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Who’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town

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What it is

A Climate Town episode on who uses America's water, particularly Western water. It looks at agriculture such as alfalfa and animal feed, and at water-rights rules that discourage conservation.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it in Colorado River and water-use threads as an accessible explainer of why the Western water shortage keeps getting worse.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “is great presents an even direr situation”

    Explains use-it-or-lose-it water rights encouraging waste

    estebank, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “Why isn't Colorado's snowpack ending up in the Colorado River?”

  2. “Climate Town did a great video breaking down where a lot of this ends up”

    Breaks down water agreements causing the shortage

    davidklemke, 2025-06 · Recommendation · in “The Colorado River is running low. The picture looks even worse underground.”

  3. “Climate Town has a good explainer”

    Shows why players are required to waste water

    pseudohadamard, 2026-07 · Recommendation · in “Lake Powell Water Critically Low; Wyoming Expects More Demand On Flaming Gorge”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: colorado river, water rights, alfalfa, agriculture, climate

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