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Same in the west slope of Colorado. So much water is used to grow alfalfa, in part because there is a “use it or lose it” water rights policy: > Failure to app
by zackkatz 3y ago
Same in the west slope of Colorado. So much water is used to grow alfalfa, in part because there is a “use it or lose it” water rights policy:
> Failure to apply a water right to beneficial use when water was available for a period of ten or more years results in a rebuttable presumption of abandonment.
This leads to huge amounts of wasted water and alfalfa growing.
https://dwr.colorado.gov/services/water-administration/water-rights https://dwr.colorado.gov/services/water-administration/water...
- troyvit 3y agoMan this fact just points so heavily to a natural part of human nature. If we're given more than we need, but are threatened to lose some or all of it if we don't use it, we'll find ways to use it whether we need it or not. Seems like it's also human nature to make those threats.
- peteradio 3y ago> If we're given more than we need, but are threatened to lose some or all of it if we don't use it, we'll find ways to use it Not really.. without stupid legislation we'd let it rot which in the case of water would be exactly what we'd want.