Drought conditions have intensified in Nevada and Utah, and Arizona is facing a similar problem to California--it's growing thirstier by the day.
Some of the abuses have long been obvious: California's farmers suck up 85% of the state's water at subsidised rates and then grow thirsty crops such as cotton in the desert.
They went on, the trees shading them from the sun, but even so he grew thirsty and kept hoping they'd come to a stream he could drink from.
Farmers soak up about 85% of the border region's scarce water, and on the semi-arid land on both sides they grow thirsty cash crops like sugar cane.
The hours go by and we grow thirsty, hungry, and exhausted.
— the driest spot in the United States, with an average rainfall of 3 inches per year — use Colorado River water to grow thirsty alfalfa; under the law of the river, if they don't use their allotment, they'll lose their rights to it.
As India grows thirstier, the choices will grow tougher.In this section Bangkok gets that sinking feeling Problems of the big thirst Indian poverty and the numbers game The nomads' despair Gong, but not forgotten The worst defeat Reprints.
And while the big pivots have become much more efficient, a University of California study earlier this year concluded that Kansas farmers were using some of their water savings to expand irrigation or grow thirstier crops, not to reduce consumption.
