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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by WalterBright on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:36PM (#32485207)
Conservation and efficient water use will happen naturally if the price of water is increased.
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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by rektide on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:23PM (#32485940)
Farmers often have very very old contracts with no lifetime. Currently there is no recourse, no way to either start charging them for water or to increase thier rates (as applicable).

Hence the example, growing extremely water inefficient crops like alfalfa.

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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by jgust on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @02:12PM (#32486567)
Anything is possible. Not everything is politically palatable.
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Re:The West's historic drought is threatening hydropower at ... by WalterBright on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @03:03PM (#32487265)
That can be fixed through Eminent Domain.
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