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So much of the American Southwest depends on the waters of the Colorado River Basin. For 100 years calculations apportioning those waters to the 7 states covered by the Colorado Basin Compact have been based on a gross overestimation. Now climate change is reducing the flow still further even as Ben Ryder Howe reported in the NY Times, big-money bidders are trying to buy up water rights. Who will win a fight between rural farmers and suburban developers?
By KSFRSo much of the American Southwest depends on the waters of the Colorado River Basin. For 100 years calculations apportioning those waters to the 7 states covered by the Colorado Basin Compact have been based on a gross overestimation. Now climate change is reducing the flow still further even as Ben Ryder Howe reported in the NY Times, big-money bidders are trying to buy up water rights. Who will win a fight between rural farmers and suburban developers?