Why Do We Need To Regulate Water

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I have to look at buying less pickups employing less people and less tractors”. Source 1
These are the reasons that we need to regulate water. That was an example that I have found that happens when people run out of water. People are taking water and that is happening because other people are running out of water. This can make other people steal water from other people because they haven’t regulated water so everyone would have equal water but, the thing is farmers need more water than everyone else because of how they need it for crops and all those other things they use it for. I have another reason why they need to regulate water. There has been a 38 year old man a fruit picker struggling to get water and trying to help california

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