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- pstuart 5y agoA compromise would be a program that promoted/subsidized drip irrigation (zero interest loans), as well as resetting water prices to more accurately reflect its value.
- redis_mlc 5y agoBecause of historic water agreements, nobody will give up their existing allotment until there's a crisis. Good idea though. (China has been essentially exploiting our water by buying our nuts, so maybe stop growing nuts.) Also, the Bay Area has been sucking the Santa Clara aquifer dry, though it appears to have stabilized at the current level. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_valley_aquifer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_valley_aquifer https://www.usgs.gov/centers/ca-water-ls/science/land-subsidence-santa-clara-valley https://www.usgs.gov/centers/ca-water-ls/science/land-subsid...