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Old Crank

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13. 3/4 % goes to farms

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #2)

Sun May 3, 2026, 05:15 AM

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Many grow thirsty crops.
New developments, last 10 years plus, are usually xeroscape.
A few years back Phoenix was using less water than they did in the 1980s. Inspire of the population increase.

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