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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Those millions will also need water
> and that water has to come from already stretched sources so wastewater
> will become even more valuable.

California has more water than it can ever use just west of the coastline.

"Desalinization technology is improving and costs are falling, 
though, and Tampa Bay, FL is currently desalinizing water at a cost 
of only $650 per acre foot."
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/drinkseawater.html

Water and oil will both be available to those who will pay the price.