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This isn’t realllly right. Urban water usage isn’t really crazy. Take a shower or flush a toilet and the water has just moved and become something to clean.

Agriculture is the problem. Arizona shows us that cities can be very water lean.

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Urban areas require nearby agriculture to sustain it. Agricultural water usage is urban water usage because urban life requires that agriculture to happen.

Not really.. most of what states like California grow is exported far and wide.

Not at all. Most of CA's agriculture is distributed nationally (or internationally), not growing staple foods for local consumption.

Could be water lean if pools and lawns were banned, anyway. And golf courses. But every attempt to control water use in Vegas is a political death sentence. It has to be imposed on Nevada cities from outside.

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