why not just allow the price of water to accurately be reflected in the prices that farmers pay for water? if they paid more for water, they'd use it more wisely and more varieties would get planted that use less water, more efficient irrgation would become financially viable. you can't expect farmers to take financial losses by saving water. however, if you make it in their financial intereset to save water, it'll automatically get done.
colechristensen|2 years ago
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.