[Sequoyah101]

There is currently enough water to go around but there is a problem with the aquifer being historically low. This appears to be about the Twin Falls Canal Company and their senior rights wanting to starve out the upstream farmers to pay them for water that the canal company is not currently using but that the upstream farmers are. Most likely this is about greed and not a shortage of water. There is no actual shortage right now but an allocation deficit. There may be a shortage in the future.

An interesting fact, a huge chunk of the water "used" for crop irrigation in Idaho goes right back into the Snake River via the aquifer. The soil is so porous water does not stay exposed long enough to evaporate. Porous soil grows good potatoes. Same as in my garden but I have to water it all the time.

The subject is a complex accounting applied to water measurement but a lot of liberty seems to be being taken with some of the numbers creating a crisis.

[Red Badger]

Sounds like a western movie plot I saw over the weekend, starring Willie Nelson, “The Red Headed Stranger”.............

[kaktuskid]

Who “owns” the Twin Falls Canal Co.?