Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's water: a look at the journey both Texas and the Middle East must embark upon to solve the kinks in their water regulation.

(192.) See id. ("Government-subsidized municipalities have little incentive or funds to develop technologies that would lead to less expensive ways to increase supply and revolutionize conservation measure to prevent high rates of evaporation and leakage." (citations omitted)).

(193.) See Brooks, supra note 180.

(194.) Id.

(195.) See DeLaughter, supra note 23, at 1490 (discussing the benefits of public education on water issues).

(196.) See Brooks, supra note 180.

(197.) Id.

(198.) Id.

(199.) Id.

(200.) Rebecca Maxon, Is Desalination the Answer?, FDU MAGAZINE ONLINE, Summer, 2003, http://www.fdu.edu/newspubs/magazine/03su/desalination.html ("Desalination ... has truly come of age in the last decade.").

(201.) JAMES C. SMITH, TEX. PUB. POLICY FOUND., HOLD THE SALT: THE PROMISE OF DESALINATION FOR TEXAS 3 (2004).

(202.) Id. at 5.

(203.) Id.

(204.) Id.

(205.) Id. ("Electrodialysis uses an electrical potential to move salts through a membrane, leaving behind the freshwater. Reverse osmosis uses pressure to drive fresh water through a membrane leaving the salts behind for disposal." (emphasis in original)).

(206.) See Maxon, supra note 200.

(207.) SMITH, supra note 201, at 3.

(208.) Id.

(209.) See id. at 5.

(210.) Id.

(211.) Id.

(212.) Id.

(213.) See SMITH, supra note 201, at 5 ("Cost data provided on desalination plants, recently completed or in planning stages, show a cost range of $1.89-$2.76 per 1000 gallons. For seawater, reverse osmosis plants, costs have fallen from almost $6.00 per 1000 gallons ... to less than $2.00 per 1000 gallons...." (citations omitted)).

(214.) See id. at 6.

(215.) Id.

(216.) Id.

(217.) Id.

(218.) Id. (proposing that brine disposal costs "should be considered early in any feasibility study").

(219.) See Right to Water, http://www.worldwatercouncil.org (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(220.) Robert Svadlenka, The Emerging Water Crisis and its Implications for Global Food Security, http://www.worldhungeryear.org/why-speaks/ws_load.asp?file=13 &style=ws_table (last visited Feb. 4, 2007).

(221.) Id.

(222.) Id. ("New water storage projects, optimal water management methods, and design innovations will be important components of the solution to the water crisis. But just as important will be the fostering of a more respectful attitude toward water and the ecosystems that provide it.").

James A. Frederick, J.D., University of Houston Law Center, expected 2007; B.A. in Government, The University of Texas at Austin, 2003. The Author would like thank his family for their constant love and support. He dedicates this article to his mother, who taught him the value of education and the importance of being a good person. This Comment was the recipient of the 2006 Meyer Orlando Writing Award for an Outstanding Comment in the field of International Law.