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Mega-dairies, disappearing wells, and Arizona’s deepening water crisis

by gpresot on 6/2/21, 11:41 AM with 1 comments

  • by meristohm on 6/2/21, 4:36 PM

    > In Arizona, no regulations exist as to how much water farmers can pump in rural areas such as this.

    The Arizona desert is beautiful. The smell of creosote bushes after a rain is firmly fixed in my memory as a heavenly delight. The way we disregard ecological health saddens me. What is a reasonable per-capita energy budget for humans?