Farm Family Uses More of Shared Colorado River Water Than All of Las Vegas Valley

[Las Vegas Mixx]

https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/farming-family-uses-more-water-than-all-of-las-vegas-valley-report/

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – One family of farmers and their large collection of agriculture businesses – in the Imperial Valley, Calif., uses more water than the entire Las Vegas Valley, according to the Investigative Reporting nonprofit ProPublica.

The report, entitled, “The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some Western States,” used satellite imagery to gather data revealing the staggering amount of water they use.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Staggering

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Most of the popular grocery store produce

Is very water intensive to grow.

We could grow and eat other stuff that doesn't need as much regular, constant water. But that would require change.

[ratchiweenie]

3. Imperial Valley is a desert and they are using overhead sprinkler systems to grow alphafa for

cattle feed. This is a travesty.