The mention of farmers with access to groundwater reminds me that water rights issues in New Mexico vs. Texas have, in part, been caused by a disagreement over

The mention of farmers with access to groundwater reminds me that water rights issues in New Mexico vs. Texas have, in part, been caused by a disagreement over how much pumping out groundwater affects the downstream flows of nearby rivers in the aquifer. https://sourcenm.com/2023/02/10/state-requests-125m-over-five-years-to-cut-groundwater-pumping-below-elephant-butte/ https://sourcenm.com/2023/02/10/state-requests-125m-over-fiv... Oh yeah, and the Colorado River Compact was based on estimates of river flows that were optimistic even for wetter years in 100 years ago. The compact allocated over 16 million acre-feet for a river that most years manages less than 14 million.