I grew up in the inland Southern California desert (Palm Springs area). Ironically, it's is more able to water itself than LA because of an aquifer that gets r

I grew up in the inland Southern California desert (Palm Springs area). Ironically, it's is more able to water itself than LA because of an aquifer that gets replenished by snowmelt annually (also, last I checked, they make the golf courses buy water rather than tapping the aquifer). There are more sources of water than just proximity to a visible body of it.