Another possibility, making water artificially expensive and so monetarily valuable creates incentive to corner the market on water, water contracts, water deri

Another possibility, making water artificially expensive and so monetarily valuable creates incentive to corner the market on water, water contracts, water derivatives and other games, pricing the little guy out of the market for water. Making water artificially expensive and valuable provides incentive for people to regulate and otherwise restrict innovation in water use and reclamation. Bad for business if people can just suck water out of the ground. Coming soon -- region codes for water.