Why can’t California’s drought be solved through desalination stations?

Question

And further, couldn’t they be used to power turbines as well through steam power?

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Answer 1

Not only are desalination plants expensive to build and maintain (salt is really corrosive), but even multiple plants wouldn’t ultimately meet the full needs of California’s extensive farming communities, not to mention the major metropolitan areas. Pretty much, there are too many humans growing too many plants and using too much water and energy which isn’t naturally available to that region even without drought conditions – Los Angeles has been getting water piped in from the Colorado river since the early 20th century.