From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:
It can been said that future wars will be over food and water, especially water. The future is here and the wars are on, though for some (not all) that war is only between people wielding lawyers rather than swords:
Navigating Water Law in Oregon, by Janine Robben, in the November issue of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin, is a good read. (OSB Bulletin Archives are here.)
(Previous OLR blog posts on water including a link to a water game and to John Waters on books and crime 🙂