[Atlas Sneezed]

...but who “owns” the river?? That’s the whole point, and precisely why we have a federally brokered water compact.

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I agree, as long as one of the conditions to the compact is that the water must be made available to the highest bidder. No sweetheart deals for agriculture.

[americanophile]

For argument’s sake...what do we do about agriculture under a highest bidder system? Especially small farms (provided there are any these days). Ag is big business these days, but I’m not sure agriculture can afford to outbid Las Vegas casinos...and no one can outbid large municipalities - be they Las Vegas or Los Angeles. The result could be the abandonment of one the most important agricultural regions in the U.S. - the Imperial Valley, which relies almost totally on river water.