regulating/controlling/denying the use of their own water?
yep
this is why
Farmers warn crops will die after water cutbacks in Klamath Basin
Federal agency reduced water for irrigators as region navigates third year of drought
The head of the Klamath Irrigation District said Monday that recent federal cutbacks in water availability will have dire consequences for crops and farmers in the region.
“If they have onions in the ground‚ those onions are probably going to die and wilt,” Gene Souza, executive director of the Klamath Irrigation District, told OPB’s Think Out Loud®.
He added: “I looked at the potato fields, and most of the potatoes are under the size of a AA battery, and that’s not going to meet their contractual requirements.”
With the Oregon-California border region mired in a third consecutive year of drought, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced on Aug. 18 that it would limit water releases from Upper Klamath Lake. The agency said the shut-off was necessary to keep enough water in the lake to
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https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/29/klamath-falls-oregon-drought-farmers-crops-irrigators/