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all part of this system. how do you think people understand that these days? >> that's great. i don't think we do. i come from connecticut. i grew up on the east coast where water law is totally different. here it's first in line, first in right, it's treated like a mineral. >> reporter: some farmers in arizona are some of the last in line, forced to let fields go fallow as allocations are cut. and the bureau of reclamation warned members of the senate the need to cut 4 million acres, almost as much as california is allotted in a year. john wesley powell who ran this river in 1869, he stated it to the federal government. there's not enough water to support the way we have developed. the first guy down the colorado tried to warn us that this would happen right now.