The Water Crisis Out West! Who's at Fault? Alfalfa? Cheese? Almonds? 1st Pioneers? People Continuing to Move West? Is there Actually a Crisis? Why Aren't Water Prices Higher? Is Desalination the Key?

The Best Paragraph I've Read: The idea of building a desalination plant in Mexico has been discussed in Arizona for years. But now, a $5 billion project proposed by an Israeli company is under serious consideration, an indication of how worries about water shortages are rattling policymakers in Arizona and across the American West. On June 1, the state announced that the Phoenix area, the fastest-growing region in the country, doesn’t have enough groundwater to support all the future housing that has already been approved. Cities and developers that want to build additional projects beyond what has already been allowed would have to find new sources of water. This paragraph comes from the New York Times, in an article titled: "Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. The article is written by Christopher Flavelle. You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/climate/arizona-desalination-water-climate.html The following article from Vox.com is also discussed: Let's Talk About the Biggest Cause of the West's water crisis. Zac and Don discuss water scarcity in America's west. They wonder if desalinization technology is the ultimate solution for everything. They also wonder what role water prices need to play. They also wonder how much we should care about the water intensive crop of alfalfa.