Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry
by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:03PM
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Most the US southwest seems to be organized around the concept of water rights, typically measured in acre-feet.
Even though this assignment of rights is rather old and has a multitude of problems related to the way it doesn't describe current usage patterns, that's not the biggest problem:
it doesn't help to have the water rights to 300 acre-feet on your property if that water doesn't exist!
Even though this assignment of rights is rather old and has a multitude of problems related to the way it doesn't describe current usage patterns, that's not the biggest problem:
it doesn't help to have the water rights to 300 acre-feet on your property if that water doesn't exist!