Farm usage of water far exceeds human residents
People supposed to get food from farms, aren't they?
because you would end up tracking salads and greens and other stuff (which is basically WATER in itself) 2000 miles from, say, Lakes region
This happens regardless of where you grow it. Most of it gets exported. Transporting water in large quantities is not easy. Transporting lettuce is.
Nope. From 2020 numbers, out of Cali ~$50bln agri production, ~$20bln are exported.
> Transporting water in large quantities is not easy. Transporting lettuce is.
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Get any numbers to substantiate this claim? Water in my house cost me a lot less than lettuce
Many of those farms are exporting their produce to foreign countries. This includes growing alfalfa in California, and exporting it to Saudi Arabia (where the monarchy has set a policy of growing less alfalfa, wheat and corn to reduce pumping of groundwater from the depleted aquifers of the Arabian Peninsula). So essentially they are exporting water from one desert to another via the medium of alfaalfa.