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Originally Posted by Zeke

If you wanna pare the residential usage, then go after the lawns first. Personally, I think people with lots of lawn are the perfect example of what's wrong with people to begin with.

Desalinization takes enormous amounts of energy. Back to square one.

people water lawns too much. If you water a lawn all of the time, the lawn comes to expect constant water and without constant water, that lawn suffers. If you water the lawn less often, when it needs water, the lawn does fine with less water. Obviously, in drought conditions, the lawn is going to suffer.

Another thing, at least around here, if native grasses and plants are used, the root systems of those native plants run deeper than things like bermuda or St Augustine so the native grasses and plants are happier when things turn dry. They've had hundreds of years learning to cope with dry spells and wet spells and hot spell and cold spells (or whatever types of spells an area gets).

Yes, desalination is a last resort for places that have no other option. It's not free or easy.