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minus-squareSalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·1 day ago97% of its water for agriculture in general. In deserts. Home water usage, all homes, including watering a lawn, use less than a percent.
minus-squareiknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day ago About 52% of the Colorado River’s water is used for irrigated agriculture, while 18% is consumed in urban areas. The rest supports natural vegetation (19%) and evaporates from reservoirs (11%). No water reaches the ocean. https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/021925rivers
minus-squareSalmonTractor@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoLooks like ag usage has dropped to 70-74%, been a couple of years since I read that stat. https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ https://www.worldatlas.com/rivers/who-actually-uses-colorado-river-water.html Definitely not 52%.
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97% of its water for agriculture in general. In deserts. Home water usage, all homes, including watering a lawn, use less than a percent.
https://www.eesi.org/briefings/view/021925rivers
Looks like ag usage has dropped to 70-74%, been a couple of years since I read that stat.
https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/
https://www.worldatlas.com/rivers/who-actually-uses-colorado-river-water.html
Definitely not 52%.
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