70% of water goes to cattle, another 70% goes to walnut trees, another 70% goes to water golf courses, and the last 70% goes to the next trendy anti-cause. Anyway, not even close to true.
This reminds me of everyone having a favorite pet project that could be funded by cutting the military budget. It's a nice shared fantasy because everyone can dream that their pet project gets funded but if it actually happened then lots of those dreams would have to pop because there simply isn't enough money for more than one giga project.
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/scie...