
"I cannot, nor do I desire to deliver up the cannon...and only through force will we yield."
-Joseph D. Clements, responding to demands from Santa Ana's Mexican Army to surrender the small cannon given to Gonzales to ward off Indians
It has been said "Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fightin." In Texas, water is our most valuable resource, and has become increasingly scarce with our State's population explosion. Naturally, ownership, control and use of water carry tremendous legal and financial implications. Meanwhile, multiple layers of governmental regulation have made acquisition, development, use, marketing, and transmission of water in Texas increasingly complex. This site contains the musings of a water lawyer.
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