A semiarid area where the average annual rainfall is twice that of productive areas in the American states of Arizona and New Mexico. There are also huge amounts of water in reservoirs. What is lacking is the political will to solve the problem, which has always kept the so-called 'Drought Industry' thriving. The know-how to control the impounding and the distribution of all this water has been around for many decades. The financial means have always existed.
People try to make a living on small clearings.