rains

The thing is that while it doesn't rain that much, when it does it rains really hard.

In SoCal/LA it rarely rains, so when it does rain a few times a year the runoff is a black, horrendously toxic stew of petrochemicals and urban detritus.

If you're thinking of using the runoff from local rains, consider that California is in a drought.

For example in the UK it's damn near impossible to waste water because it rains so consistently.

As for desalting the ocean, perhaps building aquifers to retain the run off from rains would be a better solution.

This is like a robber who takes your entire house and lets you stay under the porch only when it rains.

We run photo contests on general themes like rains, city street, back to school etc.

Or you know the fact you basically live in a desert and it never rains.

And it would have to be added to the water multiple times, for each time it rains out before crossing the mountains.

They have lead pipes and dump raw sewage into rivers when it rains.

Perhaps in the very unlikely event it ever rains again in California, water in the tube could be an issue, or lightning damage.

Indeed, the money rains from the sky to a lot of people.

When it rains more days than not in a given season, for many locals the sound of rain is often not exactly "soothing".

"Sure, what word?" "Huacha" as in this example sentence: "Huacha gonna do if the rains don come".