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Final WAC Groundwater OSTP Comments

NASDA

4] 2 Waters and Water Rights § 19.04 (2019). [5] 1462, 1471 (2020). [2] 3] See Overview of Groundwater Regulation, Sea Grant Law Center, available at [link] (last visited July 1, 2024). [4] 5] Sharon B. Megdal et al., Groundwater Governance in the United States: Common Priorities and Challenges, 53 Groundwater 677, 678 (Sept.-Oct.

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Farming in Dry Places: Investors Continue to Speculate on Colorado Water

Civil Eats

Instead, the Parker district has forged an estimated $880 million deal with ranchers in Colorado’s most agriculturally productive region to capture and store water from the South Platte River during rare periods when supply exceeds demand. They are in the business of skinning dollars off of trading water.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

Civil Eats

Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” It’s just the expansion of the Real Estate Investment Trust [REIT] business model into farmland,” said Taber.

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