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"I don’t think we’re talking about sustainability. I think we’re talking about managed depletion. Because it’s impossible to keep growing the food that we grow in California... The math just isn’t there to have sustainable groundwater management."

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As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis

The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it.

2:37 PM · Nov 12, 2022

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True if Democrats keep letting the water flow to the ocean instead of channeling it to farmers.

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Nov 12, 2022

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When you have farmers growing resource intensive crops like alfalfa to keep their water rights and cities like St George, Utah that consume far more water than it should it’s time to start asking questions.

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Water usage needs to be more than a national policy. Nutritious food 😋 matters! Earthlings Unite!

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Objective: SUSTAINABILITY

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To make it even worse

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proudly brags about being the fastest growing county in the nation.... ffs

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Well, they Shouldn’t have dammed it up like they did. Destroyed the Salmon Runs & everything other things! It’s just coming back on us.

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Let’s focus on what matters. Like this looming catastrophe.

Kirsty Logan

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The ultra depressing thing about this article is that its all about human issues. Not a word about what our devastation of aquifers, rivers & lakes does for the ecology. We’re going to end up with a very very depleted biosphere at this rate.

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