Momoselfie t1_iue1t3r wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:59 PM

Reply to comment by runtheplacered 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

I don't know about other states, but here in AZ, agriculture makes uo 72% of our total water usage.

Bajabound4surf t1_iuf401v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:11 PM

I'm down here for the first time near Yuma and I cannot believe the water waste by the farmers. It's 82 degrees out, full sun and literally a hundred yards from my van they are watering a lettuce field.