They also pay farmers to use more water efficient irrigation
methods and take what was saved.
Farmers have done well. Some in the central valley no longer farm,
just sell their water rights to cities. Why work? If memory serves,
the original Colorado River Compact was based on the amount of
irrigable land for agriculture. People had no idea in 1922 that
population would grow to such immense numbers.
The story of the Compact is a lesson. The original negotiators
managed to get an agreement through reasonable negotiation without
the usual lawsuit process. Later, Arizona and California brought
big-time lawyers and the federal courts into their dispute. We all
know where that leads.
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