> It is politically untenable to fix this, as it requires not trying to grow water-hungry crops in what is literally a desert It doesn't even requiring changin

> It is politically untenable to fix this, as it requires not trying to grow water-hungry crops in what is literally a desert It doesn't even requiring changing the crops you grow! Instead of watering pecan trees by spraying water all around them, you can use more precise aiming and distribution to get the water right to the roots. You can save a huge percentage of water just by being more careful instead of "if I flood this plain with water, eventually some will get where I want it to go."