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'''Cannabas water use''' is an average of an immense six (6) gallons per plant per day,<ref>https://www.watertechonline.com/home/article/14195732/the-cannabis-water-report</ref> and is nearly twice that of conventional commodity crops:

'''Cannabas water use''' is an average of an immense six (6) gallons per plant per day,<ref name="W">https://www.watertechonline.com/home/article/14195732/the-cannabis-water-report</ref> and is nearly twice that of conventional commodity crops:

{{cquote|Three Illinois State University researchers ... found that the water demand for growing cannabis typically '''''exceeds that of commodity crops by nearly double'''''.<ref>https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-requires-more-water-than-commodity-crops-researchers-say/</ref>}}

{{cquote|Three Illinois State University researchers ... found that the water demand for growing cannabis typically '''''exceeds that of commodity crops by nearly double'''''.<ref>https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-requires-more-water-than-commodity-crops-researchers-say/</ref>}}

A study by the [[liberal]] Brookings Institute concluded merely with respect to [[California]]:

A study by the [[liberal]] Brookings Institute concluded merely with respect to [[California]]:

Merely one acre-foot of water is enough to supply a year's worth of water of 4 to 10 people in an urban environment.<ref name="Report"/>  The alleged theft by these cannabis growers thereby totals the annual water needs of up to 5,000 people, amid a terrible drought in the summer of 2022 in [[California]].

Merely one acre-foot of water is enough to supply a year's worth of water of 4 to 10 people in an urban environment.<ref name="Report"/>  The alleged theft by these cannabis growers thereby totals the annual water needs of up to 5,000 people, amid a terrible drought in the summer of 2022 in [[California]].

== Theft of water in Junction City, Oregon ==

== Theft of water in Junction City, Oregon ==