If you are interested in better understanding water issues, I highly recommend the books Salt Dreams, which is about the Colorado River, Salton Sea and water hi

If you are interested in better understanding water issues, I highly recommend the books Salt Dreams, which is about the Colorado River, Salton Sea and water history in Southern California, and Water for a thirsty land, which is the history of water development in Fresno County, California where a lot of water rights issues were hashed out historically in court and a lot of equipment was invented and patented, etc. Fresno has a very interesting water history and has done a good job of learning to recharge its aquifer, among other things. It probably has better water security than most of California and anyone interested in improving water security for their region would do well to learn a little something about Fresno. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27566605 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27566605