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Thursday, October 22, 2009

California's water wars: Of farms, folks and fish

California's water wars: Of farms, folks and fish | The Economist: "Water has divided Californians since Mark Twain remarked that “whiskey’s for drinking, water’s for fighting over.” But this latest conflict comes as America’s largest state is politically gridlocked and holding back a national economic recovery. From Australia to Israel, parched places all over the world are now looking to California to see whether, and how, it solves one of the most intractable problems of thirsty civilisations in dry regions."

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