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Kirsten Engel: “Agricultural use is the biggest [water user]. It really…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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LD18 May 23, 2023 - Speaker Kirsten Engel for U.S. Congress

Published | Video Starts at 08:20

And you can see basically Colorado river and groundwater is where we are getting most of our water. This shows us who is using our water, what sector is using our water. By far, Agricultural use is the biggest [water user]. It really dwarfs everything else. Of course it's important agriculture is food. But I think we also know that agriculture has also made a lot of decisions as a result of market trends that maybe … (08:20–08:27)

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Asserts that agriculture is the largest consumer of water, surpassing other sectors significantly.

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