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"growers in a region with the country's most productive soil said the loss of one of their chief water supplies won't be their problem alone: Consumers will be hit hard in the form of higher prices at the produce market."

When people think about buying real estate, they have tended to take water for granted, but that's a mistake. Texas, Nevada, Arizona, and now California all depend on scarce water. Even coastal cities will continue to depend on inland reservoirs until more desalination capacity goes online.

It's one of those potential crises that people tend not to pay attention to until too late. If you look at Roman history, the ultimate obvious final reason why the city fell was because the aqueducts were knocked down. Without adequate water, people fled, and the city's population dropped 99%.

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