Resident $1($Jane$)$ has decided to set up a business to bottle and sell ground water from her property all over the state. Her neighbors now report that their wells do not provide any water and demand that her business be shut down and she should pay for their water delivery in perpetuity.

Resident $2($Bill$)$ has an old dry well and has decided to pour used motor oil down the well to dispose of it$.$ His neighbors now report that their water tastes funny and has elevated amounts of heavy metals. Moreover, they claim that the serious and unusual illness their child is suffering from is due to the contamination. They demand that Bill is prosecuted.

Farmer $3($Susie$)$ has done a study of the local aquifer and discovered that the water refills at a rate of $100,000$ gallons of water per square mile per year. Her neighbor Farmer $4($Jack$)$ is maximizing his profit by using $1,000,000$ gallons of water per square mile per year. Susie demands Jack stop using so much water and he refuses.

Congratulations! You have appointed to serve as the Atchison County Water Conservation Commission.

Your job in small groups is to $($i$)$ determine a course of action for the three specific cases above, $($ii$)$ propose $($at least $2)$ scientific studies to help inform future actions, and $($iii$)$ propose $($at least $4)$ laws $($regulations$)$ to help prevent these kinds of disputes in the future $$ i$.$e$.$ where is the balance line between the individual$$s freedom to do what they want and the freedom to not be damaged by others.