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Re:California farmers are planting solar panels as water sup... by mosdl on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:20AM (#20593650)
Because everyone else has it doesn't stop it from being excessive and wasting water. In California we are seeing more and more people switching to drought tolerant landscaping.
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Re:California farmers are planting solar panels as water sup... by mrkstu on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:51AM (#20593936)
Our part of Texas has overfilling dams and our particular town has enough excess water that neighboring municipalities are buying our unused rights from us.

Our Texas adapted grass goes dormant half of the year as well so the actual consumption is relatively minimal.

Our water use is fractional of a traditional manicured English garden.

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