There is water here in the Mojave Desert. (Jenna Schoenefeld for The Washington Post)David Lamfrom, director of the California Desert program at the National Parks Conservation Association. Water percolates through the Mojave Desert floor. The water district, which serves 56,000 homes in Orange County, has signed on to buy 5,000 acre-feet of Cadiz water each year at a cost of about $5.8 million. Ferons said the district’s local water supply is too high in salt, and, like investors, California water districts are increasingly looking to diversify their sources, for safety reasons.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2019 01:04 UTC