dumnezero t1_iuejzns wrote on October 30, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Reply to comment by ATribeOfAfricans in U.S. Streams Are Drying Up. Data showed that in the South and West, streamflow droughts got longer between 1951 and 2020, regardless of threshold. Worse yet, droughts in these regions are becoming more intense by Wagamaga

Tragedy of the privates in this case, as it's happening on privatized lands with privatized wells.

ATribeOfAfricans t1_iugbsa6 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:36 AM

Some states have water rights, but they are set up incredibly short sighted and unrealistic.

In places like Texas though, where I live, it's a free for all and you can use as much as you want so the incentive becomes use as much if the water before your neighbor does

dumnezero t1_iugvt5c wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:11 AM

And is this based on owning private land with water underneath?

ATribeOfAfricans t1_iuiwrz0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:52 PM

No. There are plenty of wells pulling water from public lands. What are you even trying to force dude?

We aren't properly rationing water, which requires better regulation. Simple as that. We're not to mad max water control just yet