“ And some of the water that exits Lake Mead is promised by treaty to Mexico.”
Since so many Mexicans are now here in the US, can’t we consider the treaty obligations fulfilled?
There’s a thought!
California gets 4.4 million acre feet of Colorado River water per year. 80% of that is used for irrigation of crops in an actual desert. The other 20% ends up in urban use. California’s urban use is split nearly 50/50 industrial&commercial vs residential. Assuming half of Californian people are illegals from Mexico they are not but let’s blue sky it. That means half of 10% and half again so 5% of 4.4 million acre feet is used by illegals. That’s 220,000 acre feet per year goes to illegals assuming half of southern California’s population is illegals. The treaty says Mexico gets 1.5 million acre feet we would still owe them water. The truth is big agriculture needs to be told to use drastically less water in California. A single almond takes 2 gallons to grow, an avocado takes nearly 100 and A single pound of beef takes over 2000 gallons over the life of the sheer. Little mom and pop farms are not the issue . Huge ADM and Monsanto farms are the problem.