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Originally Posted by crockett
This has allowed millions of people the ability to live in what would normally be inhospitable areas. We changed the way the rivers flowed and take too much water. It's fine when there is enough snow, rain & ice pack to keep in all going, but in times of drought like right now, it's going to cause serious problems.
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The problem is, it's not "fine" even when there are normal levels of snowpack & rain. Nobody starting saying when Phoenix was at 500k population or whatever, "Alright guys, that's all we can sustainably support here water-wise, the city's off limits for new residents". Now it's 9 times that give or take, and still growing. Ditto for other arid parts of the SW and Socal. People just keep filling the places up beyond capacity to support them and there's going to be a huge water crisis in that region in coming generations, one that makes this drought look like a pleasant spring rain.