The article doesn't pay much attention to the draw-down of aquifers, trouble mentioned in stories earlier this year. "Bessire says far more groundwater is bein

The article doesn't pay much attention to the draw-down of aquifers, trouble mentioned in stories earlier this year. "Bessire says far more groundwater is being pumped out than can be replenished, and most dry-area aquifers are disappearing, including two primary groundwater systems in the United States: California’s Central Valley aquifer, and the Ogallala Aquifer underlying heartland states from South Dakota to Texas. “If we lose these aquifers,” he writes, “we lose nearly 20% of the world’s grain crop, more than 40% of America’s beef production, and about 40% of the vegetables, nuts, and fruits consumed in the U.S." [https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/02/11/major-aquifers-in-trouble-as-western-u-s-adapts-to-water-scarcity/ https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/02/11/major-aquifers-in-tr...] Head-in-the-sand? no, greed. "The [1922] compact negotiators also failed — or refused — to include the approximately 30 Native American tribes dependent on the river."