The problem isn't political, it's economic. Water shipped to farmers is sold at very low cost compared to the cost of desalinated water. As far as I know, whic

The problem isn't political, it's economic. Water shipped to farmers is sold at very low cost compared to the cost of desalinated water. As far as I know, which isn't much, the only desal plants in California[1][2] are those which sell to urban areas for whom the cost is not a dealbreaker. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_desalination_plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_desalination_plant [2] http://www.acwd.org/index.aspx?nid=383 http://www.acwd.org/index.aspx?nid=383