[rhino369]

That is talking about the water you use in your household. But that is a tiny faction of all water used in total. Industry and farming absolutely dwarf household consumption.

A ton of water is used to grow Alfafia. There is no way it's profitable if you had to desalinate it first.

[guyzero]

More realistically, California stops growing alfalfa and stops raising beef cattle altogether. That would free up enough water to water every lawn across the state.

[digikata]

Well, we should consider moving away from lawns too. They are the largest crop grown in the US.

http://scienceline.org/2011/07/lawns-vs-crops-in-the-contine...

[webXL]

I was just looking into a fake lawn for my next house, but you don't recoup the cost for 7 years. The builder has been putting in smaller lawns in the front, so we'll likely put a small one back and be smart about watering it (not in the middle of the day, properly position sprinklers etc.). Or we'll xeriscape it