@the_boring_bandit: Water conversations in Colorado are always interesting. We're asked to shorten our showers. Let our lawns go dormant. Skip watering on certain days. Accept that reservoirs are low, rivers are overallocated, and drought is becoming a normal part of life in the West. And to be fair, those concerns are real. That's why I found myself thinking about the grass being grown in Colorado for World Cup stadiums. Not because I'm against soccer. Not because I think a few acres of turf are single handedly causing a water crisis. They're not. What interests me is what our choices say about our priorities. A stadium sized field may require millions of gallons of water to grow. In the grand scheme of Colorado's water budget, that's a drop in the bucket. Agriculture, municipalities, and industry all use far more water. But water debates aren't usually about a single field. They're about thousands of decisions that add up to define how we value a limited resource. We often hear that water is too precious to waste. That conservation is everyone's responsibility. That we need to rethink how we use water in the arid West. If that's true, then every use of water should be open for discussion. Growing turf for an international sporting event isn't inherently right or wrong. But it is worth asking questions. Is this how we want to use our water? Are there better uses? How do we balance economic opportunities with long-term water security? Who gets asked to conserve, and who doesn't? Those aren't attacks. They're conversations. Because the reality is that Colorado's rivers are under pressure. Reservoirs rise and fall with increasingly unpredictable snowpack. Aquifers in many areas take decades, centuries, or even millennia to recharge. Every gallon we use reflects a choice about what we value. The grass itself isn't really the story. The story is that water is becoming one of the defining challenges of the American West, and we need to be willing to have honest conversations about where it goes, who benefits from it, and what tradeoffs we're willing to make. If water is truly our most precious resource, then no use should be above discussion. Not mine, not yours, not agriculture, not industry, and not even the World Cup. #water #h20 #grass #priorities #conservation

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Monday 15 June 2026 12:37:08 GMT