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Comment by syncsynchalt

6 months ago

Water rights in the western US are mercenary. There's a healthy market in prior appropriation rights.

Just because people don't like what the water is used for doesn't mean the water isn't priced appropriately. You'll still get farmers growing thirsty / pricey crops in the desert if it covers the cost of irrigation.

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