Yeah, that's mentioned in the article. But in a way it's worse: > A majority of the water used by farms — and thus much of the river — goes to growing nonessen

Yeah, that's mentioned in the article. But in a way it's worse: > A majority of the water used by farms — and thus much of the river — goes to growing nonessential crops like alfalfa and other grasses that feed cattle for meat production. Much of those grasses are also exported to feed animals in the Middle East and Asia.