Drought-plagued Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass in the Las Vegas area within six years, but a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that grass would likely be removed.
The thing here is that agriculture and animal agriculture in particular is the primary water user of the American West. Over 50% of the Colorado river goes to animal feed alone. By in large, it’s been ignored in action on it. Focusing exclusively on domestic water usage isn’t going to be enough. That’s not to say that lawns and the like aren’t wasteful and that we shouldn’t take action on it, but that we should be doing way more on agriculture and animal agriculture especially
The thing here is that agriculture and animal agriculture in particular is the primary water user of the American West. Over 50% of the Colorado river goes to animal feed alone. By in large, it’s been ignored in action on it. Focusing exclusively on domestic water usage isn’t going to be enough. That’s not to say that lawns and the like aren’t wasteful and that we shouldn’t take action on it, but that we should be doing way more on agriculture and animal agriculture especially