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Scientific studies agree to stress the growing risk of water shortages in the arid and semi-arid American West. Over the next fifty years, at least part of the local population will likely face water shortages which will call into question the sustainability of irrigated agriculture and urban growth in large areas. This article will explain this phenomenon and its spatial variability by analyzing existing studies, U.S law, the writings of experts and the potential solutions they have come up with.