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> The focus is on the Urban water users because they are the ones that are facing the problem they are facing _the repercussions_ of a problem largely caused b

• malandrew 4y ago
  They did cause it by moving there and building a life there (including building their gardens). If the city had remained a small backwater town, this problem wouldn’t exist because the farms are 75% and the 25% consumed by the city today would end up as surplus each year replenishing water supplies. The farms predate all the new usage. The new usage from urbanization caused the deficit.
  • s1artibartfast 4y ago
    Alternatively, Farms would use 100% of the water, the lake would go dry, and the population would largely accept it as a necessity to maintain their agricultural usage.