Could ocean water desalination end the fight over water rights to the Colorado River, eliminate the need for new canals and pipelines to bring water to southern California and even allow for the return of stretches of biologically damaged parts of the SacramentoRiverdelta to healthy wetlands?
Regulations to protect smelt from the Sacramento-San Joaquin RiverDelta water pumps have created a California water shortage, which is particularly acute in the Valley.