[colechristensen]

No there are some farmers that essentially need to just go out of business because their profit comes exclusively from badly priced water.

There are a lot of big reforms that need to happen, but they’re big, often involving several states, international treaties, and long standing expectations.

It’s not a “why don’t you just” situation but a complex system of varied interests that have to renegotiate.

The core problem is that people, voters, need to understand the complexities. “Saving water is good, let’s do that” is hard enough to agree on right now… balancing the needs of many is very very difficult with a poorly informed and motivated electorate.