I haven't studied it, other than knowing what I was allowed to do to a house I owned. :) A quick googling turns up: Americans have a long history of killing ea

I haven't studied it, other than knowing what I was allowed to do to a house I owned. :) A quick googling turns up: Americans have a long history of killing each other over water. That tends to result in very defined access rights. https://www.worldwater.org/conflict/list/ https://www.worldwater.org/conflict/list/ "Water violence in New Mexico over water rights" "Cattlemen fight Texan landowners for access to water and pasture" "Many are killed during the Johnson County Water War between competing cattle association over access to water resources and land" In popular culture: * Pale Rider - creek is dammed to force the miners off the land. * Yellowstone - creek is dammed to prevent the building of a subdivision. This might help explain a bit: https://www.npr.org/2013/06/15/192034094/rivers-run-through-controversies-over-who-owns-the-water https://www.npr.org/2013/06/15/192034094/rivers-run-through-...