A very dry summer may force Idaho Dept. of Water Resources Director David Tuthill to shut off junior holders of Idaho water rights by using “sheriffs or Idaho State Police officers if necessary.” The state is about to cut off 13 cities, a dozen dairies and several food processing plants (for a net loss of at least $28 million) in order to meet the demand of two trout fisheries, which own senior rights.
“I think of this as a harbinger for what will become much more common in the American West as water supplies start to dwindle,”
“I think of this as a harbinger for what will become much more common in the American West as water supplies start to dwindle,”
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