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ATribeOfAfricans t1_iuef937 wrote

Reply to comment by Cliffe_Turkey in U.S. Streams Are Drying Up. Data showed that in the South and West, streamflow droughts got longer between 1951 and 2020, regardless of threshold. Worse yet, droughts in these regions are becoming more intense by Wagamaga

This is the societal demand man and lack of regulation, farmer just doing what they gotta do to make money. Tragedy of the commons

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dumnezero t1_iuejzns wrote

Tragedy of the privates in this case, as it's happening on privatized lands with privatized wells.

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ATribeOfAfricans t1_iugbsa6 wrote

Some states have water rights, but they are set up incredibly short sighted and unrealistic.

In places like Texas though, where I live, it's a free for all and you can use as much as you want so the incentive becomes use as much if the water before your neighbor does

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dumnezero t1_iugvt5c wrote

And is this based on owning private land with water underneath?

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ATribeOfAfricans t1_iuiwrz0 wrote

No. There are plenty of wells pulling water from public lands. What are you even trying to force dude?

We aren't properly rationing water, which requires better regulation. Simple as that. We're not to mad max water control just yet

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