A US lawmaker from the state of Arizona has introduced legislation in Congress that would impose a 300 percent tax on the sale of water-intensive crops grown by foreign companies in the state, in a bid to curb the extensive use of water in the drought-stricken state.

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    10 months ago

    Still it will be more than a drop in the bucket. The amount of water pumped for these water intensive cropd was insane.