Worries about future water supplies from ancient aquifers are bubbling up in western rural Arizona. Some neighbors complain that their backyard wells have dried up since an Emirati agribusiness began farming alfalfa nearby.
    • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Actual answer, Corrupt politicians made a deal with them to allow unregulated usage of water. The Arizona desert isn’t the Sahara, things grow. Lots of sun, fertile soil. The problem is evaporation! If you can keep it moist, it will grow like crazy.