Cadillac Desert: The American West And Its Disa... -

Many projects, while costing taxpayers billions, disproportionately benefited a small number of large-scale farmers who relied on artificially cheap water.

Reisner argues that the West's hydroclimate is inherently incapable of supporting the vast cities and industrial agriculture established there. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disa...

The quest for water led to the systematic displacement of rural and indigenous communities, such as the diversion of water from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles and the flooding of tribal lands for the Garrison Dam . 'Cadillac Desert' Reconsidered - The American Prospect while costing taxpayers billions