Wall Street investment firms are thirsty for the West’s vanishing water

… “These companies aren’t buying up plots of land because they want to farm here and be a part of the community, they’re buying up land here for the water rights,” said Holly Irwin, a Cibola resident and La Paz County district supervisor…

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/business/southwest-water-colorado-river-wall-street-climate/index.html