I'll be they never had to worry about this at Southfork

Troubled Waters: Get-rich-quick schemes abound for getting water to thirsty Texas cities, but the state's protection of its most precious resource is mighty poor

For those of you who have never been to Texas, or simply don't know that much about the state, you might think that our most precious resource is oil. In fact, you couldn't be more wrong. The most precious resource in Texas BY FAR is water, and it is becoming the most contested resource in the state. Thanks to an 1840 legal precedent called the "rule of capture", Texas aquifers are the Big Gulps, and everyone (whether companies or municipalities) seems to either have or want a straw. Paul Burka tells us why the situation may in fact be even worse than it looks.