We are in the west and we need to look at long term solutions. I'm not talking about fighting over a drop of water. We can conserve, but we can't conserve our way out of this crisis. Otherwise we'll end up giving the short end of the stick to our ag community and our ranchers and we'll have a food crisis before we have a water crisis. (49:28–49:32)
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Asserts that conservation alone is insufficient to solve the water crisis.
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