source 1 water rights summary
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Utah is now paying farmers not to farm in order to leave more water in the Colorado River. Other solutions include farming different crops or adopting new water-saving technology. Drought and population growth are putting pressure on limited resources. Some farmers won’t participate because they don’t want the government interfering and fear that if they show they don’t need water then the government will take it away. Also, many farmers don’t like fallowing. However, these farmers are still allowed to hold onto their water rights if they wnat to continue farming later.Utah is putting 4.4 million into paying farmers over the next two years as a trial. While this is cool, other states need to get on board too. There’s kind of in fighting between them for water rights.
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