? Capture runoff that flows off streets into storm drains? Tow Antarctic icebergs to Los Angeles?
The Newsom administration . But the plan 鈥� which has few details, distant deadlines and scant plans for agriculture 鈥� .
Every time another drought rolls around, an array of suggestions rise to the surface. We take a look at the strategies that could work 鈥� along with the more outlandish ones 鈥� and the obstacles they face.
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