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DC-DE t1_j9z39b6 wrote

At least you have water. Fresh, clean potable water is not a long term guarantee for people living in the West/Southwest.

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mistersmiley318 t1_j9zfdf7 wrote

The water rights situation in the Southwest is all kinds of fucked up. Got there first? Than you can use all the water you want! The agriculture sector out there is unsustainable and needs to be cut back asap. Lake Mead drying up is bad, but the Great Salt Lake becoming rhe Aral Sea 2.0 is horrifying to think about. As much as it sucks that the Mormon Church basically runs Utah, I would think they care enough about Salt Lake City to exert some of their power to save the lake before it turns into a toxic basin.

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DCGinkgo t1_ja1lviu wrote

Yep, UT has started to move, but may have waited too long?

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4look4rd t1_ja334gn wrote

The water crisis in the west is self inflicted. We really don’t need almond farms in California. In fact we could get rid of agriculture in the west and still be perfectly fine. In California agriculture accounts for 80% of water use.

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neuroinsurgent666 t1_ja2zwmj wrote

Meanwhile nestle and other major corpos are buying water rights or land with water rights all along the Colorado river.

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MrMoustachio55 t1_ja0hn5v wrote

My brain read Southwest waterfront and I freaked out for a second.

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Messy-Recipe t1_ja1kq1z wrote

Read some stuff lately that implies Salt Lake City may be on its way to becoming Salt Bed City

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