In response to “High and Dry” (March 2021), I agree, our water crisis in the West is terrifying. However, to me, what’s truly terrifying, is that we’ve known this for decades. HCN does a wonderful job of reporting on the crisis, yet we never change. We continue to use far too much water, mainly because we are trying to support far too many people in an arid environment that can’t handle it. And, to make it worse, we waste at least half of that water with our lawns, pools, golf courses and long showers. We regard farmers as competitors for water, when they are using it to grow our food. Isn’t it time to start thinking about long-term population control and reduction, instead of accepting continued growth as “business as usual”? Is our own insanity going to take us down, or are we going to start actually doing something about our overpopulation?
Julie Smith
Golden, Colorado
May 01, 2021 at 03:17PM
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.5/letter-to-the-editor-high-and-dry
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