I know the focus of this article was on the Dam and water sources, but I'm still kinda surprised the Grist writer just passively described the farmer's 300 acres is used for alfalfa (and oats), which is itself responsible for the majority of water use in the west. It's deeply unsustainable, and I would've thought it appropriate to at least point it out in the article, but c’est la vie.
That's really interesting. I hadn't heard that before
Albuquerque also has to keep shutting down their city water well because nobody will fix the Fuel leak at the Air Force Base from WWII.
I'm glad I moved away.
I read about that in an old comment on reddit years ago, but thought maybe it was FUD from a user that didn't want transplants to move there. Seeing you mention it again is finally getting me to look into that story.
EDIT: Damn, it's legit.
dam!
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