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| − | Severe water shortages have been caused by [[cannabis]] growing, both legal and illegal, in Humboldt County, [[California]] on its northwest coast. | + | Severe water shortages have been caused by [[cannabis]] growing, both legal and illegal, in Humboldt County, [[California]] on its northwest coast. Despite a lawsuit in 2019 against the immense use of water by cannabis growers, they have continued to cause problems amid a severe drought. Water use by cannabis farms have caused the wells of neighbors to go dry: |
| + | {{cquote|[L]ocal residents are still worried, with some neighbors of permitted cannabis farmers reporting that their own wells have gone dry despite the certifications from a hydrologist.<ref>https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/aug/30/supervisors-direct-staff-policy-rainwater-catchmen/</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 08:09, September 3, 2022
Cannabas water use is nearly twice that of conventional commodity crops:
| “ | Three Illinois State University researchers ... found that the water demand for growing cannabis typically exceeds that of commodity crops by nearly double.[1] | ” |
A study by the liberal Brookings Institute concluded merely with respect to California:
| “ | The scale of the problem is staggering: Even at the end of 2020, illegal cannabis grows sucked up between 11.4 million and 36.3 million liters of water daily! The widespread illegal cultivation contributes to water depletion and conflict over water and has other bad environmental consequences.[2] | ” |
Almonds are considered to be unusually wasteful of water, requiring 5 liters of water to produce merely one almond. But cannibis is just as wasteful of water,[3] without providing the nourishment that almonds confer.
A study of water theft included this observation:
| “ | Northern California, where highly valuable legalized marijuana production requires large volumes of water, motivating some growers to steal urban and rural water under a low probability of detection.[4] | ” |
Humboldt County, California
Severe water shortages have been caused by cannabis growing, both legal and illegal, in Humboldt County, California on its northwest coast. Despite a lawsuit in 2019 against the immense use of water by cannabis growers, they have continued to cause problems amid a severe drought. Water use by cannabis farms have caused the wells of neighbors to go dry:
| “ | [L]ocal residents are still worried, with some neighbors of permitted cannabis farmers reporting that their own wells have gone dry despite the certifications from a hydrologist.[5] | ” |
References
- ↑ https://mjbizdaily.com/cannabis-requires-more-water-than-commodity-crops-researchers-say/
- ↑ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/12/pot-and-water-theft-and-environmental-harms-in-the-us-and-mexico/#:~:text=The%20scale%20of%20the%20problem,has%20other%20bad%20environmental%20consequences.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/26/forget-almonds-look-at-how-much-water-californias-pot-growers-use/
- ↑ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0589-3.epdf?sharing_token=z4HqzWXdqHTFsfff5b3jN9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PKSBHAtzRLLFHndYPi3aK0JZX_8QFXoi-TzOLWhpQ7zp73oHGOWYMeMvvyEpliT0aNbOfz28OOO_UewdQS38N4NNYN0t0OPdmvhz1n6p_xUYPAXIXz2-95DouVf6g-UJS_hP4iCH0T9TdSQgydh6OfP7k5Xz_tC8VctH_45KqRDY07uoUN141R_lDd5zvgYA0%3D&tracking_referrer=www.washingtonpost.com
- ↑ https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/aug/30/supervisors-direct-staff-policy-rainwater-catchmen/