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Six western states not including California: “we need to drastically reduce our water use from the Colorado river.” California: “suckers.” -- (link*)

Posted by znufrii Jan 31 '23, 12:54

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/31/california-colorado-river-water-use-proposal (www.theguardian.com)

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Maybe we should stop building cities in deserts? -- nm - spamlet Jan 31, 13:15 1
- we got this, we'll pump millions of gallons a day, bottle it and sell it back to you for $5 a gallon.... -- nm - Nestle Jan 31, 13:42
While we should play nice, we do have 12% of the US population, and grow 1/3 of the country's vegetables and 2/3's of its fruit and nuts. It's also a - jnine Jan 31, 13:13 6
- What about water suckers like lawns? -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:28 5
  - xeriscaping is almost a law in Nevada -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 13:57
  - personal use is still dwarfed by agriculture (but farmers never get sprinkler shamed like residential customers) -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:29 3
    - It's only decorative for residential customers. And completely inappropriate for the location. -- nm - loosilu Jan 31, 13:31 2
      - Not true. The ripping out of lawns and landscaping in favor of xeriscaping has decimated the Monterey butterfly habitat and led to the death of many - jnine Jan 31, 19:18
      - even if you ripped up every inch of lawn grass tomorrow, still wouldn't solve the bigger Colorado River issues -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:35
in fairness to us, our population is probably more than all of those states' combined so . . . tail that wags the dog -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 31, 13:11
I say we build giant desalinization plants up & down the Ca. coast solely to refill Lake Mead. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 31, 13:07

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