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| | A study of [[water theft]] included this observation: | | A study of [[water theft]] included this observation: |
| | {{cquote|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.<ref>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</ref>}} | | {{cquote|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.<ref>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</ref>}} |
| | + | Estimates are that the water use by legal [[cannabis]] crops will double in five years, and there are about 3 times as many illegal cannabis plants as legal ones.<ref name="W"/> |
| | ==Theft of Santa Ynez River water== | | ==Theft of Santa Ynez River water== |
| | [[Cannabis]] growers in [[California]] are stealing massive amounts of water from the Santa Ynez River, according to a complaint filed with the state regulatory authority in September 2022, asserting that: | | [[Cannabis]] growers in [[California]] are stealing massive amounts of water from the Santa Ynez River, according to a complaint filed with the state regulatory authority in September 2022, asserting that: |
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| | 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]]. |
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| − | Estimates are that the water use by legal [[cannabis]] crops will double in five years, and there are about 3 times as many illegal cannabis plants as legal ones.<ref name="W"/>
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| | == Theft of water in Junction City, Oregon == | | == Theft of water in Junction City, Oregon == |
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