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Agriculture uses more Colorado River water than anything else, how can the industry change?

“Somebody has to start it,” Becky Mitchell, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said.

Farmhand Adrian Gonzalez irrigates a field of newly planted alfalfa on Dec. 29, 2022, in Calipatria, California. Gonzalez works for a farm in the Imperial Valley. The valley depends solely on the Colorado River for its surface water supply. The Imperial Valley has rights to more than 1 trillion gallons of Colorado River water each year. The valley’s water rights to the Colorado River are as much as Arizona and Nevada put together- twice as much as the rest of the state of California. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Farmhand Adrian Gonzalez irrigates a field of newly planted alfalfa on Dec. 29, 2022, in Calipatria, California. Gonzalez works for a farm in the Imperial Valley. The valley depends solely on the Colorado River for its surface water supply. The Imperial Valley has rights to more than 1 trillion gallons of Colorado River water each year. The valley’s water rights to the Colorado River are as much as Arizona and Nevada put together- twice as much as the rest of the state of California. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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“Somebody has to start it,” Becky Mitchell, director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, said.
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