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Felicity Barringer of The New York Times visits southeastern New Mexico, where lower Pecos farmers are among the state’s hardest-hit by drought:
A priority call, an exceedingly rare maneuver, is the nuclear option in the world of water. Such a call would try to force the state to return to what had been the basic principle of water distribution in the West: the lands whose owners first used the water — in most cases farmland — get first call on it in times of scarcity. Big industries can be losers; small farmers winners.
The full story is worth a read.
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