Commentary: The water crisis in the West and the decline of the Colorado River are going to require painful changes for Southern California farms, and a lot less water.
The All American Canal transports water from the Colorado River to the Imperial Valley near Felicity on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Caitlin Ochs, ReutersThe water crisis in the West and the decline of the Colorado River are going to require painful changes for Southern California farms, and a lot less water.
Sure, there would be a price to pay. California’s Imperial Valley, which sits in the southeastern corner of the state, bordered by Arizona and Mexico, produces alfalfa, lettuce, corn and sugar beets, among other crops. It’s home to. Cutting off the water would end all of that, along with the livelihoods of the farmers and ranchers who produce it and the communities that depend on it.
And, by the way, shutting off Imperial’s water would come close to solving the region’s problems in one fell swoop. There is a fierce debate underway overof the Colorado River. Seven states, two national governments and more than two dozen Native American tribes depend on the Colorado River for water, and its riches are diminishing as climate change makes droughts more severe. The river is reliably producing between 2.
To review: The Colorado River is short by as much as 3 million acre-feet a year. The Imperial Valley alone draws 2.6 million acre-feet from it. Do the math.
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