Water Rights

I do not like how water rights are able to bought and traded as commodity. This type of commerce is and continues to be highly controversial. Florida has whats called an Eastern Water Law, which utilizes the riparian or reasonable use doctrine. In most cases due to the doctrine, water rights in Florida are held by state gov., or other responsible entities. On the other hand, the Western Law uses prior appropriation. This is how T.Boone gets his water rights. T. Boone said "he acquired a newfound regard for water as a commodity that should be bought, sold, and traded for the benefit of those who own it and those who can afford it". With prior appropriation, most water rights holders are private and very wealthy. Unfortunately this disposition is biasing in the way of economic gain. This water exploitation can be damaging for the whole community, including non humans. There will have to be some sort of straight line construction of water piping from point A to point B for allocation. This in itself will likely go through natural habitats, and most definitely established human living as well. This will be costly and will upset life in the local communes. Another aspect to look at would be upsetting a balance in the aquifer by over extracting. This could create future problems. If this falls through, I say Dallas should get by in the manner they have been, by tapping their aquifers in a more conservative matter than that which a private owner would. Florida will likely have no problems like this because of the laws and doctrines in place.