In my newspaper reporting days I once saw a sign in a town hall that compared the price of water to beverages like milk, beer, soda pop, and orange juice. Water, the sign said, cost “four gallons for one cent — delivered.”The point was to tell residents that water was a bargain and the water utility was doing a great job. But in a way it was also telling people that water was not necessarily to be valued or respected — it was essentially free. Look at the situation today. The Southeastern U.S. is parched. The Southwest has been that
