Yeah those water rights aren't going away.Ibanez wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:39 amI'll check that out.SDHornet wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:29 am
Partially true. The Central valley has/had a massive aqueduct that the farmers have tapped into. But yes, all of SoCal is one giant desert. Cadillac Desert is a good read that explains the water rights issues and projects that allowed SoCal to be what it is today.
60 Minutes last night had a good segment on this..the sheer drop in volume at the Lakes Mead (already down 50 ft this year) and Powell and the Colorado River in general should be warning enough that something is wrong and needs to change. The water laws out there, also, make zero sense. Arizona has to completely cut off any water usage but California doesn't?
The simple fact that farming wouldn't exist in those areas w/o human intervention and infrastructure should tell you all you need to know.
Cadillac Desert touches on that as well, and the pissing match between the Bureau of Rec and the ACOE and the encouragement to farmers to not grow crops that makes sense for their respective climates.