For context, it's worth nothing that most of Arizona's water use is by farmers who have basically free and unlimited access to public water sources, and grow wa

For context, it's worth nothing that most of Arizona's water use is by farmers who have basically free and unlimited access to public water sources, and grow water-retaining crops that are then shipped to other states or even countries, like Saudi Arabia [1]. The same pattern repeats in other states, where the water laws were written with a presumption that farmers get to use as much as they want for anything they want. [1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-drought-stricken-arizona-fresh-scrutiny-of-saudi-arabia-owned-farms-water-use https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-drought-stricken-ar...