While California has ideal weather for many activities, beaches, and mountains, the water shortage in the state has caused challenges for its growing population. The state has implemented some water saving measures but must do more to meet its needs as its population continues to increase. This paper explores what has been done and what might be done to seek more sources of water. Existing literature tends to examine individual options, instead of performing a broader comparison. This study uses comparative analysis to evaluate multiple approaches to mitigating the effects of drought in California, comparing cost information, technical maturity, and less easily quantified advantages and disadvantages. The study found that conservation, wastewater recycling, water transfer, and similar options have been used successfully in California in the past and should continue to be used. Because all those approaches except wastewater recycling are reaching their limits, the most feasible method to mitigate future droughts in California is increased use of wastewater recycling. However, it faces some emotional and political obstacles to its widespread use.

虽然加利福尼亚州拥有适合许多活动、海滩和山脉的理想天气，但该州的水资源短缺为其不断增长的人口带来了挑战。该州已经实施了一些节水措施，但随着人口的不断增加，必须采取更多措施来满足其需求。本文探讨了为寻找更多水源而采取的措施以及可能采取的措施。现有文献倾向于检查个别选项，而不是进行更广泛的比较。本研究使用比较分析来评估减轻加利福尼亚干旱影响的多种方法，比较成本信息、技术成熟度以及不易量化的优缺点。研究发现，保护、废水循环利用、水转移、并且类似的选项过去已在加利福尼亚成功使用，应继续使用。由于除废水回收之外的所有这些方法都已达到极限，因此减轻加利福尼亚未来干旱的最可行方法是增加废水回收的使用。然而，它的广泛使用面临一些情感和政治障碍。