California water policy vs other western states in one image: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sandy+Valley,+NV+89019/@35.8026036,-115.6813226,14630m/data=!3m

California water policy vs other western states in one image: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sandy+Valley,+NV+89019/@35.8026036,-115.6813226,14630m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x80c8aae9c0cd61e3:0xc7c0eff092faecca!8m2!3d35.8169191!4d-115.6322283!16zL20vMHhja3E?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sandy+Valley,+NV+89019/@35... A town of 1700 people with a rapidly depleting aquifer (600 AF/yr recharge, equal to a single one of those circles) so 1 or 2 farmers with no restrictions on water usage can grow as much alfalfa as they'd like.