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They're exporting 70% of their water in the form of agricultural products. That's really the only problem that needs fixing.
by ahi 3y ago
They're exporting 70% of their water in the form of agricultural products. That's really the only problem that needs fixing.
- hedora 3y agoAccording to their water data here: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/az/nwis/water_use?format=html_table&rdb_compression=file&wu_area=State+Total&wu_year=2015&wu_county=ALL&wu_category=ALL&wu_county_nms=--ALL%2BCounties--&wu_category_nms=--ALL%2BCategories-- https://waterdata.usgs.gov/az/nwis/water_use?format=html_tab... They are consuming 1195.15 + 987 Mgal/day of groundwater + surface water, and are supplying 963.30 Mgal/day to domestic users. Industrial uses 6.12 Mgal/day, mining uses 68.3, livestock uses 38.8, aquaculture 34.5, and irrigation uses 4528 Mgal / day. So... huh. The more I look at it, the less the data makes sense or adds up. Anyway, it does look like they could just take water away from farmers, and let people elsewhere run out of food, California style.