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by 0xcde4c3db 875 days ago
Not financial, but it's essentially considered to be stealing water from the river basin, which is allocated by an old agreement [1]. I don't know the details, but I've heard that this has been relaxed quite a bit in recent years, with collection limits replacing outright bans in several jurisdictions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact