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Re:Wall Street's thirst for water: a market for water will d... by brianbreslin on Friday October 26, 2012 @09:11AM (#4701989)
Does anyone know if this has any tangential relationship to the fact that billionaires like t.boone pickens are buying up water rights across the country?
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Re:Wall Street's thirst for water: a market for water will d... by chrisaycock on Friday October 26, 2012 @09:18AM (#4702011)
From the article:

  In 1996, [California] introduced an electronic bulletin board for
  farmers to buy and sell their rights to Westlands' water from their
  home computers.
This has had municipal support for 16 years now.
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