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Water shortages threaten the American West lifestyle

Miller Mccune: While not every dire prediction has come true, amid swimming pools and thirsty crops, the hard truth remains that the American West cannot maintain its spendthrift ways of using fresh water. The view overlooking Phoenix includes patches of green and long stretches of housing. Some say the area's current practices in water use and management are unsustainable. The next time you fly into a parched, western sprawl such as Phoenix, glance down at the amorphous blots of green and the splattering...