This article is baloney. We've already seen water wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Because of saltwater intrusion from the sea into the aquifer, and recirculation and

This article is baloney. We've already seen water wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Because of saltwater intrusion from the sea into the aquifer, and recirculation and evaporation losses of pumped groundwater, the quality of the water is deteriorating faster than fresh rainwater can desalinate it. This means that Gaza residents must acquire water from beyond their borders, which are closed at present; build a large desalination plant; or eliminate agriculture within the next two decades, said the two researchers, Assistant Professor Charles Harvey and Dr. Annette Huber-Lee of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. When the water from the aquifers in Gaza became too salty and contaminated, Israel withdrew from Gaza. The "security barrier" follows no above-ground border or political boundary. It looks completely random. However, if you plot the underground "mountain aquifer" then the security barrier matches the boundaries of the aquifer. http://anthropik.com/2006/08/israels-water-wars/ http://anthropik.com/2006/08/israels-water-wars/ We in the US bullied the Canadians into signing a water-rights treaty that enforces US water-rights laws. Our water-rights laws state effectively that once you turn a pipe on, you can never turn it off. In exchange, CA banned export of water to the US. On a similar note, I live in Colorado. In both CO and UT, it is illegal to collect the rainwater that falls on your property, because state laws and court rulings hold that that rainwater belongs to someone else. The fancy technical word is "senior water rights."