Texas has filed a lawsuit against New Mexico because it believes that New Mexico's use of more groundwater results in less water being distributed to Texas. Even though this may not be correct under the agreements involved, I think this case is justifiable because water is a very important resource that causes quite a bit of damage to an economy lacking it.
This case tells us that even in our country, we have problems getting water effectively distributed everywhere. It tells us that we should be more efficient with our water so that shortages would not be so costly. As this case exemplifies, conflict can ignite as a result of water resources, especially during seasons of drought. Under the perfect system, however, these conflicts would have a lesser chance of occurring.
In order to prevent these conflicts and improve the world's water supply, we should conserve more water and distribute it to places where it is very scarce. Of course, this idea will most not have that much of an effect because of the sheer stubbornness of people in this time period.
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