Questions tagged [water]
Questions about water within or bordering a country. Use with a country tag. For waters outside every country, see [international-waters].
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Has California considered reimbursement for reclaimable water runoff?
California could likely save a lot of water by subsidizing desired water products instead of the water itself. However, this is difficult to implement because transferring water diverts reclaimable ...
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Has California considered replacing water subsidies with direct agricultural subsidies?
In California, farmers get access to cheap water that they have to use for farming or else they lose all rights to it. There appear to be two political reasons for this:
to encourage agriculture, and
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Desalination in Southern California, U.S.A [closed]
California is going through a drought. However, there is a lot of water, salt water, to the west. My understanding is that Santa Catalina Island, west of Southern California, has a desalination plant ...
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Why can water not be transferred within California?
Water transfer requires government approval. And the government does not approve it. For example, in 2022, 337,564 AF1 was requested and 0 AF was granted.
Given that politicians talk about reducing ...
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Can countries use cross-border rivers to pressure neighbouring countries?
For example, can Sudan block/divert the Nile to exert political pressure on Egypt? (The Nile is a major river that flows through Sudan into Egypt.)
I can't find any results via Google on this. The ...
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