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Who Uses America's Water? Agriculture and Western Water Rights

Climate Town · Explainer · 39 min · 2024 · YouTube title: Who’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
Why it's here

HN points to it in Colorado River and water-use threads as an accessible explainer of why the Western water shortage keeps getting worse.

What it covers

A Climate Town episode on who uses America's water, particularly Western water. It looks at agriculture such as alfalfa and animal feed, and at water-rights rules that discourage conservation.