Reminds me of the Qattara Depression Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project

Reminds me of the Qattara Depression Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project Build a canal/channel/etc to a below sea level place, harvest the hydro power, and get a nice new (saline) lake to boot. Anyway, I don't think that the salt is totally worthless. Don't they have salt ponds in the bay around San Jose? The energy input is the bigger problem; you can only get so much water from a glorified solar still.