But it was, and then sold, by the government to these farmers. And the real issue is, of course, not that they want it back, but that they want it back without

But it was, and then sold, by the government to these farmers. And the real issue is, of course, not that they want it back, but that they want it back without paying for it. And people are mad because their water use for lawns is billed very differently, and rationed, because they never purchased the rights to it. So government did something stupid, not paying for it made the problem get delayed, and grow massively, and now it’s critical. The government, especially now that the problem is so much bigger, definitely doesn’t want to pay. “The initial purchases would be cost prohibitive”.