I completely agree that the first step is to admit water is scarce and the cost of usage needs to reflect that. The Utah Governor is an alfalfa farmer though,

I completely agree that the first step is to admit water is scarce and the cost of usage needs to reflect that. The Utah Governor is an alfalfa farmer though, so good luck getting the states upstream to do play ball https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/07/16/cox-says-its-ignorant/ https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/07/16/cox-says-its-ignorant... > Gov. Spencer Cox — a farmer himself — is calling on Utahns to conserve water to help save the state’s farms and ranches. And he doesn’t want to hear from anyone that the state’s water woes can be solved by further restricting the flow to farms. > That’s “very uninformed,” Cox said. “I might say ignorant. … Nobody has done more to cut back on water usage in this state than our farmers,” whose water has been cut “between 70 and 75% on most farms. As a result, that’s dramatically reducing crops.”